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the name “ Domain ” changed to “ Botanic Garden.” In 1913 he served 
on the Royal Commission on Forestry. Later he was one of the private 
Commission appointed by the trustees of the Cawthron Institute to advise 
them regarding the form the late Mr. Cawthron’s bequest should take. 
Besides his purely scientific writings, he has published much of a 
popular character in the leading New Zealand newspapers. One series of 
articles after being revised was published as a book by the Department of 
Education in 1910. This book, entitled New Zealand Plants and their Story, 
soon after its publication was used as a text-book in all the University 
colleges, but is now out of print, and a new and revised edition is to be pub¬ 
lished shortly as a manual by the Board of Science and Art. An important 
public service rendered was his suggesting to the Canterbury College Board 
of Governors that a biological experiment station should be founded in the 
upper valley of the Waimakariri. The Hon. G. W. Russell, then Chairman 
of the Board, heartily supported the scheme, which, thanks to his well- 
known interest in science, became an accomplished fact. 
Early in 1914 Dr. Cockayne completed an exhaustive work, “ The 
Vegetation of New Zealand,” on which he had been engaged for many 
years. It was to form one of the volumes of Die Vegetation der Erde, and 
to be published in English alone. This work left New Zealand in May, 
1914, and as to its fate practically nothing is known. 
In April, 1914, Dr. Cockayne left Christchurch and took up his residence 
in Wellington, where he has continued to carry on his researches. Latterly 
he has been engaged on economic work. A report on a disease of New 
Zealand flax for the Flax-millers’ Association has just been completed, and 
an economic investigation of the tussock-grasslands of the South Island, 
under the direction of the Department of Agriculture, is in progress. 
PROGRAMME OF THE CONGRESS. 
The general programme for each day consisted of sectional meetings in 
the mornings for the reading and discussion of papers, excursions in the 
afternoons, and public lectures in the evenings. On the opening day, 
Tuesday, 4th February, however, a general meeting of members was held 
in the morning to hear announcements and fix the programme, after which 
His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch entertained the members of the 
Congress at a civic reception. The opening ceremony was held on the 
evening of the same day. On Thursday afternoon, 6th February, Mr. and 
Mrs. E. F. Stead gave a garden party, which replaced the customary 
excursions. On Friday morning, 7th February, after the conclusion of the 
sectional meetings, a general meeting of members was held to consider 
the resolutions brought forward by the various sections and to pass votes 
of thanks. 
Civic Reception. 
On Tuesday, 4th February, 1919, at 11.30 a.m., His Worship the Mayor 
of Christchurch, H. Holland, Esq., gave a civic reception to the officers of 
the New Zealand Institute and to the visiting members in the City Council 
Chamber. The meeting was largely attended by members of the City 
Council and by many prominent citizens. 
