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mining operations, a metallurgical process, or the geology of an approved 
area, according to the division in which the student specializes. The classes 
commence on the first Tuesday after the 8th March in each year, and 
lectures and examinations are completed by the 30th September, except in 
the first year, when they are finished about three weeks later. The total 
fees payable in the divisions of mining and metallurgy are £93 16s. 6d., 
and in the geological division £92 5s. There are six Government mining 
scholarships, of an annual value of £50, for students passing through the 
mining courses, and post-graduate scholarships in mining and metallurgy 
are announced, together with one place allotted yearly by Messrs. Bewick, 
Moreing, and Co. to a graduate of the Otago School of Mines, an appoint¬ 
ment that carries with it very valuable opportunities for a successful career. 
New Zealand Institute, 
The adjourned annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the New 
Zealand Institute was held in Canterbury College, Christchurch, on the 
1st and 3rd February, 1918. 
Board of Governors. 
Poverty Bay Institute. 
A new affiliated society formed at Gisborne, under the name of the 
Poverty Bay Institute, was duly incorporated in the New Zealand Institute. 
F ellowship of the New Zealand Institute. 
It was resolved to institute a Fellowship of the New Zealand Institute 
as an honorary distinction, with the abbreviation F.N.Z.Inst. There are 
to be twenty Original Fellows, who shall be elected forthwith, and four 
additional Fellows may be elected each year so long as the total number 
does not exceed forty. The Original Fellows include those past presidents 
and holders of the Hutton and Hector Medals who are members of the 
Institute, and who have held their positions and distinctions prior to the 
3rd February, 1919, and the same persons shall be electors for the remaining 
Original Fellows. 
Catalogue of New Zealand Fishes. 
It was resolved that the Institute urge upon the Government the necessity 
of preparing and publishing a catalogue of New Zealand fishes as a work 
of national importance, and that this work should be undertaken at the 
earliest date possible. 
Kapiti Island. 
Professor H. B. Kirk presented a report on Kapiti Island, prepared by 
himself and Mr. W. E. Bendall, which was adopted and ordered to be printed 
in the next volume of Transactions and Proceedings. It was resolved that 
the Minister of Lands be urged to acquire the remaining portions of the 
island from the private owners, in order to prevent the damage and 
destruction to the flora and fauna which is now taking place, and that the 
Government be asked to recognize formally the New Zealand Institute as 
an advising body in connection with the administration of Kapiti Island 
and other plant and animal sanctuaries. 
