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444 In corter with resohctions passed at last annual meeting, Professor T. W.E. David, Professor 11. A. llaswell. dr. J. II. Maiden, all of Sydney, were asked in art as a committee to suggest a nitable recipient of the Hutton Memorial Metal. The two Inst-mentioned grutiemen have consented to act. but po reply has yet been received from Professor David. she is absent in the far south as a member of the "Nimrod Intarctic Expedition. The dies for the niedal. und several specimens of the medal. hiuso been received froiu Englawd, and (by pernussion) have been lodged by the Seere. tary in the Dovainion Museum for safe keeping. The Committee set up at last amal meeting to examine the books of the library with a view to deteriuining their ownership" las never snel, two of the members being resident in the South Island ; consequentis the position remains malteredl. The same coniniittee was set up to revis the exchange list and Professors Benham and Chilton submitted sevestions to Mr. .1. Hamilton, the Tellington member of the committee, as to the alteraticies required in the list. The matter is dealt with in the report of the Hon. Librarian. presented at this meeting, It the last meeting a comunittee was sit up to yo into the matter of the delay in the issue of the 39th volume of the Transactions. This committee interviewed the Hou J. Tillar. Imister in charge of the Printing Department, and the Government Printer, ind obtaincel a promise from those gentleinen that steps would be taken in expedite the issue of future volumes. The delay in the past year was in pat attributed to tle unijire pared muret in which papers intended for publication were semin: and the Government Priuter undertook to supply a memorandurn on the subject for the guidance of Secretarie- of affiliated societies and of authors of papers. This inc morandum Wis recejred by the Editor in Febrnary last, and copies were forward to the Serre- taries of the several afiliatel societiexIt is, lowever, evident that the delay was Jurgely dne to the block of puolimentary business; and to obviate this in future ii is advisable that the volume should be printre l as early in the year as possible.

The committee appointed to make arraugements for the preparation of an index to the forty volumes of the Transactions has not been able to come to a final decision is to the courto be pursued. The comtuittee has olitained specifications from two persons qualified to mulertake the work, wd is in communicatina with a third, but so far is unable to report definitely.

A geographical difficulty similar to the one spoken of in the paragraph referring to the Ownership of Books Committee has prevented the Hector Bemorial Committee of Ule Institute front secting. The members of the committee live in different parts of the Doninion, and have not found it practicable to assemble in Wellingtoil. They are. however, cooperating with the main Hector Memorial Committee, which has the matter in hund. That columittee has been reconstituted, and it in correspondence with the other boilies which are acting in the interests of the movement. The amonut so far collected by the committees is, unfortuuately, 100 small for the end in view. The main Hector Memorial ('omnuttee, int the instance of the Standing Conimittee of the of Governors, las therefore snggested 10 the Memorial Comunittee of tlıc Institute, and to the allied communities in Auckland, Wellington, Christchnieh. and Dunedin. that a joint circular should be issued, signeel lyy representatives of all the committees. appeal. ing for further subscriptions to the fund This suggestion has been arlopied. (haft circular 110+ beun (Iraw up by the main Memorial Committee und submitted to the other committees, and its terms are now lacing discussed. Members of the Christchurch and Dunedin committees have stipulated for one or two fundamental culyes in the wording of the circular. This has temporarily delayed matters : lmt it is hoped that agreement will slor: ly he arrived at upon the points at issue, and that as soon as the cirenlar is ready for distribution all the committees will make a vigorons effort to raise a sum of money sufficient for the establishment of a worthy memoria.

The volunes of the Transactions remaining on lianul arc-Fol. 1 (second edition), 313; Vol. V. 30: Vol. VI. 21: Vol. VII. 1:13: Yol. IX. 211: Vol. X, 138: Yol. XI, 392; Vol. XII. 305 : Vol. X111, 1+2: Fol. XIV. 107: Vol. XV. 280 ; vol. XVI. 270; Vol. XVII. 530 ; Vol. XVIII, 308; Vol. XIX. 550 ; Vol. XX. 150; Vol. XXI. 454: Vol. XXII, 560; fol. XXIII, 570; Vol. XXIY. 070; Vol. XXV, 626; Vol. XXVI, 613; Vol. XXVII, 605; Vol. XXVIII, 688; Vol. XXIX, 591; Vol. XXX, 684 ; Vol. X.XXT, 695; Vol. XXXI517; Vol. XxW. 611; Vol. XXXIV, 563; Vol. XXXV. 525 : Vol. XXXVI, OSO: Yol. XXXVII, 604 : Vol. XXXVIII. 750: Vol. XXXIX, 193: Vol. XL, 91.

The arviunte copies of the 10 rolume (XL, 1907) were not received from the printers until the first week of September. 1903, and the main supplies were not availahle for distribution ambil tovarls the end of that mouth The volume contains aos and xvi pages, aut 34 plates. The contents of the laat two volumes are compared as follo178 :-