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at Balmoral Misa along the lines of his suggestion— ‘namely, to plant groups of lines 
of certain species at distances of several chains apart, in order to allow them to fill the 
intervals by лабаа! seeding. ‚ Morrison applied for an extension of the grant for 
another year. Expenditure Str as jd M 5s., and the balance of the grant is 
£56 19s. 5d., of which grantee holds £ 
Mr. R R. Spei nt who in 1919 was zl £225, through the Philosophical Institute 
of Canterbury, for a geological survey g Malvern Hills, reported in December, 1921, 
that a student, acting under bis direction, had made a survey of that prea ‘of the 
Malvern Hills area known as Cordy’s Flat, ‘the кы Акчу of which is 
i This is 
h fair ea 
of results obtained in other ре. of the area, fi the oal-seams M n did à and 
i or long di i i 
This may prove an exception, but there are strong hopes to the contrary. The true 
avo of iie coal in this area can only be determined by further «nd or by 
ring.  Promising results have also been obtained from examination Y t in the 
ону of семі and of the country to the south cf the Selwyn К Wo d has 
also been commen ced at Glentunnel, the extreme western portion of the pm near the 
peight and L. J. Wild, bere in 1916 were granted £50, vip or n 
Philosophical Institute e Canterbury, for an investigation of the phosphate-yieldi 
rocks of Canterb in accordance with a аа of last annual meeting, vae 
the disxpended ortion ot thelr nt—namel 
Mr. L. J. Wild, who in 1918 was granted $30, through the Philosophical Institute 
of Canterbury, for a soil-survey in Canterbury, in accordance eh a resolution of last 
annual Pe d refunded the unexpended portion n of his grant— . 9d. 
A. Wrigh in l was granted £75, thidagh the Philosophical 
Institute of баайы, for a -— on the vitamine content of commercial mea 
oducts, reported in January, 1922, that this investigation was carried out in the 
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cold-st meats, and me determination of vitamin A in 
steurized and non-pas te а o eo-margarine. e main work has now been 
арма, ind should be pere tk for eee shorty. Some points чал e 
clear consequently the continuance of the grant is requ 
£36 1s. 5d. hss been erpended, and the balance of the grant is £38 18s. 7d., of hich 
£13 18s. 7d. is in grantee’s hands. 
ofessor E. adu: ж who in 1919 was granted £125, rage Audi Wellington 
Philosophical Society, for a research on the effect of a particles oe 
on the 13th January, 1922, that the research is in vigorous prosecution. ve — bee 
been purchased and is in process of measurement. This measurement is carri 
ts 
many months, to ascertain purity of radium. 8 e en 
to ascerta. ther or not there is an extra terrestrial radiation of fep ove 
For this purpose measurements were made in the tropics (Samoa), at Mount Egmont, 
and will be made on Ruapehu in a few weeks. Total expenditure amounts to £44 9s. 4d., 
tute. 
i he Wellington 
who in 1919 was granted £60, through t 
Philos ворса Society, for a research on coal efficiency, reported o ге 13th ee: 
ы, that the remaining money from this grant is being used crap mm ings 
baie псу of pers and other mocion елт. for domestic purposes. 
ance of £5 2s 6d. in the — of the Institu 
ofeasor Minds who 1920 was granted £50, рсы ы vn dem 
Philosophical Society, for a мї o the physical properties o piel е зіне 
терогіз that there is an unexpended Бауи of £17 148. 7d. E the han DM = comm 
n regard to the manuscripts of the late Sir David E ux 
Ports that Mr. Morris Jones is unable to undertake the work of collation, and i E 
s but that steps be еч to м some report made by а compe tent person as to 
— bo pora rch ts were 
i Roia further applications for research grants 
granted : TASEN ie h the Auckland Institute, £100 = Me 3 
Wireless telegraphy; Mr. W. C. Davies, through the Nelson Institute, £5 Т € 
in soil bacteria and protozoa; Professor T. H. Easterfield, £200, through the Nelson 
