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already twenty-five minutes wrong, and under Dr. Adams’s proposal it would be 
three-quarters of an hour out—this would be a serious matter in the winter. 
Dr. Chilton said that, while daylight-saving had been a success in fairly warm 
latitudes, it was less satisfactory each degree farther south. He could not see why 
local arrangements could not be made, as was at present done in the building trades, 
instead of altering the time of the whole Dominion. 
After further discussion it was decided to recommend the Congress to urge upon 
the Government the importance of altering the standard time from eleven and a half 
hours to twelve hours in advance of Greenwich mean time, the motion being carried 
by six votes to three. 
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CONGRESS. 
Pure Seeds. 
1. That this Congress urges upon the Government that no time should 
he lost in placing on the statute-book a Pure Seeds Act on the lines urged 
by Government officers, farmers, and dealers for over twenty years past. 
Dominion Herbarium. 
2. That the Science Congress of the New Zealand Institute considers 
that a comprehensive herbarium should be established in the Dominion 
Museum, and that a fully qualified keeper of the herbarium be appointed. 
Pronunciation of Scientific Terms. 
3. That it is advisable that a Committee of the New Zealand Institute 
be set up to go into the details and draw up a logical, uniform, scientific 
system of pronunciation of scientific terms; that the scheme when 
complete should be adopted by the Institute, and that every possible effort 
should be made to introduce and explain it in all the University colleges 
and all institutions where science (even elementary science) is taught, with 
a view to establishing such uniformity as may be possible. 
Uniformity in Biological Language. 
4. That a committee be appointed to consider uniformity in biological 
language, the committee to consist of Professors Johnson, Kirk, Benham, 
and Chilton (convener). 
Soil Survey. 
5. That a soil survey be undertaken as soon as possible. 
Spray Compounds. 
6. That the Government be asked to introduce legislation to provide 
for the purity and standardization of spray compounds. 
Palaeontology. 
7. That a palaeontologist be appointed immediately as a permanent 
member of the Geological Survey. 
Seismology. 
8. That seismological instruments of the most modern character be 
installed in Wellington to replace the present ones. 
