Mr. Andrew Duncan, in the absence of Mr. Wilkin, gave in the Interim Report of the Grass Committee. The report stated that the committee found great difficulty in obtaining infomation, from the backwardness of the gentlemen to whom they wrote, in sending replies. A sketch of the schedule which they sent with the letters of enquiry was pressented, along with the names of thirty-three species of native grasses. Of these it appeared that only two were known to Mr. Colenso, an accomplished botanist, as belonging to the North Island.

The Reporter proposed that the committee should be re-appointed, because considerable time must necessarily elapse before they would be in a position to communicate much definite information.