— Annual Meeting, 1923. 743 
т Mal colm, x in m 1919 was granted £250, and in 1920 a further ru 
acne e ren Institute, for a research on the food value of New Zealand fish 
reported on the 24th December that work was resumed in August, with the help of 
Mr. T. B. MM, м B.Sc. It is hoped to publish Part 3 of the cur pus 
e had hoped nce 
inet. on the dnd n New Zealand fi vente v ind нар considerable не 
and some money: on меле eek when, unfort a fire occurred in the Net 
ment, which troyed the tame rats he had ласи е facit dea thie purpose 
Credit balance of grant is s £85. 
Professor Malcolm, who was granted £30, through the Otago Institute, 
fora research on the ets 2 Wa Zealand рон, а celosa on the Lm December 
that the work was чой жы at the same stage as in his report. e Board is 
agreea sacl he would like to have the time = the final report m. extended, as he has 
a considerable nt of data collected a paper, wished to confirm certain 
experiments before pu betes d and the Bu research had ieu all his spare time this 
year. vs iro ba ete | fe = ats 
or Fa was granted £75 (of which £60 was last year transferred 
to his раа mns fag the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, for investiga- 
tions до үн Күр perties of на кее, reported on the 5th January bo the work 
of cee had been going on during the year, although no ке ba 
е aes expense wo mi bei БТЕ owever, as it рн, 
dedu eerie which is too coto plicatód to be made at the пан иста, Ан 
balance vt grant, £15. 
Professor Ma rsden, who in 1922 was given a special grant of £100 for an на mM 
tion on the sabe e rthquakes, reported on the 14th October that the m pes y had been 
са on expenses of three journeys to Басы and bs —— and ins three 
instruments at Wairakei, later at Tau An assistant to ta reete was also 
paid for: four weeks. Professor Же ы] has кш. hundred pee ie records n early 
all worked up as regards amplitudes, periods, and time of various phases of quakes, 
He has made records of subsidences north o Taupo causing the earthquakes, and made 
arrangements to follow the movements and quakes by installing seismographs at Taupo 
ing ti e lake. 
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ofessor Marsden, who in 1919 was granted £125, through the Wellington P 
sophical Society, for : ice ch on a: -— of a particles on matter, reported on "the 
16th October that a preliminary account of the research teg been accepted for publi- 
cation by the rog of Atmospheric s Electricity and Terrestrial Magnetism. А fuller 
account is in progress, and will be submitted when certain comparative measurements 
have been made at eee Credit balance of grant, £69 19s 9s. 8d. 
who in 1920 was granted £50, through the Nelson Institute, 
for a research on New diens orthoptera, reported on the 14th November —— at the 
end of February he started his in vestigations in the North Au ckland Provin He 
this summer joining a camping-party from the Auckland University allege 
to visit the Waipoua Sta te Forest, when he trusts to have better collecting. Credit 
balance in grantee's hand, £ 1 
Mr. W. G. M n, vio in 1919, was granted £100, ic ripis the expen m 
MN of Canterbury, for a research on natural ин» г ported о и ом lack 
anuary that RN the past year he had been una d а акый wor. 
He finds that it will Ље impos ible to carry on further work onthe lines hithegio 
followed, owing u the increase of duties i коно on with his work in the State Forest 
Service, and he feels he cannot trespass Етар grant, ce . 
£26 19s т. Ee to the Institute in due course. He like, however, 
А w h 
to obtain assent of the —— to the use of the camera for the — twelve 
a des the pod vy taking it over at the end of that period at the paid 
for Balance of grant, £56 19s. 7d. 
. R. Speight, who in 1919 was granted £225, through the Philosophical Institute 
of Canterbury, for a geolo gical examination of the Malve rn Hills, reported on the 17th 
November that the examination of the area had been тойан as occasion offe 
Special attention had been paid to the south-west part of the area, and it was ho 
ailable 
by the end of 1923 a definite report on the geology would vailable. The investi- 
tions carried on rev rap no results of special co: cial value, except the possibility 
of the existence of a fair amoun unt of coal in the Glenroy ar eo a 
little while ago n s turned out much better than expec re is 
ear White d, é th 
now a considerable amount of coal in sight, and the promise of the existence of a 
valuable area of brown coal in a workable seam or seams within reasonable distance 
