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Section Meetings
Astronomy and Geophysics. October, 1956: “The Dispersal of Radioactive Debris in the Atmosphere”, by Dr. J. F. Gabites. May, 1957: “Airflow Over Mountains”, by Mr. J. W. Hutchings. June, 1957: “The Greenland Ice Sheet”, by Dr. C. B. B. Bull. July, 1957:-“The Future of Volcanology in New Zealand”, by Mr. F. E. Studt. August, 1957: “Solar Phenomena and Their Terrestrial Effects” by Mr. I. L. Thomsen. September, 1957: “Cosmic Rays and Interplanetary Space”, by Mr. N. V. Ryder.
Biology Section. October, 1956: Annual General Meeting. April, 1957: “The Pitcairn Islands, their History, Social Life, and Biology”, by Mr. Gordon Williams. May, 1957: “Plant Quarantine m New Zealand”, by Mr. G. A. H. Helson. June, 1957: “The Relation of Wild Animals to Grazing Land in California”, by Dr. W. E. Howard. July, 1957: “The Shedding of Fruit and Leaves”, by Professor J. Addicot. August, 1957: “An Expedition to Lake Monk, Cameron Mountains, Fiordland”, by Mr. T. Riney. September, 1957: “Anistome, A New Zealand Endemic Genus “, by Mr. J. W. Dawson.
Geology Section. October, 1956: “Tongariro and the Andesite Problem”, by Professor R. H. Clark. April, 1957, “Fossil Spores in Coal and Oil Research”, by Dr. R. A. Couper. May, 1957: “The Summer's Field Work”—Discussion by Section members. June, 1957: “New Developments in Oil Exploration” by Dr. J. Irving, Dr. R. Jackli, Mr. A. H. Basire, Mr. G. Bakker, and Dr. E. Marsden. July, 1957: Symposium, “Recent Geological Studies of Cook Strait”, by Mr. J. W. Brodie, Mr. G. J. Lensen, Dr. H. M. Pantin, and Dr. E. I. Robertson. July, 1957: “Glaciological Techniques”, by Prof. R. P. Goldthwait. August, 1957: “The Recent Geological Expedition to the Chatham Islands”, by Dr. R. A. Watters. September, 1957: “Geology and Pedology”, by Dr. H. W. Wellman.
Physics Section. October, 1956: “The Future of the Gas-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor”, by Mr. J. A. McWilliams. April: “Some Physical Considerations Relating to Noise in Electrical Circuits” by Mr. E. W. Collings. May, 1957: “The Theory of Special Relativity and the Clock Paradox”, by Dr. C. J. Seelye. June, 1957: Symposium—“Microclimatological Investigations in Relation to Plant Growth”. July, 1957: “Antarctic Meteorology”, by Mr. I. S. Kerr. August, 1957: “The Ulracentrifuge at the Plant Chemistry Laboratory, Palmerston North”, by Dr. J. Lyttelton, Messrs. B. J. O'Brien, G. B. Marshall, and N. J. Rumsey. September, 1957: “The Work of the Dominion X-ray and Radium Laboratory, Christchurch”, by Dr. G. E. Roth.
Social Science Section. October, 1956: “Human Problems of Industrial Communities”, by Mr. N. S. Woods. May, 1957: “Contemporary Problems in Town and Country Planning” by Mr. J. W. Cox. June, 1957: “Anthropology and Administration in New Guinea” by Dr. F. West. July: “New Zealand Urban and Rural Communities”, by Mr. S. H. Franklin. August, 1957: “Some Recent Developments in Empirical Sociology”, by Dr. E. G. Jacoby. September, 1957: “Comparative Agricultural Economies of Hawaii and New Zealand”, by Dr. E. Phillipp.
Technology Section. October, 1956: “The Use of Geothermal Energy”, by Mr. G. Maskill Smith. April, 1957: “The Brewing Industry” by Messrs. A. P. Oliver, J. R. Beck, and J. K. Martin. May, 1957: “The Modern Trend in New Zealand Coastal Shipping”, by Mr. R. Staples. June, 1957: Visit to General Motors Factory, Petone, and address, “Plan-
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ning for Production”, by Mr. A. S. Wilkinson. July, 1957: Visit to Government Printing Office, and address, “Printing for the Government”, by Messrs. R. E. Owen and A. R. Shearer. August, 1957: “Highlights of the World Power Conference, Vienna, 1956”, by Mr. W. G. Hughson. September, 1957: “Modern Trends in New Zealand Rail Traction”, by Mr. R. F. Black.
Publications. The following is a list of papers published by members of the Wellington Branch in the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand during the past year:
Vol. 84, Part 1: W. R. B. Oliver, “The Genus Aciphylla”. G. H. Uttley, Remarks on the Bryozoan Genera Spiroporina Stolickza and Haswellina Livingstone and their Genotypes. R. K. Dell, “The Fresh-water Mollusca of New Zealand”, Parts II and III. J. D. Stout, “Aquatic Oligochaetes Occurring in Forest Litter”—I. W. H. Dawbin, “The Migrations of Humpback Whales which Pass the New Zealand Coast”.
Vol. 84, Part 2: G. L. Adkin, “The Seatoun Fault, Miramar Peninsula”. Patricia M. Ralph, “Variation in Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758), and Silicularia bilabiata (Coughtrey, 1875) (Hydroida, F. Campanulariidae). Marshall Laird, “Intestinal Flagellates from Some New Zealand Insects”. R. Morrison Cassie, “Spawning of the Snapper, Chrysophyrs auratus Forster in the Hauraki Gulf”. R. Morrison Cassie, “Age and Growth of the Snapper, Chrysophrys auratus Forster, in the Hauraki Gulf”. D. E. Hurley, “Studies on the New Zealand Amphipodan Fauna. No. 13—Sandhoppers of the Genus Talorchestia”. Beverley A. Holloway, “Revision of the New Zealand Pill Millipedes (Oniscomorpha, Sphaerotheridae)”.
Vol. 84, Part 3: J. B. Waterhouse and J. Bradley, “Redeposition and Slumping in the Cretaceo-Tertiary Strata of S.E. Wellington”. R. K. Dell, “A Revision of the Recent Scaphopod Mollusca of New Zealand”.
Papers Read by Title at a General Meeting and Submitted for Printing in the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. (Only papers submitted by non-members need be read before a branch meeting.) 22/5/57–B. G. Hamlin, “Studies in New Zealand Carices. Supplement to the Section Acutae Fries. Subsection Cryptocarpae Tuckerman”. 22/5/57–B. G. Hamlin, “Studies in New Zealand Carices IV. The Section Elatae, Kukenthal”.
Distinctions. Council is pleased to record the following distinctions: Dr. H. W. Wellman was awarded the Hector Medal and Prize. Professor L. R. Richardson was appointed a Vice-President of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Dr. H. H. Allan has been awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Upsala. Dr. M. T. Te Punga has been awarded the Science Research Medal of the New Zealand Association of Scientists.
Hudson Lecture. The Hudson Lecture for 1957 was given by D1. R. E. F. Matthews, Plant Diseases Division, DSIR, who spoke on “Contributions to Biology from Studies on Viruses'. The lecture will be printed in the “New Zealand Science Review” and reprints distributed to members.
Loder Cup. Council has placed a nomination for the award of the Loder Cup for 1957.
Library. Subscriptions to periodicals have been maintained. No books or new periodicals have been added to the library, nor has it been possible yet to commence the cataloguing of the library.
Thanks. The Council wishes to express its thanks to all who have contributed during the past year to the success of meetings and other activities of the Branch; and to the New Zealand Association of Scientists for publication of addresses presented at meetings; to the Dominion Museum authorities for continued use of facilities; to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for use of the Council Room; to the Victoria University College Council for the use of the Staff Common Room and other facilities; and to the Press for reporting meetings.
For and on behalf of the Council,
E. Marsden, President.
G. C. Shaw, Secretary.