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TECHNOLOGY. 
VOL. III. WELLINGTON, APRIL, 1920. No. 2. 
EDITORIAL. 
The Cawthron Institute. 
The magnificent bequest of the late Thomas Cawthron, of Nelson, is likely 
to exert a great influence upon the. future development of the natural 
resources of New Zealand. The amount of the bequest was approximately 
£240,000, of which £40,000 had to be paid in stamp duty. The sum 
available for the foundation of an institute of scientific research—for long 
one of our greatest needs—was thus sadly reduced. The income, £10,000, 
out of which a building fund must be allowed to accumulate, is obviously 
insufficient to allow more than a very few researches to be carried on at 
a time. The Government has been asked, therefore, to supplement this 
income by an annual grant sufficient to compensate for the loss of the sum 
paid in stamp duty. 
Before proceeding to establish the Institute the Trustees appointed a 
private commission of scientific men to make recommendations as to the 
plan of action. This commission recommended that the main work of 
the Institute should be “ the performance of and instruction in scientific 
research,” and the recommendation has been adopted by the Trustees. 
The commissioners, undbr the chairmanship of Sir James G. Wilson, Pre¬ 
sident of the Board of Agriculture, have consented to continue as an 
Advisory Board. 
The following members of the staff have been appointed : Director- 
Professor T. H. Easterfield, M.A., Ph.D., Pres. N.Z. Inst., F.I.C., F.C.S. ; 
Agricultural Chemist—T. Bigg, M.A., M.Sc., 1851 Exhibition Scholar; 
Biologist and Entomologist—R. J. Tillyard, M.A., D.Sc., E.L.S., Crisp 
-Medallist of the Linnean Society of London, Macleay Fellow of the Linnean 
Society of New South Wales; Assistant Entomologist-—A. Philpott ; 
Mycologist and Plant Pathologist—Kathleen Curtis, M.A., M.Sc., F.L.S., 
Huxley Research Medallist of the Imperial College of Science, London ; 
Curator—W. C. Davis. 
A very beautiful site ha^ been purchased at Amesbrook, two miles from 
Nelson, and here the Institute building will be erected. In order that 
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