806 Proceedings. 
Pan-Pacific Conference.—Letters were received from Canterbury Philosophical 
Institute, dated Ist d , and Otago Institute, dated 25th August, asking that 
the Institute take into consideration the advisability of pales. the P an-Pacific 
Conference to meet in New Zealand in 1923. The matter was discussed at a meeting 
of the Standing Committee held on the 27th October, and the Pr evident reported that 
he had interviewed the Minister on the matter. On the 9th December letters from 
ad, an the meeting 
the Pan-Pacific Congress should be held in New Zealand, provided that the Government 
i t called upon to pay € expenses beyond those of the necessary prin ing in 
connection with the meeting 
International Research ous cil.—A biten. dated 21st July, from the General 
Secretary of the International Research Council urging the New Zealand Institute 
to send a representative to the Brussels Gontsrence to be held on the 25th July, 1922, 
was read at a meeting of the Standing Committee on the 27th October, when 16 was 
decided that, in view of the present financial pain Pein dis matter of representation 
be referred to the annual general stam of the 
U.S.A. National Reszarch Cou —On the 8th March Mr. Vernon ae 
permanent mitre as of the National K [om h Couneil in the United States of America 
wrote suggest Jh занма order imulate the scientific study of the Pacific region, 
special commit а Рас ific i investigations s be appointed, and that ste " 
to bring together  delegktés т such in ted гай; and that arrangements for 
forming a permanent organization be r eta red to such delegates. Тһе President, 
Professor Easterfield, replied б "this letter, pening that the scientific men of New 
Zealand would be deeply interested in the proposition to co-operate with the United 
жиы agency, and he would hav үнө in bringing the matter before the annual 
ing of а New Zealand Institute 
pee ncy in the Boa roi Governors.—On the llth May the Standing Commi 
passed a тан of yep hy with the relatives of the late Mr. C. A. Ewen, memes 
Hon. Treasurer of the New Zealand Institute. On the Sth June it was res solved to 
Jocka; 
n Mr. Ewen’s place. The appointment was ' gazetted © on de Sith June, 1921. On 
the 21st oe a Gazette notice was rec ceived no g that Dr. J. A. Thomson and 
Mr. B. C. Aston had been reappointed оба. of the Government for the 
ensuing two Vedi 
Broun Collection d New Zealand Beetles.—On the 9th November the Hon . Minister 
= e rnal Affair regarding the collection of — poy beetles which Major 
a. oe es in August, 1919, had земе to the British Museum. 
А proposal had been made to the British Muse DM to allow the collection 
n New Zealand for a period of бе" years, in order that a representative 
газу сойгоноп might be made for the purpos of depuis s we w 2 d 
entomologists. The British diues um authorities a, vid tha be ined for tw? 
years, and made an alternative ров sal that the аон be despatched forthwith, 
se Trustees of is. Museum on their part undertaking to have compar red and n amed 
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os trustees in A 
of the fact that it was beq огай to the British Muse , he proposed to 
the request of the British Museum and allow it to go fo wands dc ü e 9th "December 
the Standing бане xps) of the PEPP sal. 
ТЕТ Grant to the Institute.—A letter, dated 22nd November, from the Hon. 
range 2 f Internal Affairs was pede. мее нутай the intention of the Governm 
i peces. the st atutery grant from £1,000 to £500. It was resolved at a meeting 
the Standing Comm ittee held on the 9th December to protest against the reduction 
A ! upon the Hon. Minister. Later the Under-Secretary 
attended an adjourned meeting of fhe Sta. ear Committee, and at his request it pra 
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grant of £1,000 be paid for the current year. ins 
ote that, in view of the representations made by the Institute, the mae 
ered, and the Hon. Minister had directa satu 
