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of the тшше а to whether any ete wo 6 served i in ca itg a meeting of the 
International Council The Sta woes Seater еа іл the ый т and gave 
Professor oe dus to act in the 
Hamilton Prize.—In accordance wit v a re M preda of last annual meeting, a letter, 
dated rs ыйык was sent by the President to the Wellington Philosophical Society 
asking that arrangements be made to hand over the balance of the fund to the Institute, 
so that it might be invested with the Public. Wada and the various societies might 
be informed, thus facilitating the making of the first “awe in January, 1922. No 
reply was received from the ‘society ; and the President again wrote on the 24th May 
la aying before се ү, the facts in a with c offer of the society to hand 
1921 it was оо. that, as s the feci. had not ane any disagreement with 
the odd rules and regulations as drawn up by Mr. Von Haast at the request of 
the Standing Committee, they iem in i deron. of them. On the 7th June the Wellington 
Philosophical Society wrote asking that certain alterations should be made in the 
conditions. As the Standing Committee had no power to agree to the ber 
the letter and the TEMO of the Hamilton Memorial Prize Fund were referred to t 
annual meeting in 1922. (See Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 53, p. 494, and vol. 50, p. 133) 
Samoan DÜREN y Committee.—On the 8th March Professor Marsden, who had 
recently spent three months in Samoa, wrote to the President intimating that es 
Institute 
its influence to Re this step being taken. On the 9th March the President wie 
to the Hon. Minister of External Affairs and placed before him the following resolutions :— 
1.) “Th 
scheme for a Samoan Observatory, and the ridicule which will fall to the lot of ue 
Zealand in the event of the permanent closing of the Observatory, a dépit 
to Cabinet, through the Hon. Minister of с еесуь Affairs, asking that a smaller rer 
adopted, at a cost not exceeding £1, r annum, to keep in Mi: the most 
essential activities—namely, seismological ы magnetical observations.” 
(2.) “That leu apparatus not required under the smaller sche e be carefully 
stored with a o rec palate ns iig activities e: soon as t the financial stringency due to 
the fallen vadit: of Samoan products disap 
was acknowledged be the Hon. Minister, who stated that he wo ould 
sideration. On t mber n. Minister again wrote, stating that, 38 1 
n decided to continue the an Observatory, he proposed to set UP an 
honorary of Scientific Advice, consisting of the N vis vernment 
Astronomer, Gove t Meteorologist, th rveyor-General, the Secretary of Externa 
ffairs, and fo omin New Zealand Institute, to se ише 
on the programme of wor other matters affecting the institution. At a се 
ч the Standing Committee held оп the 22nd Septembe oes llowing gentlemen TE 
appointed to represent the Institute: Professors C. C. , E. Marsden, D. Mish 
oman and Dr. P. Marshall. 
asian Association for the Advancement of Science.—The invitation by ч” 
New Zealand Institute to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Scien! a 
to meet in We on in 1923 has been accepted. The organization of the moos 
to be left in the hands of a committee originally set а А by the Желеде: Philosop 
r mmittee might add to -— 5 
committee | wt been recognized by the penn ad are Association T "the Adv. 
C Committee.—At a meeting of the Standing Committee held on one 
P July the Government Astronomer (Dr. Adams), representing it Wellington 
са he ai 
Ze 
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Philo osophioal Society each to nominate a representative to act upon the Carter be 
Committee porting upon the nante scheme or schemes which желер һе at the 
Professors Kirk vad Marsden were appointed to represent the Institu and, 
