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when the testator, as we think, meant only one. We are of opinion the resolution of 
January, 1923, should not have been passed, T en that the Board of Governors should 
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Bequest Committee, and that further isa be sus pended until the annual mee 
Management of Trust Funds.—At last meeting a resolution was e to 
the effect. 4 that half of з per cent. of a mecum invested on account of the Carter, 
vase Hutton, em оно? n Trust Funds be contributed by these funds towards 
of es 
= eeting of e Stan ding Committee held on the 6th February it was resolved 
that belka. 4 per cent. is deducted from wa trust dm the in ae m. Committee should 
ake steps to ally do A 1 
advisers were arregi ted, and they gas it as their rias that the Board o 
ully ex 0 in e i 
. Storage of Books.—With the loft 
Victoria College the matter of the storage of the stocks of publlaptions which had been 
stored i t. The Hon. G. M. Thoms: 
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Buildings. This room is nue suitable, as at dieu also used for r purposes, 
and ИЕ is no M available in it to allow of tee Re Institute’s Mira trn into 
any 
Hon. Treasurer's Visit to Europe.—On the 22nd coe the Hon. ee applied 
for six months’ leave of absence, as he desired to vis: irope. At a meeting of the 
n i d 
ifie b solv 
hat during the Hon. Treasure 2d s absence the President be authorized to s ign сне 
tary. 
_ Dominion Museum.—During the year the matter of the lack of suitable Museum 
buildings w. as brought; prominently before the Acting Prime Minister, Sir Fra: ык pus 
by a deputation of Wellington members of Parliament. The question o of s 
discussed, and Mount Cook site, Sir Francis Bell - was looked upon most оме 
by the A The immediate result is that in the meantime some of ча most 
9 exhibits are to be stored in fireproof rooms in zoe Dominion Farmers' Institu 
Resolutions passed by the Standing Committee during the Year ond not otherwise mentioned 
e 
On the lith April it was resolved to pay any Lir rn icit incurred by 
the 8 in atten the Tongariro National Park Boa 
2. On the 11th April it was resolved, That, in the case e any amendment to the 
Tongariro National Park Act, the Government in ld be approached in the direction 
of allowing the New Zealand Institute to have a representative elected by the Institute, 
who would not nece eie Bas: the President, as it is customary to hol ld the office of 
President for only tw 
the 13th Клет Роне Cotton — that he was unable to continue 
to act as Hon. Librarian, and it was resolved to appoint Professor Kirk in place. 
- On the 12th June it was resolved to bind a complete set of the трое оѓ 
the Institute in buckram for the library. This work is nearly comple eted: it was held 
up owing to the binder having to order fresh Брна of buckram from Жайы па. 
The report was discussed clause by clause. 
