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Dr. Маса who, through the Wanganui Philosophical Society, during the year 
was granted £30 for a research on gist Cre pg fauna of New Zealand, reported 
the 23rd ылым that he had made three c ET epe ae Pong north 
Auckland (Whangaroa and Kaipara), aaa he h ad collected s species o 
ammonites. he whole year had been spent in identifying | pine e soin cole 
The aoe literature, and difficulty in prepar ing specimens and making the neces- 
sary drawings, haó taken much m t the oa is now almost ready for 
Жаганов. Grantee has had the whol this 
Mr. J. G. 8, whi thr mn A ° Wellington Philosophical Society, was during 
the year grante ied £10 for a research on the New Zealand Hemiptera, reported on the 
27th Nov ed ae as the season abs ite was commencing, he hoped to com- 
mence kis т 
Pro Tti Speight, who, through the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, in 1919 
was granted £225 for a geological survey of the Malvern Hills, reported on the 11th 
December that ке the year an examination tt been made ‘of various parts of the 
I including the Rakaia Gorge, High Peak, Rockwood, and Benmore areas, the 
first two largely with the help of s kudenta, vu had u sed tho 56 areas for subjects for 
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to the Hon. peg of the eor ees for appr Some attention has also been 
given to the more promising Glenroy and Steventon area, the latter being specially 
promising, and iE videar rie “bored would probably prove to be a fairly extensive 
brown-coal field. work i nnection with these areas has reached such a иы 
S pd it is сее to ‘deal with the А of the блар апа боде for the purposes 
earthen A 
Mr. Pake. B.Sc., late ect to TIME Evans, of Canterbury College, made a 
proposition to Mr. Spei ight dealing with this as o e of the get and Mr. Speight 
obtained the approval of the Sta E Committee to divert portion of the grant to 
carrying out investigation on the clays. The beds of the petis in hands of 
Institute is £175 
Tessrs. Wild and Tankersley, who, through the TUET ета of Canter- 
bury, were during the year granted £25 for soil- eth tu district, 
reported on the 27th November that they had a anged to get ws use of the chemical 
balance obtained b by the Hon. Mr. G. M. Thoms n for his research on whale-feed. 
Some material had been collected and preliminary "Vd begun. "NO снае 
80 far fon incurred. 
“Аныи ka who, through bs aiu — d the year sin 
gg £25 for a research on the essential oils of n lants, reported on the 
November that research ha ab een carri eer out on the essenti 1 oil o operum 
ит and is partly completed. Additions and altera tions have been made to the 
distilla n apparatus, and ST to the E eint of £9 7s. incurred. Balance in 
hands: ot Tnstitute, £15 1 
M. Wright, whe, d the Canterbury Philosophical Institute, was in 
1921 granted £75 for a research o vitamine-content of commercial meat products 
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value. Three ers have been published covering the results obtained, a 
have ben pabida daie Teuh of the Society 2 Chemical Industry, оа № 4. 
ов. 2 and 3, New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology. Balance of gran 
hands of Institute is £25. 
Hutton Fund Research Grants. 
Professor Marshall, who in 1923 was granted 4 = bars A ear ы 
Wotk on the Upper Cretaceous ammonites of New Z d dift ult; 
November that the work has proved to ie of Ками аст» velare and difficulty, 
ut it is now almost ready for acme 
: zd rted x kd 4th December that 
Miss Mestay r, who in 1918 w gite £10, repo n Mollusca this year. 
еей > during 1924. There 
