Annual Meeting. 803 
Sein of the Wellington ae креда ня Standing Committee at its meeting 
e 22nd September — 20 enlarge the mittee by asking the uu ao to 
кас. a representative. s Cate n: a is now as foll 
Representing the Gove Dr. C. E. Adam 
Representing the No [xc прена. асс Kirk and Marsden. 
Берге esenting the Victoria College Cou Mr. 
Representing the Wellington Philosophical Society : Mr. A. C. Gifford. 
Representing the City Council: Mr. T. Forsy 
On the 9th December Professor Kirk reported that meetings of this committee had 
been held, and a report would be sabudtted in due co 
The majority and minority reports, duly received, follow :— 
Majority Report (signed by all members of the committee but one). 
S M President of the New Zealand Institute, Nelson. 
«€ SIR 
“ The committee erate of the following members: Dr. C. E. Adams, wore 
ment араа ; Profess gti k and Professor Marsden, representing the 
Zealand Ins "eed te; Counc illor rsyth, representing the Wellington City Counc ; 
representing the Connel of the Victoria University College; Mr. A. 
Gifford, representing È the Wellington Philosophical Society. 
The , by a substantial majority, makes the following report and 
“ The Citer Fund amounts to a little under £5,000, having grown by accumulation 
of interest from an amount of a little over £2,000, which represented the residue of Mr. 
or a dies erection in or elli aforesaid, and the endowment of a 
tr tory, d with other suit- 
able ins bed for the publie use and benefit of the colony, тэ in the hope mor ans 
und may by gifts from priv. 
be subsidized by the Colonial Government.’ The testator indicated his wish thes € “the 
knowledge bse 
to which the public could be invited, a Carter Observatory, that would in itself bé a 
means of letting the public know the eie of ~ case, and it is more than likely that 
substantial donations would be received. The Ули не? therefore recommen: 
uj of the Carter Fund V udi Perses for the erection, in the Botanical 
the proposed buildings, the plan having ared by Mr. 
fitu of builders j is prepare d to 2 sign a contract oe the erection of om building for £1,950, 
not а external drainage an spoil, The committee recommend: 
that a ai Dope exin tel of £2,000 be hate күген from the Carter Fund for this 
“Th order to save the time of the Institute in case it decides to act on this rec 
mendation, the committee approached the City Council, through i Cpábeilor Forsyth. 
motion the City Council decided to seek from Parliament this session ш the 
ES the Institute a secure tenure of a site, тй exceedin a quarter of an acre, in the 
tanic 
n 
Philosophical Socie shows that there would be a sufficient income from md 
and from payments f or generet = as &c., to cover the working-expenses m 
Proposed observatory; and very good re ason to believe that the public 
interest would be so me ee that the remainder pr the fund would become the 
pM that the testator contemplat : à и Giford 
o Mr. 
t is asked that the plan may be returne dec irm $e 
**'THOS. pedit E. MARSDEN. 
* A. C. GIFFOR 
“ Wellington, 6th January, 1922.” 
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