Abstract
LORD BLEDISLOE, the Governor-General of New Zealand, has consistently encouraged scientific workers in the Dominion, and has promoted endeavours in all branches of science. As evidence of his keen scientific interest, during the visit of the Byrd Expedition II to Wellington on December 9, Lord Bledisloe promoted a happy scientific colloquium at Government House, when the visiting explorers were entertained along with the permanent scientific workers of the Dominion. It is more than twenty years since so large a number of men belonging to different nationalities, whose researches are outstanding in different branches of science, have been gathered around one table in New Zealand. The function allowed group discussions of all branches of the scientific work of the Expedition, which is probably provided with a larger scientific staff, and has a more extended scientific programme, than any expedition which has so far visited the antarctic. Of outstanding interest is the work projected in cosmic ray determinations, and it is understood that the results on the trip from the United States have verified A. H. Compton's results in the variation with latitude of cosmic ray intensity. The results of observations in the neighbourhood of the magnetic pole and on the polar plateau will be awaited with interest.
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