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Auckland Institute and Museum.
Annual Report for Year ended March 31, 1956.
Membership. This has again increased, and now stands at 1,092, this figure including 310 life members. One hundred new members were elected during the year, while 57 names were removd from the roll by reason of death, resignation or deletion.
Obituary.—In addition to that of the late Mr. E. Earle Varle, O. B. E, the names of the following members whose deaths have occurred during the year under review have regretfully to be recorded: Mrs. G. Osborne, Sir Cecil Whitney, Hon. W. Stewart, Dr. G. Fenwick, O. B. E, Dr. H. W. Wilson, Messrs. F. E. Astley, F. C. Attwood, B. L. Brown, R. J. Coates, S. Irwin Crookes, F. H. V. Fielder, C. E. Ford, J. H. Frater, C. F. Gardner, W. P. Hannken. John Hellaby, H. B. Johnson, V. J. Larner, M. B.E, F. H. Leonard, C. W. Oram, F. A. Smith, W. G. White, C. H. Wild, and R. Wright.
Council. The regular meetings of the Council have been held, and, among very many items of business dealt with, mention should be made of the following matters. Mr. A. T. Pycroft having stated that he was unable to continue to represent the Institute on the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand, his resignation was accepted with very great regret, and Mr. S. G. Brooker, M.Sc., was appointed in his stead. A resolution of appreciation of the service given by Mr. Pycroft as a member of the Council of the Royal Society since 1933 was placed on record.
The late Mr. V. J. Larner resigned from the Chairmanship of the Trust Board shortly before his death. He was succeeded as Chairman by Mr. K. B. Myers (who became ex officio a member of the Council) and the vacancy on the Trust Board was filled by the appointment of Mr. E. H. Rhodes.
The Monday evening Institute Lectures were again received with much interest, and the library will soon be too small to accommodate the increasing attendance. The year's syllabus was as follows. Professor A. C. Light, B. A., F.R.I.B A, F. R.S A, “Some Recent University.
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Building in the Americas”; Mr. Ward Barrett, A.B., M.A., “The Importance of the Study of Changes of Sea Level”, Mr. George Roddick, F.C.I.S, “Twenty Centuries of Paper Making”; Mr. P. A. S. Stem, B.Sc., “The Gannet”; Dr. J. L. Newman, “Medicine and the Potter”; Dr. E. W. Russell, M.A, F. Inst.P., “Soil Factors Limiting World Food Production”; Mr. R. Waddell, B.Sc., “The Television Process,” and Dr. Grace McCann Morley, “The Significance of Native Sculpture for modern Art.”
An increased number (9) of Sunday Lectures also received good public response. Speakers were: Mr. N. G. Manley, F. R.G S., “The N.W. Frontier—the Ancient Gateway of India”; Mr. R. W. Roach, B.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., “Territory in Wild and Captive Animals”; Mr. E. G. Turbott, MSc, “Antarctic Life (Birds, Whales and Seals)”; Miss D. C. Shrewsbury, B.A., “Trinidad”; Mr. J. A. McPherson, N.D.H., “The Place of Parks in the Community”; Miss Maria Baalbergen, “The People and Customs of the Netherlands”; Mr. I. W. Lovatt, M.A., “Portugal”, Mr. E. Norman, O.B.E., “Cultural Life in Germany”; and Mr. R. B. Sibson, M.A., “The Migration of Birds in the S.W. Pacific”
The Museum staff's own contribution of lectures to outside societies and clubs has also expanded considerably; no less than 86 addresses were given in the city and province, the speakers being the Director (18), Mr. Powell (17), Mr. Fisher (12), Mr. Turbott (12), Mrs. Turbott (4), and Mr. Manley (23)