President: I. J. Pohlen, M.A.

Hon. Secretary: C. F. H. Pollock.

The following is the seventieth Annual Report, for the year ended December 31st, 1843.

Meetings: The annual one took place on March 25th, and two meetings of the Council were held.

Addresses: On February 23rd, by Mr. B. Given, B.Sc., entitled “Parasite Control of Insect and Plant Pests”; and on October 27th, by Mr. R. Danvers, B.Sc., entitled “Canning and De-hydration in Hawke's Bay.”

Membership: This numbers 54 at date.

Financial: The accompanying balance sheet shows a credit of £14 1s 9d for the year under review.

Hon. Auditor: The resignation of Mr. J. E. Gleadow was received with much regret, and the highest appreciation of his services, extending over 20 years, was recorded.

New Members: Elected were Messrs. W. H. Hill (Taupo) and C. N. Mitchell and J. S. Peel (Napier).

Paper for Publication: A further paper by Mrs E. A. Hodgson, being “A Review of the N.Z. Species of Plagiochila,” has been submitted to the Transactions with the unanimous approval of the Council.

Library: To the Loan Collection have been added 21 early New Zealand volumes from the Napier Museum, and 55 volumes from the Police Office, Napier, for which grateful thanks are recorded by the Society.

New volumes purchased are: Landscape (Cotton), Soil Erosion (Ayres), Social Relations of Science (Crowther), The Virus—Life's Enemy (Smith), Man and His Nature (Shrimpton), Physics and Philosophy (Jeans), Young Offenders (Carr-Saunders), New Zealanders and Science (Jenkinson).

Council: Members on active service are Drs. A. Clark and G. Waterworth.

I. J. Pohlen