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the “effec p" seed-tr ed in pe in Som deret five os ipe о 
En" been obtained from various countries, and a spr ing sowing has been m each 
sample. The Board of Governors and the Director of the a High ‘School 
in Feilding have allotted the required areas of ground, and provision has been made for 
areas required as the work extends. So far the only expenditure ‘hos been £2 2s. 9d. 
The Institute has a gesan i» hai of £20, a А the ainder. 
Dr. Hilgendorf, convener of the Artesian Wells C о" which in аус was 
granted, peeves the Philosophical жне жа Canterbury, £100, reported on the 6th 
December that early in the ecorder: e erected in several country wells to 
obviate the “ae Rasa eek in gU е own И from the pumping from adjac 
Also, a recorder was erected in the River Avon with the object of elucidating 
some o vati 
se 
throughout the year, and it is proposed to continue until enough accumulates ig y 
publication. The apparatus required has been made free by Canterbury Colleg and 
Lincoln es and the balance of the grant, abd is in the hands of the Institute, 
£41 8 
EN E me in, who in 1919 was granted, through the Philosophical Institute of 
Canterbury, £100 for лө, into fruit-diseases, reported on the l6th December that 
owing to ill health he had been unable to continue the research, and he deemed it 
visable to give up all further work in connection with the grant. The balance in 
the hands of the Institute is : 
Professor Burbidge, who in 1921 was granted, through the Auckland Institute, 
£100 for a research on the intensity of long-wave wireless, reported о n the 26th 
December that apparatus had been installed. Signals were received, but not in proper 
esigned. This invol 
adjustments have taken considerable ti is, combined with 1 rom 
routine work for research, h unted for delay in Д л measurements, but this 
t r ould be well on the w ith m During the year 
ear the work sh 
yw Burbidge was granted an additional £25, as qu ера purchased absorbed 
e£ the £25 
ia Ut Curtis, who in 1920 w emer through the Nelson Institute, £100 for 
reh in ария ое, topor rted on the 20th December that th rk carried 
kin out during the in preparation for the press. The whole of the grant was 
expended in о 
Mr. W. C. Davies, who in 1921 was granted, through the Nelson Institute, £50 
for research on soil bacteria and uii , reported on the 20th Decem ber that гесе 
of routine ae had p revented rapid Progress of the Pastas be but useful res 
have been ined fro the experim with some of the more barren 
cy he the Nelson District and in the peer cae of о оше soil. The whole 
е P € has been nded. 
essor Easterfield, Viper in 1921, through the Nelson Institute, was gra peter 
for investigations in orchard chemistry, reported on the = арт aye еей чти din 
n syst t th rin the tion Gm 
nd s EN еа "flet of of different cool-store conditions 
n carried out in stores 
using different systems of coolin , s the most common i 
picked in different types of soil. Sufficient data has been collected to allow of begren 
deducti tions to be drawn. An account of the experiments -— ime results 
i ts 
e expe 
as iren ry of an orchard chemist, who has given eod whole — to кора! "Society, 
Decembe 
reported o iren 
тороп soilei ti à the balance 
- has been refunded. The results of the investigation have been pub 
in Chemistry and Industry Review, vol. 42, No. 89, p. 936 (London, 28th Sept., 1923) 
essor Evans, in in rm through the Philosophical Tostitate fC u Na 
N granted £600 for a research on New Zealand brown 00 Ais оч 2 ible 
ovember that owing io: unfavourable кисе no further work been poss tg 
TH he considered it best to resign the ba y of the grant—namely, £ 
а" the hand of the Institu 
Ca . C. C. s^ ahs D in 1921 ги i — the ciem rine crea = 
anterbury, £75 (£60 of which was transferred to another gran 
Physical керш of mi кайт, reported on а Ue llth January that during the 
