Transactions of the Royal Society of the New Zealand Institute, 1953. [electronic resource]

The Royal Society of New Zealand,
Council for 1953–54.

Established under an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand Entituled the New Zealand Institute Act, 1867, Reconstituted under the New Zealand Institute Act, 1903; Continued Under the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908; and Reconstituted under the Royal Society of New Zealand Act, 1933

Honorary Patron:

His Excellency the Governor-General.

Ex Officio:

The Honourable Minister for Scientific and Industrial Research.

President:

W. R. B. Oliver, D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z.

Vice-Presidents:

F. R. Callaghan, M.A., F.R.E.S.

D. Miller, Ph.D.(N. Z.), F.R.S.N.Z., C. M. Z.S.

Government Representatives:

1952.	R. A. Falla, M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z.
1952.	W. R. B. Oliver, D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z.
1953.	G. Archey, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.Z.S., F.R. S. N.Z
1953.	F. R. Callaghan, M.A., F.R.E.S.

Elected by Member Bodies.

Auckland Institute	L H. Briggs, D.Sc. (N.Z.), D.Phil. (Oxon.), F.N.Z.I.C., F.R.S.N.Z.
	A. T. Pycroft.
Wellington Branch	M. A. F. Barnett, O.B.E., M. Sc. (N.Z), Ph.D. (Cantab), F.Inst.P., F.R.S.N.Z.
	L. R. Richardson, M.Sc., Ph D. (McGill)
Canterbury Branch	R. S. Allan, Ph.D. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (N. Z.), F.R.S.N.Z
	C. E. Fenwick, M.Sc, B. E. (Elec), B. E. (Mech E.), M.I.E.E, A.M I.C E, A.M.I Mech.E., M.N.Z.I.E.
Otago Branch	W. E. Adams, M.Sc. (Zool.), B.Med.Sc, M. B., Ch B. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Leeds).
	O. H. Keys, M.Sc, A.R.I.C., A.N.Z.I.C
Hawke's Bay Branch	J. D. H. Buchanan. M.A. (Cantab.), B.Sc (N.Z)
Nelson Institute	D Miller, Ph.D. (N.Z.), F.R.S. N. Z, C.M.Z S.
Southland Branch	H. H. Allan, C.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

Co-opted Member.

J. T. Salmon, M. Sc., D.Sc, F. R.S. N. Z, A R.P.S, F.R. E. S.

Honorary Treasurer

S. Cory Wright, M.C., B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E., M.N.Z.I.E.

Fellows Representative.

F. G. Soper, C. B.E., Ph.D, D.Sc. (Wales), F.R.I.C. F.R S.N.Z. C. A. Cotton, D.Sc, F. G.S, F. R.S.N. Z.

Officers for the Year 1953–54

President: W. R. B. Oliver, D.Sc. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z.

Vice-Presidents: F. R. Callaghan, M.A. (N.Z.), F.R E.S.; D. Miller, M.Sc., Ph.D. (N. Z.), F. R.S.N.Z.

Honorary Treasurer: S. Cory Wright, M.C., B. Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E., M.N.Z.I E.

Honorary Editor: J. T. Salmon, M.Sc., D.Sc, F.R.S N.Z., A.R.P.S., F.R.E.S.

Honorary Librarian: L. R. Richardson, M.Sc, Ph D. (McGill).

Honorary Returning Officer: A T. Pycroft.

Secretary: Miss M. Wood, F.C.S.N.Z., Royal Society of New Zealand, Victoria University College, P.O. Box 196, Wellington, C.1. Cable and Telegraphic Address. Royalsoc, Wellington.

Member Bodies.

Name of Society	Secretary's Name and Address	Date of Affiliation
Auckland Institute	Dr G. Archey, Institute and Museum, Auckland.	June 10, 1868.
Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of N.Z.	Mr J. W. Brodie, Dept. Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington.	June 10, 1868.
Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society of N.Z.	Mr C. R. Russell, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch.	October 22, 1868.
Otago Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand	Mr J. B. Mackie, Otago School of Mines, Dunedin	October 18, 1869.
Nelson Institute	Mr A. W. Parrott, Cawthron Institute, Nelson	December 20, 1883.
Hawke's Bay Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand.	Mr H. P. Hole, 23 Brewster Street, Napier.	March 31, 1875.
Southland Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand	Mrs. O. Samson, 24 Melbourne Street, Invercargill	October 31, 1939.

Former Manager and Editor

(Under the New Zealand Institute Act, 1867.)

1867–1903.—Sir James Hector, M. D, K.C.M.G, F.R.S.

Past Presidents

1903–04.—Hutton, Captain Frederick Wollaston, F. R. S.

1905–06.—Hector, Sir James, M.D., K.C M.G., F.R S.

1907–08.—Thomson, George Malcolm, F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1909–10.—Hamilton, Augustus.

1911–12.—Cheeseman, Thomas Frederick, F.L S., F.Z.S, F. R. S.N. Z.

1913–14.—Chilton, Charles, M. A, D. Sc. LL.D., F. L. S, C.M. Z. S, F.R. S. N. Z.

1915—Petrie, Donald M. A. Ph D, F. R. S.N. Z.

1916–17.—Benham, Sir William Blaxland, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.Z.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1918–19.—Cockayne, Leonard, C.M.G., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1920–21.—Easterfield, Sir Thomas Hill, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., F.C.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1922–23.—Kirk, Harry Borrer, M.A., F.R.S.N.Z.

1924–25.—Marshall, Patrick, D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1926–27.—Aston, Bernard Cracroft, F.R.I.C, F.C.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1928.—Thomson, J. Allan, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z., (Mr. B. C. Aston re-appointed May, 1928, vice Dr. J. Allan Thomson, deceased.)

1929–30.—Farr, Clinton Coleridge, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.P.S.L., F.R.S.N.Z.

1931–32.—Segar, Hugh William, M.A., F.R.S.N.Z.

1933–34.—Speight, Robert, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1935–36.—Williams, Right Rev. Bishop, M.A., Litt.D. (Cantab, and N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z.

1937–38.—Evans, Professor W.P., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.N.Z., Hon. F.N.Z.I.C.

1939–40.—Holloway, Rev. J.E., L.Th., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1941–42.—Archey, Gilbert, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z.

1943–45.—Allan, H.H., M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1946–47.—Benson, Professor W.N., B.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1947.—Marsden, E., C.M.G., O.B.E., M.C., D.Sc, M.I.E.E., F.R.S., F.R.S.N.Z.

1948–50.—Falla, R.A., M.A., D.Sc., (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z.

1950–52—Callaghan, F.R., M.A. (N.Z.), F.R.E.S.

1952–54.—Oliver, W.R.B., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z.

Honorary Members

	Elected
Aitken, Alexander Craig, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S, University of Edinburgh	1940
Bohr, Professor Niels H. D., Universitets Institut for Teoretisk Fysik, Copenhagen, Denmark	1946
Bruun, Anton Fr., D.Sc., Zoological Museum of the University, Krystalgade, Copenhagen, Denmark	1952
Cockroft, Sir John, 1 South Drive, Harwell, Didcot, Berkeshme, England	1953
Compton, Professor A. H., Ph.D., Sc.D., L.L.D, University of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.	1934
Conant, Dr. J. B., U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, Mehlemer Aue. Bad Godesberg, Germany	1953
Dale, Sir Henry, D.Litt., Hon. D.Sc. (Cantab.), F.R.S., 54 Campdenhill Court, London, W.8.	1952
Einstein, Professor Albert, F.R.S., Princeton University, New Jersey, U. S.A.	1924
Fleming, Sir Alexander, Kt., Professor of Bacteriology in University of London Inoculation Dept., St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, W.2.	1945
Fleming. J.A., D.Sc., Director of Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 5241 Broad Branch Road, N. W. Washington, D.C., U.S.A.	1939
Gatenby, J. B., M.A., Ph.D., B.Sc., D.Sc., Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University, Dublin	1934
Goldschmidt, Richard Benedikt, Ph.D. (Heidelburg), Hon. M.D. (Kiel), Hon D.Sc. (Madrid), Professor of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.	1948
Gutenberg, Dr. B., Seismological Laboratory, 220 North San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.	1945
Jeffreys, Harold M.A (Cantab), D.Sc. (Durham), F.R.S., St John's College, Cambridge University	1943
Jenness, Dr. Diamond, M.A., Division of Anthropology, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa	1941
Keith, Sir Arthur, Kt., M.D., F.R.C.S., LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., Buckston Browne Farm, Downe, Farnborough, Kent	1939
Mackintosh, Dr. N. A. National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Near Godalming, Surrey, England	1953
Marshall, Sir Guy A.K., C.M.G., F.R.S., 31 Melton Court, South Kensington. London, S.W.7	1933
Mawson, Sir Douglas, B.E., D.Sc, F.R.S, The University, Box 498, Adelaide, South Australia	1920
Mayr, Dr. Ernst, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York 24	1950
Millikan, Professor Robert A., Ph D, LL.D, Sc.D, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California	1944
Murphy, Robert Cushman, Ph.D. (Brown), D.Sc. (San Marcos), Department of birds, American Museum of Natural History, New York, U. S.A	1948
Rivett, Sir David, K.C.M.G., M.A., B.Sc. (Oxon.), D.Sc. (Melb.), F.R.S, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne	1937
Robinson, Sir Robert, Kt., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., The Dyson Pe [ unclear: ] ns Laboratory, South Park Road, Oxford	1939
Russell, Sir John, D.Sc., F.R.S., Director of Rothamsted Experiment Station, Harpenden	1928
Skottsberg, Professor C., D.Sc., Botaniska Tradgarden, Goteborg, Sweden	1938
Tilley, Dr. C. E., Dept. of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge, England	1950

Former Honorary Members

	Elected
Agardh, Dr. J. G.	1900
Agassiz, Professor Louis	1870
Andrews, E. C., B.A., F.G.S.	1934
Arber, Dr. E. A. Newell	1914
Armstrong, Prof. H. E., F.R.S.	1927
Avebury, Lord, P.C., F.R.S.	1900
Baird, Professor Spencer F.	1877
Balfour, Prof. I. Bayley, F.R.S.	1914
Bateson, Professor W., F.R.S.	1915
Beddard, Dr. F. E., F.R.S.	1906
Beneden, Professor J. P. van	1888
Berggren, Dr. S.	1876
Bowen, Sir George Ferguson, G.C.M.G.	1873
Brady, Dr. G. S., F.R.S.	1906
B [ unclear: ] agg, Professor Sir William, O.M., K.B.E., F.R.S.	1923
Bruce, Dr. W. S.	1910
Buck, Sir Peter	1934
Butler, Sir Edwin, F.R.S.	1939
Carpenter, Dr. W. B., F.R.S.	1883
Chapman, Frederick, A.L.S.	1932
Chree, Dr. Charles, F.R.S.	1924
Clarke, Rev. W. B., F.R.S.	1876
Codrington, Rev. R. H., D.D.	1894
Comrie, Dr. L. J.	1945
Curie, Madame Marie	1927
Darwin, Charles, M.A., F.R.S.	1871
Darwin, Sir George, F.R.S.	1909
David, Professor T. Edgeworth, F.R.S.	1904
Davis, J. W.	1891
Davis, Professor W. Morris	1913
Dendy, Dr. A., F.R.S.	1907
Diels, Professor L., Ph.D.	1907
Drury, Captain Byron	1870
Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley, O.M., Kt., F.R.S.	1943
Ellery, R. L. J., F.R.S.	1883
Etheridge, Professor R., F.R.S.	1876
Ettingshausen, Baron von	1888
Eve, H. W., M. A.	1901
Filhol, Dr. H.	1875
Finsch, Professor Otto	1870
Flower, Professor W. H., F.R.S.	1870
Fraser, Sir James G., Kt., O.M., D.C.L., F.R.S.	1920
Garrod, Professor A. H., F.R.S.	1878
Goebel, Professor Dr. Carl von	1901
Goodale, Prof G. L., M.D., LL.D.	1891
Gray, Dr. J.E.F.R.S.	1871
Gray, Professor Asa	1885
Gregory, Professor J. W., F.R.S.	1920
Grey, Sir George, K.C.B.	1872
Gunther, Dr. A., F.R.S.	1873
Haddon, Dr. A. C., F.R.S.	1925
Haldane, J. S., M.A., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.	1928
Hall, Sir Alfred D., K.C.B., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.	1920
Haswell, Prof. W. A., F.R.S.	1914
Hedley, Charles	1924
Hemsley, Dr. W. Botting, F.R.S.	1913
Hill, Sir Arthur W., K.C.M.G., Sc.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.	1928
Hochstetter, Dr. Ferdinand von	1870
Hooker, Sir J. D., F.R.S.	1870
Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland, O.M., F.R.S.	1937
Howard, Lelland O., Ph.D., Sc.D., M.D., LL.D.	1944
Howes, G. B., F.R.S.	1901
Huxley, Thomas H., F.R.S.	1872
Jagger, Dr. T. A.	1927
Jeans, Sir James H., F.R.S.	1929
Klotz, Professor Otto J.	1903
Langley, S. P.	1896
Lindsay, W. L., M.D.	1871
Liversidge, Professor A., F.R.S.	1890
Lotsy, Dr. J. P.	1927
Lydekker, Richard, F.R.S.	1896
Lyell, Sir Charles, F.R.S.	1873
Massart, Professor Jean	1916
McCoy, Professor Sir F.	1888
McLauchlan, Robert	1874
Malinowski, Bronislaw, Ph.D. (Cracow), D.Sc. (Lond.)	1936
Massee, George	1900
Masson, Sir D. Orme, F.R.S.	1928
Mellor, J. W., D.Sc.,	1919
Meyrick, E., F.R.S.	1907
Milne, J., F.R.S.	1906
Mitten, William, F.R.S.	1895
Mortensen, Theodor, Ph.D.	1927
The Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby	1880
Mueller, Dr. Ferdinand von, F.R.S.	1870
Muller, Professor Max, F.R.S.	1878
Newton, Alfred, F.R.S.	1874
Nordstedt, Professor Otto	1890
Owen, Professor Richard, F.R.S.	1870
Pickard-Cambridge, Rev. O.	1873
Richards, Rear-Admiral G. H.	1870
Riley, Professor C. V.	1890
Rolleston, Professor G., M.D., F.R.S.	1875
Ross, Sir Ronald	1929
Rutherford, Lord, F.R.S.	1904
Sars, Professor G. O.	1902
Schmidt, Professor J.	1930
Sclater, Dr. P. L., F.R.S.	1875
Seward, Sir Albert, F.R.S.	1928
Sharp, Dr. D.	1877
Sharp, R. B., F.R.S.	1880
Smuts, Rt. Hon. Field Marshal	1942
Stebbing, Rev. T. R. R., F.R.S.	1907
Stokes, Vice-Admiral J. L.	1872
Tenison-Woods, Rev. J. E.	1878
Thiselton-Dyer, Sir W. T., F.R.S.	1894
Thomson, Prof. Wyville, F.R.S.	1874
Thomson, Sir Arthur	1928
Thomson, Sir William, F.R.S.	1883
Tillyard, R. J., F.R.S.	1935
Wallace, Sir A. R., F.R.S.	1885
Weld, Frederick A.	1877
Wilckens, Dr. Otto	1936
Woods, Henry, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.	1920

Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Original Fellows

(See New Zealand Gazette, 20th November, 1919.)

^§ ^‡ ^* Aston, Bernard Cracroft, F.R.I.C., F.C.S.

§*^† ‡Benham, Sir William Blaxland, K.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., F.Z.S.

§* Best, Elsdon.

§‡* Cheeseman, Thomas Frederick, F.L.S., F.Z.S.

§‡†* Chilton, Charles, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., M.B., C.M., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S.

§‡†* Cockayne, Leonard, C.M.G., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S.

§‡* Easterfield, Sir Thomas Hill, K.B.E., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., F. C.S.

§‡* Farr, Clinton Coleridge, D.Sc., F.P.S.L., F.R.S.

§ Hogben, George, C.M.G., M.A., F.G.S.

§†* Hudson, George Vernon, F.E.S.

§‡Kirk, Harry Borrer, M.A.

§‡†* Marshall, Patrick, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.R G.S., F.E.S.

§‡* Petrie, Donald, M.A., Ph.D.

§* Rutherford of Nelson, Lord, O.M., D.Sc., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.

‡Segar, Hugh William, M.A.

§* Smith, Stephenson Percy, F.R.G.S.

§‡* Speight, Robert, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S.

§ Thomas, Sir Algernon Phillips Withiel, K.C.M.G., M.A., F.L.S.

§‡* Thomson, Hon. George Malcolm, F.L.S., M.L.C.

§‡†Thomson, James Allan, M.A., D.Sc., A.O.S.M., F.G.S.

Fellows Elected

	Date
‡*†Allan, Harry Howard, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S.	1928
Allan, Robin Sutcliffe, M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph D.	1940
*§ Andersen, Johannes Carl, M.B.E.	1923
‡Archey, Gilbert, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., F.Z.S.	1932
Askew, Henry Oscar, M.A., Ph.D., D.I.C., F.R.I.C., F.N.Z.I.C., F.C.S.	1939
Barnett, Miles Aylmer Fulton, O.B.E., M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph D (Cantab.)	1947
§*†Bartrum, John Arthur, M.Sc.	1928
* Beaglehole, Ernest, M.A. (N.Z.), Ph.D., D.Litt. (Lond.)	1947
Bell, Muriel E., M.D., Ch.B., F.R.S.M., F.N.Z.I.C.	1952
†‡* Benson, William Noel, B.A., D.Sc., F.R.S, F.G.S, F.R.G.S.	1926
* Briggs, Lindsay Heathcote, D.Sc. (N.Z.), D.Phil. (Oxon.), F.N.Z.I.C., F.C.S.	1942
§ Brown, J. Macmillan, M.A., L.L.D.	1925
§* Buck, Peter H. (Te Rangi Hiroa), M. D., Ch.B. (N.Z.)	1925
Chalklin, Francis C., D.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.)	1951
†* Cotton, Charles Andrew, D.Sc., A.O.S.M., F.G.S.	1921
*†Cunningham, Gordon Herriot, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.	1929
Curtis, Kathleen M., M.A., D.I.C., D.Sc., F.L.S.	1936
§ Denham, Henry George, M.A., D.Sc., Ph.D.	1933
§ Donovan, William, M.Sc., F.R.I.C.	1938
Duff, Roger Shepherd, M.A., D.Sc.	1952
Eccles, John C., M.B., B.S. (Melb.), M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon.), F.R.S., F.R.A.C.P.	1950
Edson, Norman Lowther, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Cantab.)	1948
‡* Evans, William Percival, M.A., Ph.D., Hon. F.N.Z.I.C.	1930

[Footnote] § Deceased.

[Footnote] ‡ Past President.

[Footnote] * Hector Medallist.

[Footnote] † Hutton Medallist.

‡Falla, Robert Alexander, M.A., D.Sc.	1941
§* Finlay, Harold John, D.Sc.	1939
Fleming, Charles Alexander, B.A., M.Sc., D.Sc.	1952
* Forder, Henry George, M.A. (Cantab.)	1947
Frankel, Otto H., D.Sc. (N.Z.), D.Agr. (Berlin)	1948
Grange, Leslie Issott, D.Sc., A.O.S.M.	1942
* Henderson, John, M.A., D.Sc., B.Sc (in Engineering)	1929
§ Hilgendorf, Frederick William, M.A., D.Sc.	1921
‡†*§ Holloway, John Ernest, L.Th., D.Sc., F.R.S.	1921
Hutton, Colin Osborne, M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Cantab.), F.G.S.	1945
§ Kidson, Edward, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc.	1931
§ Laing, Robert Malcolm, M.A., B.Sc.	1922
Laws, Charles R., D.Sc.	1950
§ Maclaurin, James Scott, D.Sc., F.C.S.	1926
* Macleod, Donald Bannerman, M.A., D.Sc.	1935
‡* Marsden, Ernest, C.M.G., C.B.E., M.C.D.Sc., F.R.S	1922
‡* Marwick, John, M.A., D.Sc.	1935
†Miller, David, M.Sc., Ph.D, C.M.Z.S.	1931
Moore, Lucy Beatrice, M.Sc. (N.Z.)	1947
§ Morgan, Percy Gates, M.A., F.G.S., A.O.S.M.	1922
‡†* Oliver, Walter Reginald Brook, D.Sc.	1927
Ongley, Montague, M.A., B.Sc. (N.Z.)	1948
Page, Robert Owen, D.Sc. (N.Z.), A R.I.C., F.N.Z.I.C.	1949
§ Park, James, Hon.M.Inst.M.M.Lond., F.G.S.	1921
Percival, Edward, B.Sc. (Leeds)	1952
§ Philpot, Alfred, F.E.S.	1930
* Powell, Arthur William Baden	1940
Rigg, Sir Theodore, M.A, M.Sc, F.R.I.C.	1932
* Robertson, Philip W., M.A, M. Sc. (N. Z.), M. A. (Oxon.), Ph.D. (Leipzig), F.N.Z.I.C.	1950
Salmon, John Tenison, D.Sc. (N.Z.), A.R.P.S., F.R.E.S.	1949
Seelye, Frederick Thomas, A.O.S.M.	1944
Shorland, Francis B., M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D., D.Sc (Liverpool), F.N.Z.I.C.	1951
Simpson, George	1949
* Skinner, Henry Devenish, M.A., D.Sc.	1927
Smith, Lucy May (née Cranwell), M.A., F.L.S.	1944
§ Smith, William Herbert Guthrie	1924
§* Sommerville, Duncan McLaren Young, M.A, D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.R.A.S.	1922
Soper, Frederick George, C.B.E., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Wales), F.R.I.C., F.N.Z.I.C., F.A.N.Z.A.A.S.	1949
§ Stead, Edgar F.	1948
§ Tillyard, Robin John, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S, F.L.S., F.E.S.	1924
* Turner, Francis John, D.Sc., F.G.S.	1938
Whitehead, Hugh R., D.Sc. (Leeds), A.R.I.C.	1950
‡*§ Williams, Herbert William, Rt. Rev Bishop, M.A, Litt.D	1923

The Royal Society of New Zealand, Council for 1953–54.