144 Proceedings. 
from rail. If working i ecd could be improved the gui of the mine could be 
substantially increased. - t balance of grant, £189 4s. 4d. 
Mr. 
ymes, conven ы the Artesian Wells Committee which was granted £100, 
arte the Philosophical “Institute of Canterbury, reported on the 28th December 
that owing to a variety of circumstances work had been in abeyance. ea e gc dorf 
eM seis return еі however, and observations would be viris alm 
The 
mmittee requests that € = of the grant, £57 14s. 2d., ikonia ree vais for 
the continuation о 
Hon. G. nd Mr. б. аа art ebrios who in 1919 were granted £50, through the 
Otago Institute, for a research on the nomie value of whale-feed, sent in a paper 
on the 15th December bearing on ose subject. The paper states ‘thas in summer large 
shoals of a bright-red shr ж Чы; met with on the sea-coast of New Zealand. This 
animal = Mb kno Sa “wha, le-feed." The paper describes its life-history, 
occurrence, and с аңы: value. шап ла es a та quantities of 
these Mean 6 oceur that at times the ey are thrown up o s in millions. Masses 
of them several inches deep are thus 57 on the à Shore, et pon collected and carted 
away on to the soil form a good manure. 
An t was made to uit —(1) The aps ge of oil present in o 
shrimps; (2) the o nagen content; (3) the percentage of phosphoric acid. From 
analysis it is clear that it would never pay to treat whale-feed as a com pq sour © 
The hand 
of i g, oil-extraction, an g—woul babir cost, at present pri 
bour, &c., not less than £2 pr ba gu this would lea margin of only £1 8s. 7d. 
per ton. Tt has further to be remembered tha t such a ‘plait would only be available 
for treatment of whale-feed when t the e was a scarcity of fish, a contingency not likely 
d und o 
hi r 
industry of the Dominion is greater than the demand. From all these considerations 
they àre of E opinion that there is very little лан ЕМА value іп whale-feed under 
present 
Tho v hob f ihe grant has been used. (A chemical balance is now available for 
other research workers from this grant.) 
A. M. Wright, who in 1921 was granted £75, бод 4 abe Philosophical 
Institute of Cante terbury, he. ол investigation into the vitamine с of commercial 
meat-products, reported on the 12th December that the (mri arri had been carri 
out с; the past year vit a view of determining the reliability of the growth of 
in pure culture as a method of estimating the Aui content of foodstuffs. 
The ind nep i d н! ча of animals as the test-organism in the determination 
А jme 
i of modifications hav the subject of n 
— and one gi ng satisfactory results. N blication of results 
made; the Hedge (1921) results have been the subject of vari ot 
эче demonstrations, pop ounts of which have appeared in various newspapers. 
ular 
It is requested that the artiste the grant, £25, be available for a further - 
Attention should be to the fact that where a large credit balance 
irec how 
in any grant, most of it is in the hand t t ie in the 
Post Office Savings-bank. n ands of the Institute, and is bearing intere 
Regulation Committee’s Report. —This was received, amended, and adopted. 
It was resolved, on the motion of Dr. Chilton, seconded by Professor 
Marsden, That the report sx suitably edited by the same committee, ап 
printed. 
Report ОЕ THE REGULATIONS COMMITTEE. 
Committee : Mr. J. C. Andersen, Dr. J. A. Thomson, and Mr. B. C. Aston. 
ou Institute books have been searched, and the following motions or resolut 
the Í llo for convenience e reference under the various heads. In the pi 
e fo ims A MM are used .B., minute-book ; A.M., annual meeting ; Proc. 
Authority i 18 sought for the adoption of those омбур which are italicized. 
16th January, 1923. — B. C. AsTON. 
