DUNEDIN, Wednesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1928, 13 November 1884, Page 2

DUNEDIN, Wednesday.

The rain fell in tonents last night, but the weather is now clearing. At the annual meeting of the Otago Institute, the president, Mr Petrie, delivered an address on " Some Scientific Duties of the Government of New Zealand. " He referred to the reckless destruction of the New Zealand forests, and pointed out the necessity for the Government to conserve the same, and also of planting young trees. He urged that one of the scientific duties which the Government ought to discharge was to establish scientific and technical schools. Another duty was the establishment of model farms, where young men would be instructed in the propogation and culture ot tobacco, oranges, bananas, sugar, and other products of a tropical climate. The Government should get the native flora and fauna properly classified, and he thought no abler man could be found to undertake this work than Mr Hooker, of Kew Gardens, England. Mr Kirk, of Lincoln College Christchurch, and Mr Cheeseman, of the Auckland Museum, were eminently fitted to fulfil the position of colonial collaborators inj such an undertaking. The Anglican Synod has closed. •Bishop Neville intimated that he would shortly visit England for the purpose tf completing arrangements for establishing the geological college.

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