1919.] 
University and Scientific News. 
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Porosity of Porcelain Insulators (with Experiments) : Dr. C. C. Farr. 
Mr. L. Birks. 
And papers by Professor K. J. Scott, W. H. Stunner, and others. 
Section 4.— General . 
Hon. Secretary, Mr. W. Martin, 51 Matai Street, Lower Riccarton. 
War Finance : Dr. J. Hight. 
Material Culture of the Moriori People : H. D. Skinner. 
The Natural Laws of Poetry : J. C. Andersen. 
The Influenza Epidemic : Dr. A. B. Pearson. 
Discussion on Daylight-saving. 
The Harmonic Analysis of Tidal Observations and Prediction of Tides : 
Dr. C. E. Adams. 
The Determination of the Position of the Moon by Photography : Dr. C. E. 
Adams. 
Tables of Mathematical Functions : Dr. C. E. Adams. 
Exhibit of Photographs of the Solar Corona, 1918, June 8 : Dr. C. E. Adams. 
Almucantar Method of Observation for the Determination of Time and 
Latitude : Dr. C. E. Adams. 
And other papers. 
C. Excursions. 
The following excursions have been suggested and will be arranged foi 
if a sufficient number of applications are received :—- 
Week-end excursions : Lake Coleridge Power-station ; Arthur’s Pass. 
Afternoon excursions : Dyer’s Pass and the Sugarloaf ; Riccarton 
Bush ; Lincoln Agricultural College ; Sockburn Flying-school ; 
Lyttelton Harbour. 
Excursions to places of scientific and industrial interest will also be 
arranged for by the Secretaries of the separate sections. A geological 
excursion to one of the Tertiary sections of North Canterbury is proposed. 
D. Garden Party. 
At Ilam, Riccarton (the residence of Mr. E. F. Stead). 
Note. —-The public lectures and meetings are open to all who are inter¬ 
ested. The excursions are restricted to members of any Institute affiliated 
to the New Zealand Institute. Tickets may be obtained from the Secretary. 
Scientific and Industrial Research. 
[Contributed by Mr. George Hogben, C.M.G., who was Chairman of the New Zealand 
Institute’s Scientific and Industrial Research Committee.] 
From the year 1915 onward several scientific and other bodies in New 
Zealand had been considering in what manner scientific and industrial 
research might be organized in New Zealand, as it had been already 
organized, or was being organized, in Great Britain and other parts of 
the Empire and in the United States of America. One or two of the 
schemes evolved gave some promise of being practical in character. 
Among them (although it was not the only one that could be so described) 
