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and соод y (vol. 3, Nos. 5, 6). Тһе research was carried on with the assistance 
of Miss Fenton, and the grant was expended in apparatus and an honorarium to Miss 
fread 
Dr. E. Marsden in ios was granted £50 for a research on the physical properties 
of gel epp timbers. So far no report has been received on this grant. 
D. D. Milligan in ng was gan £50 for an pean aen of. a 
Two xe have been made 
the full report of his чк mes not yet been recei 
Mr. W. G, Morrison in 1919 was granted £100 for a research on the afforestation o 
the Spenser Ranges. Useful data were peto on a tour through the North Island 
en. 
orth, and Bon 
of Science and Technology (vol. 2, Nos. 4, 5). At the end of 1922 Mr. Morrison premi 
he was unable, o mo to official duties, to continue the research, and he refunded th 
sos gend balan 
Dr. Petrie in 1917 was granted £20 for an exploration of the grass flora 
southern Neison m but he found he was unable to prosecute the research, and he 
refunded th 
Mr. R “Speight i in 1919 was granted £225 for a —* -— of the Malvern 
Hills. In various parts of the hills experiments have been carried out, some portions 
Showing fair prospects of coal. The examination of the hills is still in progress, and 
the expenses so far have бөер confined to field-work, travelling, &c. Preparation for 
n 1916 was granted £50 for an bc apes of the causes of 
deterioration and raz ay of apples a ah fruit in cold storage. epit nt of ill health 
and Е" business, Mr. Symes was compelled to surrender e 
. Skinner in 1920 was granted £200 | de an MER. survey of the 
South ideni. Mr. Beattie was employed as assistant, and the grant was used to pay 
his salary and expenses. The ground covered was from the Bluff to Kaiapoi, and a 
large amount of entirely new ial relating to Maori life was sec Mr. sept 
ee ub pared Cui pn. pages of manuseript onbodyb 4 he results of this research, and t 
waiti = ica 
ess ч Spe ight and L. J. Wild in 1916 were granted £50 for an investigation 
of the наби yielding rocks of Canterbury. All the localities in Canterbury where 
it was considered possible that phosphate material might exist in quantity were 
rumen E The work was held up, and, according to resolution of the annual meeting 
злата, unexpended balances of research grants granted prior to January, 
1919, 4 the unexpended od was teo . Two have bli БЕРН 
entitled “ The Limestones of Canterb d red as à a Possible Source of Phosphate," 
in the Journal of Science and Tusci (vol. 2 2, No. 3, 1919), and “ The S г 
Relationship of the Weka Pass Stone and the Amuri Limestone," in the 
of the New Zealand. Institute (vol. 50). h | 
ig in 1919 was granted £100 for an investigation into the c — 
iaces of of i igneo s rocks. Owing to Dr. Thomson's continued illness, this 
* eme 
and Mr. С. S. Thomson in 1919 were granted £50 for а research on the 
economic value of «рае Ба There was some delay in obtaining apparatus Me 
England, but with its arrival the research was p ed with, and a paper gi ving We 3 
Fart of Б "at was published in the Journal үе, Science and Technology (vol. 6, Мо. 
In 
ect L. J. Wild in 1918 was granted £30 for a soil-survey in Canterbury. 
jon with this Me. pre pre red a paper, whic hich w: as published in pessier 
of Se Sones and Technology (vo Br No. 2), entitled “ Colis ent bonte Con ча 
some Soils from Са nterbury d Southland." ee incurred were sligh an 
the balance was refunded as per resolution of the nui meeting refer above. 
Early in 1923 Mr. Wild applied for another grant to n ace сеш: 
hat the sur in the еа distri: anted fo the 
tamin ntent 
r. „М. “Wright i in 1921 was granted £75 for a research on the vi e-co 
of commercial meat products. The оа is still in іс cmm , and, Sigon en 
av. 
Mr, Wri 
rar AY: in the issue of the volume he is arranging 
$0 before the end of the year. Expenditure has been in books and кеми: 
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