768 Proceedings. 
of the grant in preliminary investigations, and application for a further grant was 
subsequently withdrawn. A paper by Mr. Hill on the subject of artesian wells has been 
published n volume 54 of the T'ransactions. 
Mr. W. G. Howes in 1919 was granted £30 for a Dese on the neuropterous fauna. 
This research was underiaken in company with Dr. Tillyard. Investigations were 
made in Queenstown, Arthur's Pass, and Moana; the results were good, and a paper 
dealing with the results of the material gathered is to be submitted. The whale of the . 
à further #28. жй ted 
to enable the ane of peip кы work to pes salle tod and published. This work is 
proceeded with Mr. F. W. Foster, of the Forestry Department, under the 
rvi 
Professor R. Jack in 1917 was grant 95 for investigations of the electric 
charge on rain and its connections with the meteorological conditions.  Professo k 
promises to furnish a report of this research before the end e year. 
in 1917 was gr 5 for investigating meth f 
ui ents proved that the cresols in me dunes state = 
osquitoes and larvae. The experi ; 
not very effective, and that neither they nor the phenols are so effec 
of all together. Professor Kirk found no larvaecide of dun» ale “сену бөзү light oil 
Р руа ts had also been made with tanglefoot mixtur he grant was expended 
n tra „expenses, &c. A paper embodying results of. this "ode was published in 
v арша 50 of the Transactions. 
. T. L. Lancaster and Cornes in 1919 were granted £50 for an inquiry into the 
rate and growth of the cra al New Zealand timber-trees. Some data on kauri 
saplings in Titirangi and on the growth-rings was ne ted, and some observations 
made in Swanson. Mr. Cornes was removed from Auckland, - owing to pressure 
of work Mr. Lancaster was unable to continue the work, and the wbole grant was 
haic ma ed. 
в. W. S. La Trobe and C. E. Adams in 1917 ves granted £50 towards out- 
d" expenses in the construction of a tide-predicting machine, for the purpose 
of ine g easing t ost or 
Professor J. Malcolm i in 1918 was granted £30 for a research on the pharmacology 
of New Zealand plants. As an outcome of this research, a paper dealing with the tutu 
fruit and seed was published in volume 51 of the Transactions, and work on pukateine 
was pore, although it had been — owing to pressure of University wor rk. 
Books and apparatus were absorbing the grant. 
ое J. Malcolm іп 1919 was granted £250 for a research on the composition 
of New Zealand fishes. In 1920 a further £175 was granted for this purpose, and was 
mainly expended in the salary of an assistant. Three papers—Part 1 and Part 2, by 
Mrs. Johnson, his assistant- were published in quein = and 58 of the Transactions, 
and Part 3, by Professor J. Male olm and T. B. volume 55. 
. №. Marsden in 1922 was granted a a special a dd Interni smo л #100 
tor an investigation of the earthquakes in Taupo. The was spent эи 
Journeys {о Taupo, and on Maru ia aqu and боео за liens to register the 
earthquakes. One hundred ea earthquake Porcia were Devon, and are being worked 
n 
- E. Marsden 
in the disintegration effect of the impact 3 a parti a on Observations 
have been made in Samoa and Mount Egmont with the purpose жн: аша whether it 
18 possible to promote radio-active disintegration. Radium has been purchas a 
measured, and experiments were directed to ascertain whether or на? бии is an extra- 
terrestrial radiation of radio-active nature. A роону accou t к 
has been acce pted for publication in the Journal of Amoepheri "Hleciriciy and 
T'errestrial Magnetism, and a fuller account is in Phat of pius 
rsden in 1919 was granted £60 for a research relative efficiency 
. E. a on t 
of coal-gas and electricity for domestic purposes and heating in er Zealand. 
embodying the results of this research was published in the Journal of Science 
