NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 24, 29 January 1915, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.

ii THE ANNUAL MEETING. >{ Per Press Association. :•? '■'.". Wellington, January 29. '•>;A| the annual meeting of governors *tt;iwsWsr Zealand • 1 listit'ut'e,. Professpr Chilton," who presided, made reference to the de*th of Mr Stewart, ~., C.B y .Auckland, and expressed the :" opinion that the biological results of ).i\ the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1! were equal, if they did not surpass J- those of any other in interest and !?' completeness. Regret was expressed :. at the probable loss of the Endeavour. ■ ... •Congratulations were extended to Mr 1| .,.. CheeSemnn in the publication of another noteworthy contribution to fchjD ■:■[ botany of New Zealand.. Although .., one or two minor alterations had been *"* made in connection with the Institute j Library and the Dominion Museum, I"-, there was no real improvement, and •?-the, valued collection's were no safer .„. than formerly. A Science and Art Board had been constituted, but, not • been called together. It had, been •';■'' suggested that the Institute v should i' "meet in the same place and about the same time as the University Senate, so that members of the Senate might ■;..' attend the Institute. , The Standing H Committee announced that the Hector '' prize for 1914 would be £io, and that j ' all the publications of- the Institute available and those of the Canterbury Philosophical Institute' would Se got 1 . together for, exhibition ; in Now Zea- : I'" land pavilion at. the Panama Exposi. |f. tion. For the'Hamilton memorial>the ; sum of 100 guineas is in hand..; '■■'