772 Proceedings. 
Tongariro National Park.—Report was received. On the motion of 
Dr. Cockayne, seconded by Dr. Allan Thomson, it was resolved, That this 
Board strongly opposes the planting of heather on any part of the 
Tongariro National Park, or any other national park or scenic reserve. 
n the motion of Mr. Hill, seconded by Dr. Marshall, it was resolved 
to urge that no leasing of any portion of the National Park be allowed. 
REPORT or TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK BOARD. 
officio representative of the Institute on the Tongariro National Park 
Board, I ps for the information of the Board of Governors a copy of the report 
to Parlia 
There . ar s certain matters of policy in connection with the administration of the 
park on which I think the Institute should come to a conclusion for the guidance of 
A proposal came before the Park Board at its first meeting to lease certain portions 
of the park for the e оя of summer residences. І "sanae i et duty to oppose 
this proposal.. A conclusion on the matter has not yet been 
When the Pieri ж was constituted a license was found to iu held by the Prisons 
Department to cut timber on a certain defined area on Hauhangatahi, then brought 
within the Rust of the e ра rk. The Board was faced with ке difficulty of making 
roads, and of meeting other expenditure, with no settled revenue. It v to 
renew the license under stri conditions as to selective logging, а and to accept in 
payment the making of roads by priso n labour. It is, I think, desirable "that the 
Institute should lay down, for guidance of its representative, the "principe that 
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Carter Bequest.—A deputation, consisting of Sir Robert Stout, Dr. 
Newman, Mr. Wright (Mayor of Wellington), Mr. J. P. Maxw well, Mr. 
donated by the City Council to ie the Meanee 9 in. pene hich 
had been recently purchased by the Council for £500, and was now valu 
at £2,000. Dr. Newman, who introduced the deputation, informed the 
Board that the Wellington Philosophical Society would be willing to pay 
the costs of both sides of any friendly action in the Supreme Court to 
determine the power of the Institute in the master Sir Robert Stout 
also briefly supported Dr. Newman’s application. ` He considered the 
suggestion that the Institute should become the owners and managers of 
the telescope and site would pues енын which were outside 
the functions of the New Zealand Ins 
After the deputation had sr csl Mr. Eliott moved, and Mr 
Wright seconded, and it was carried, That the resolution passed. in 
January, 1923, relating to using £2,000 of the Carter Bequest for assisting 
the erection of an observatory, be rescinded. 
After considerable discussion the following motion, moved by the 
President, and seconded by the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Eliott, was carried : 
ui provided (a) all ded difficulties be removed, (b) the tenure of the E 
te be assured to the Institute, (c) the City Council donate е municipal x 
