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(4.) Otago — 
(a.) Additional assistance, £5,400 to £7,400. 
( b .) Professor of Surgery, £800. 
(c.) Separate Lecturers in Midwifery and Gynaecology, £400. 
( d .) Laboratory materials and apparatus, £600. 
Assistants in Research .—In view of the great importance of research, not only as 
an economic weapon of the community, but as an inspiration to both teachers and 
students in their academical work, the committee recommends that the Government 
should provide funds to enable the colleges to appoint assistants in research, who, 
guided by the heads of University departments, may co-operate with them in increasing 
the volume of original work carried out in the University. It is only by encouraging 
the spirit of research in pure science that the community can hope for a body of 
original thinkers in applied science. 
Libraries. 
The importance of a good library in a university can hardly be overestimated. 
In the past the libraries have been starved owing in part to other calls on the college 
funds. It is therefore necessary to spend a fairly large capital sum to provide the 
essential books in the different departments of university study. 
The committee recommends that the Government should provide for each University 
college a capital sum of £3,000 and an annual grant of £500 for general library purposes. 
In addition there should be provided an annual sum of £400 for the medical library at 
Otago and £100 for the engineering library at Christchurch. 
New Zealand Institute. 
In January last the Board of Governors decided to institute a Fellow¬ 
ship as an honorary distinction for the life of the holder. The appoint¬ 
ment and election of the twenty Original Fellows, who include the past 
Presidents and Hutton and Hector Medallists, has now been made, as 
follows :— 
B. C. Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. ; *f Professor W. B. Benham, M.A., D.Sc., 
F. R.S. ; f Elsdon Best; *f T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; 
*t Professor C. Chilton, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., M.B., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. ; 
*fj L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.R.S. ; JProfessor T. H. Easter- 
held, M.A., Ph.D. ; Professor C. Coleridge Farr, D.Sc., F.P.S.L. ; 
G. Hogben, C.M.G., M.A., F.G.S. ; G. Y. Hudson, F.E.S. ; Pro¬ 
fessor H. B. Kirk, M.A. ; fj P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. ; 
* D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. ; J Sir Ernest Rutherford, F.R.S. ; Pro¬ 
fessor H. W. Segar, M.A. ; S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S. ; R. 
Speight, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S. ; Professor A. P. W. Thomas, M.A., 
F.L.S. ; 515 Hon. G. M. Thomson, M.L.C., F.L.S. ; J. Allan Thom¬ 
son, M.A., D.Sc., A.O.S.M., F.G.S. 
Manawatu Philosophical Society. 
The following papers were read during the 1919 session :— 
March : Dr. E. C. Barnett, “ Medical Experiences at the Front.” April : 
Mr. Black, Curator of the Borough Reserves, “ Noxious Weeds.” May 2 : 
J. W. Poynton, S.M., “ Radium,” illustrated by exhibits of carnallite, 
blende, and radium bromide. May 23 : W. E. Bendall, “ Kapiti Island.” 
This paper covered the ground of the report on Kapiti Island as a bird 
and animal sanctuary, carried out at the request of the Board of Governors 
of the New Zealand Institute, and was prefaced by an historical introduc¬ 
tion. June : Miss A. F. Ironside, M.A., “ The Evolution of the English 
* Past President. f Hutton Medallist. ± Hector Medallist. 
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