228 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [Nov. 
January). On the invitation of the Manawatu Philosophical Society these 
meetings will be held in Palmerston North, the home of that society. 
A programme of public lectures, as well as of papers of a more technical 
character which will be read and discussed at the meetings of the sections 
devoted to the various sciences, is being arranged. There will be excur¬ 
sions to points of interest in the neighbourhood, and an excursion to the 
Tongariro National Park has also been suggested. There is every prospect 
of a good attendance of scientific enthusiasts, and the arrangements are now 
so well forward that the New Zealand Institute’s series of biennial general 
meetings on the lines of the meetings of the British Association may now 
be said to have become an established fact. The meetings are open to all. 
The secretary of the “ science congress ” is Mr. W. B. Mummery, 
15 Oxford Street, Palmerston North, to whom any inquiries should be 
addressed. 
Australasian Association Meeting at Hobart. 
A meeting (the fifteenth) of the Australasian Association for the Advance¬ 
ment of Science will be held at the University, Hobart, Tasmania, com¬ 
mencing on Wednesday, 5th January, 1921. The Australasian Association 
discontinued its meetings during the war, and this is the first since 1913 
(the Melbourne meeting). For Australian scientific men these meetings 
have a great attraction, as they give a unique opportunity for discussion of 
the problems of the hour ; and in spite of the breadth of the Tsaman Sea 
there are always some New-Zealanders who attend. Meetings have been 
held in New Zealand, and, no doubt, will be held here again. 
The President of the Association is Sir W. Baldwin Spencer, and the 
Presidents of sections are as follows : (A) Astronomy, Mathematics, and 
Physics, Professor H. J. Priestley ; -'(B) Chemistry, Professor N. T. M. 
Wilsmore ; (C) Geology and Mineralogy, Professor W. Noel Benson (Univer¬ 
sity of Otago) ; (D) Biology, Professor A. J. Ewart; (E) Geography and 
History, Sir Douglas Mawson ; (F) Ethnology and Anthropology, His 
Honour Judge Murray ; (G) Social and Statistical Science, Professor J. 
Hight (Canterbury College) ; (H) Engineering and Architecture, Maurice E. 
Kernot, Esq. ; (I) Sanitary Science and Hygiene, Dr. J. H. L. Cumpston ; 
(J) Mental Science and Education, Professor A. Mackie ; (K) Agriculture, 
Professor A. J. Perkins ; (L) Veterinary Science, Professor H. A. Woodruff. 
In addition to the meetings of the sections, arrangements are in progress 
for evening lectures and entertainments, and for excursions to places of 
interest. 
A circular has been issued inviting those who purpose attending the 
meeting to send their names and subscriptions (£1) to the Local Secretary. 
(Professor C. Coleridge Farr, Christchurch, is Local Secretary for New Zea¬ 
land.) The ticket of membership entitles the holder to attend all meetings 
and entertainments, and to purchase tickets for the excursions. Each 
member will also receive a copy of the association’s report (a volume of 
several hundred pages, with many illustrations). 
Members who have paid subscriptions are entitled to purchase ladies’ 
(associates’) tickets at 10s. each. Associates’ tickets admit the holders to 
all the privileges of members, except the right to receive the report. 
By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington. 
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