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University and Scientific News. 
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UNIVERSITY AND SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
New Zealand Institute Science Congress. 
4th to 8th February, 1919. 
At the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand 
Institute held in January, 1918, on the invitation of the Philosophical 
Institute of Canterbury it was decided to hold a week of public meetings 
of the Institute early in the autumn of 1919. It has since been decided to 
hold them in Christchurch during the first week of February. The Board 
of Governors of Canterbury College has granted the use of the College 
buildings for the purpose. 
The arrangements for the meeting have, by the resolution of the 
Standing Committee, been entrusted to the Philosophical Institute of 
Canterbury. 
The opening meeting will be held on Tuesday, 4th February, at which 
the President of the Institute, Dr. L. Cockayne, will deliver his presidential 
address. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to state that he 
will officially open the Congress if his other engagements permit. The Hon. 
G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, has signified his intention of 
being present. 
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME. 
The following provisional programme has been communicated by Mr. 
William Martin, Hon. Secretary, New Zealand Institute Science Congress. 
A. Public Lectures. 
Tuesday evening, 4th February. Presidential Address : Dr. L. Cockayne. 
Wednesday evening, 5th February. Botanical evening. “ Vestiges of the 
Primeval Plant World ” : Dr. J. E. Holloway. 
Thursday evening, 6th February, Geological evening. “ Mountain Struc¬ 
ture ” : Professor W. N. Benson. “ Mountain Sculpture ” : Dr. C. A. 
Cotton. 
Friday evening, 7th February. Science and Industry. ( a .) From the 
Chemical Standpoint: Professor F. P. Worley. ( b .) From the Physical 
Standpoint: Professor H. Clark. 
B. Papers and Discussions. 
Section 1. — Biology and Agriculture. 
Hon. Secretaries, Dr. C. Chilton, Canterbury College, Christchurch, and 
Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf, Agricultural College, Lincoln. 
Nitrification in Relation to the Calcium-carbonate Content of Canterbury 
Soils : L. J. Wild. 
The Status of Entomology in the Economy of the Dominion : D. Miller. 
The Control in Succession in Surface-sown Grassland : A. H. Cockayne. 
The Relative Effect of Histological Fixatives on the Endosperm of Seeds. 
Professor J. C. Johnson. 
Indigenous Vegetation of Banks Peninsula : R. M. Jjaing. 
