POLYNESIAN SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 55, 24 February 1908, Page 4

POLYNESIAN SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the above Society wa, held iu ihe Jluroiigh Council "dices mi l-'iiiiiij night, the president, Mr. is. Percy Smith in the onair, ami a good number of members being present. After flic reading or tin: annual report of this. Council i.a suuiinary .1' ■which is given bctoW), tin. following ollicers were re-elected for. the ensuing year.-President, Mr. S. l'crcv SmithCouncil, Me-sr». Al. Fraset-.'W.' 1,. _\,.,vtmHi.'aini F. P, (orkill; auditor. Mr. \\. I). Wtdi-ler. The annual report statcihal l lie membership ol ihe So.-iely increased la-t year by J 4 new members, ami now -lands at-200. Some notable name.*- are iiiuon'jj.t the losses liy ilealh during tin- past year- Sir .Jamcs'llcc-ior. 1-MI.S.. Mr. .Mm Tinlin-, of Nelson, and <-\-Judge T. fl. Smith. 0 f Auckland. The .piartorly journal of the Society ha* ap pearcil with regularity, and ' coutai'imuch matter ol inU-re-i relating to ihe history and tradition* of tlie I'olync .aian nice, of which ihe Maori- nonform the largo-l. branch. It U pointed Out that the Society ha- mnv on hand a large .number of valuable manii-cript-relating to ihe I'olyiio-ian race which ought tu lie printed, but ihe lend- of the S'.cicty~oiilv allow- of tbi* being done \«i It limited .-can'. In. connection With tin- .Mll.jKfi.ii libera) nllei i.a- been made by on- ..t iln- original iiiemb.-is to the elicit that lie will give a mini ol .CHA). it another Clou is raised by the members and others, and thus en abk* the Society to print the most valuable ol the manuscript-. 'lne new edition ol the .Uaon JJktioiiai.., winch jto be published by the ijoveriniicnl uu.h'r tlie allspice- ul" tlie Socicu, i, pi■_>gfessilig "towards lite pruning stage under inc. enthusiastic- editor, uie Veil. Archdeacon Ji. VV. William-, and will probably 'contain one-third more witus than are to be found ill existing dictionaries, as many valuable collections not heretofore available will be incorporated. The library of the Society—which is constantly iia-re'iUiug in size, ami which has been deposited, by the kind permission of the borough authorities, in their otlices—will shortly be removed to the Technical School, where the committee has consented to find a home for it iu its lire-proof building. The expenditure of the Society during the last twelve mouths amounted to L U77 5s ml, and the receipts to £181) l!Js JIM. Nearly the whole of this has been expended in printing and publication.