156 Proceedings. 
This report was received at a meeting of the Standing Committee held on the 
7th August, when it was decided to thank Mr. Smith for his report, and to infor 
that after his next visit to the island the Institute would be glad if he would report 
ME on ре matter. 
+ eeting of the ес, Committee held on the Mc — Beg M 
Secretary Tae some information in regard to the __ owner of Ulva 
eme to ask ies Otago Institute to co-operate with t E Zealand. institu te in 
aeons to create bird-sanctuaries on the ‘titer Island region 
1e-bird Protection. "es was reported at a d vnnd of ae Standing par ttee 
held à in | December, 1922, t permission had bee anted t ain persons to kill 
native birds the Trees Exhibition. The паме; Profsibos "Kind wr mee to the 
Hon. the Minister of Internal Affairs to — the truth in regard to the report, and 
ноба to him that, if necessary, еа ns for а bir d exhibit could be obtained from 
the various collections in the museums. On the 29th January the Hon. the eer 
replied that it was proposed to e s ap a si жыз history exhibit in the New d 
Section of the ag: a and that it was desired as far as possible that a терг 
collection of New Zealand birds should be inclu ded i in the exhibit. He mentioned that, 
ith : : 
pers 
s This letter was read at a meeting of the Standing оз held on ve^ vem TM 
be suggested to the Hon. the Minister as dese i cite 1 protecti: And it was 
further resolved to ask the Hon. the Mi се pre allow the Institute. ‘to concur ог 
dissent in any permit issued for the t taking of native birds; or, if this is not acceptable, 
to refer the matter to the Board of Science and Art. The Hon. the Minister has 
replied that he is considering the usd. 
On the 15th November the Hon. G. M. Thomson reported d a ten on the subject 
of bird-protection had been passed in ео ent the previous sess it was amended 
and made more stringent during the past session, and the Bird рики Society W was 
formed, which has broadcasted я of the subject throughout the country, 80 
— there was nothing more that the committee appointed by the Standing Committee 
Travelling-expenses.—At last annual area: it was resolved ueni the opita of 
incorporated societies be taken on the question of pooling the expenses of members of 
the Board when attending annua] m ТЭЙ тв ‘of the Institute, ee эое vidit: paying 
its share, an estimate of the cost, under this pr oposal, being se o each society. This 
was done 
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nstitute all agreed to the cn денег, Baers "Philosophical Society wo 
prefer to pay the expenses of its own representative ; Auckland Inst and Hawke's 
Bay Institute do not agree to the Kanan Pore rty Bay Institute aes no t replied, 
risale 
report. ‘At a meeting of r Standing Committee held on the 7th April it was s majority 
t ості what the cost of applying to the Supreme Court for а declaratory judgment 
d be, d whether the cost could be met from the Carter funds. The Board's 
legal advisers were accordingly consulted, and on the llth June an opinion was 
received fr sei them in which they stated that they were unable to make an estimate 
of the cost of an application by the Institute to the Court by reason of the uncertainty 
into what NA ie proceedings might develop. 206 Standing Committee co 
this opinion, and it was reso bive that a committee, consisting of the President, 
Dr. Mars all, and Mr. Aston, be appointed a committee to repor 
MEA. shy ne of ча ате meeting referred to ab ‘then referred to the 
‚в meeting of the Standing C x 
opinion from them, dated 31st July, was r Jis peer ded (it "the ‘following state: 
k the Court to authorize to of th d for a small 
—— bias tory is a departure from the objects ар Institute had in view at the time of 
-mentioned minute—namely, hasten the increase of A fund towa 
realization of the testator's wishes.’ 
It means bl establishing of two observatories, , 
