boundaries, and, further, that an area on the Kaimauawa Mountains and Mount Umukarikari ought to be set aside. These boundaries did not include all that the delegates wished for, but the State Forest Service was prepared to declare the remainder permanent State forest, to be milled only under the strictest conditions of selective logging. It was also decided to ask the co-operation of the Forestry Department, with a view to doing everything possible to preserve the amenities of the park, especially along the Ohakune track. The following resolutions were passed:— (1.) That the Tongariro Sports Club be added to the list of bodies that should send a joint representative to the Board of Control. (2.) That the Government be asked for an endowment sufficient to provide for the maintenance of the park. (3.) That Mr. Field be asked to organize a deputation to the Minister of Defence with regard to the Military Reserve. (4.) That a Bill be promoted extending the boundaries as agreed to. On the 14th September a deputation consisting of the Hon. G. M. Thomson, Professor H. B. Kirk, Dr. L. Cockayne, Professor E. Marsden, and Mr. B. C. Aston (representing the New Zealand Institute), Mr. W. H. Field, M.P., and Mr. W. A. Veitch, M.P., together with representatives from the Wanganui and Manawatu Societies, Forestry League, Forestry Department, Tararua Tramping Club, Sports Protection League, and Ski-ing Club, waited upon the Prime Minister. Professor Kirk placed before him the desire of the various bodies represented to have the park boundaries extended to include Hauhangatahi and the military training-ground area. Also, in addition, they asked that portion of the Hautu Block (Kaimanawa Mountains) be included. Without this portion the proposals meant an addition of about 105,750 acres. It was asked that the forest areas between the new boundaries and the railway-line should be made premanent forests by Act of Parliament and not merely by Order in Council. Mr. Massey said the proposals met with his approval. He thought that the Board of Control should be set up, and he hoped practical men would be selected with the necessary Government representation. During the session the Tongariro National Park Bill was introduced and became law. It provided for many of the proposals which had been suggested, including extension of the boundaries of the park and a Board of Control, to consist of the Mayors of Wellington and Auckland, the paramount chief of the Maori people responsible for the gift, the Under-Secretary of Lands, the General Manager of the Tourist Department, the Secretary of the State Forest Service, the President of the New Zealand Institute, and four members nominated by the Government. Great Barrier Reef Committee.—On the 21st September the Standing Committee appointed Mr. W. R. B. Oliver to represent it as a corresponding member on the Great Barrier Reef Committee, set up by the Royal Geographical Society of New South Wales. On the 19th January Mr. Oliver reported that since the inauguration of this committee it has met four times, and the following business has been transacted: Appointment of officers and representatives; appointment of sub-committees—Coastal, Physiography, Oceanography, Geology, Zoology, Botany. Reports from these sub-committees, giving suggestions for carrying out investigations on the Barrier Reef, were presented at the fourth meeting of the committee, held 15th December, 1922. The principal suggestions embodied in the reports are— (a) the establishment of a marine biological station; (b) a topographical and oceanic survey of the reef; (c) a census of the entire fauna and flora of the reef; (d) an ecological survey of both animals and plant life; (e) a report on the animals and plants of economic importance; (f) an investigation into the general geological structure of the reef; (g) a study of the mode of formation of atolls, and the origin and characteristics of coral reefs in general; (h) the compilation of a bibliography. Library Removal.—At the last annual meeting the Board, having before it the strongly expressed approval of the Board of Science and Art and the approval of the Wellington Philosophical Society in the matter of the proposed improvement of the Institute's library, authorized the Standing Committee to continue negotiations with Victoria College Council in regard to the housing of the library, provided the finances permitted. At a meeting of the Standing Committee held on the 4th February it was resolved, That if on inquiry it be found that the cost of transport and shelving in connection with the proposed removal of the library to Victoria College can be kept within £50 the Institute will ask the Victoria College Council to accept the custody of the books as a provisional measure. On the 17th February the President reported that the Under-Secretary of Internal Affairs had consented to assist in the removal of the library to Victoria College by the