A Research Institute for New Zealand

Abstract

UNDER the will of the late Thomas Cawthorn, of Nelson, New Zealand, the sum of 240,000l.- was left for the founding of a technical institute. The trustees were unanimous in desiring that the Cawthorn Institute should be a research institution, and appointed a private commission of scientific men to advise as to the best method of procedure. The commission consisted of Sir J. C. Wilson, President of the N.Z. Board of Agriculture, Profs. Benham, Easterfield, Marshall, and Worley, and Dr. Leonard Cockayne. At the request of the trustees, the commissioners have consented to become an honorary advisory board. The main recommendations of the commission have been adopted by the trustees. The chief work of the institute is to be “instruction in and performance of scientific research; such research to be definitely related to the industries of Nelson and of the Dominion.”