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Transactions. Partial sets of the Transactions have been presented to the following : 
Forestry Department, Wellington ; Academic Royale des iences, Belgique; 
Universitetsbiblioteket, Uppsala, Sweden ; Leland Stanford Jun. University, U.S.A. ; 
Towa a y, U.S.A 
of снг — The fact that the Institute has a number of valuable 
ale has been h 
CES works for brought more prominently before the book-buying. 
public during the last year by the Hon. Secretary, with the approval of the Standing 
Committee, with good results 
Annual Reports and bes nce-sheets.—The annual reports and balance-sheets dn the 
following i incorporated societies have been — ved, and are now laid on the table 
Auckland Institute, for year endin Oth February, 1922 
апга. 
Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, for year ending 31st Сш. 1922. 
Otago Institute, for year ending 30th Nov ember, 1 
Wellington Philosophical Society for year ending 30th September, 1922. 
Manawatu окен этте Society, for аан ending 14th December, 1922. 
Nelson Institute, for year ending Oct 
Fellowship.—On the 20th April the е appointment of Robert Laing, Esq., Professor E. 
. Morgan, Esq., and P r D. M. Y. Sommerville to the Fellowibip 
d Ins а 
8th May societies were asked to forward nominations for filling the two 
vacancies for 1923. The societies sent in eleven nominations, and these were forwarded 
to the Fellows = wer selection 
On the Ist mber the Hon. Returning Officer, Professor Segar, forwarded oe 
results of the selection, an and these were, on the 9th September, communicated to 
vernors of the New Zealand Institu 
Hamilton Prize.—At the last annual general meeting à co ommittee was set up to 
яо the rules and regulations of the к= Memorial Prize Fund, and this 
committe to recommend t the following ru 
1. The funds placed in the hands of the ond by the Wellington Philosophical 
Society shall be called the * Hamilton Memorial Fund," in memory of the late Augustus 
amilton, Esq. Such funds shall consist of the moneys subscribed and granted for the 
urpose of the memorial, and all other funds which may be given or gram nted for 
the pug purpose 
The fund shall be vested in the Institute. The Board of Governors sd the пиши 
di have the control thereof, and shall invest the same in any securities proper 10 
trust-mone 
3. morial shall be a prize called the “ ын Memorial Prize," 
E of f which shall be the Bac aftu of beginners in pure scientific research 
in New Zealand. 
The prize shall be awarded at intervals of not less than three years by the 
боз assembled in annual meeting, but in no case shall an award be made unless 
in the opinion of the Governors some e contribution deserving the honour has been made. 
e first aw: ing o i 2 
rs, and e 
first in pe чек published by the author. No candidate shall be eligible for the 
prize who prior to such period of five years has published the result of any scientific 
igation. 
6. The prize shall consist of money. Until the гар же of the fund amounts to 
e one-half of the interest shall be added ann Le ually to the Астра and the other 
as the sai 
i nt of the prize. 
з £100 the whole of the interest thereon shall be applied in dendi: of the prize, in each 
case after the payment of all expenses necessarily incurred by the Governors in the 
investment and administration of the said fund and award of the sa id prize 
. A candidate cag T prize shall send to the Hon. Secretary of the New Zealand 
Institute on or before e 30th day of June p receding the date of the apio meeting 
u 
ity лтд the prize io dali be presented in so publie 
e rules were submitted to = Wellington Philosophical Society and to 
Yew Zealand Institute, and were signed 
Adams and Tp еен r H. B. Kirk, Presidents n the Wellington Philosophical Society and 
the New Zealand Institute respectively. 
