430 Proceedings. 



Fifth Meeting : 28th August, 1899. 



Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair. 



Neio Member. — Eev. J. T. Pinfold. 



PajMTS. — 1. " On the Geology of Castle Eock, Coro- 

 mandel," by J. M. Maclaren. {Transactions, p. 213.) 



2. *' The Coming Star Showers," by Professor H. W. 



Segar. 



Sixth Meeting: 11th September, 1899. 

 Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair. 



Professor C. W. Egerton gave a popular lecture on " The 



Novel." 



He fully described the evolution of the modera novel, particularly 

 during the Victorian period, and showed how the predominant taste for 

 novel-reading aSected other forms of literature, and entered upon some 

 speculations as to the probable development of the novel in the future. 



Seventh Meeting : 25th September, 1899. 

 Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Percentage of Chlorine in the 

 Waters of Lake Takapuna," by J. A. Pond, F.C.S. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 241.) 



2. " Some Experiments in Eadiant Heat," by E. V. 

 Miller. 



Eighth Meeting : 23rd October, 1899. 

 Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair. 



Mr. T. F. Cheeseman,'F.L.S., gave a popular lecture on 

 " Earotonga: its Scenery, Vegetation, and Native Inhabitants." 



The lecture was illustrated with a series of over eighty lime-light 

 transparencies. 



Ninth Meeting : 6th Novernber, 1899. 



Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair. 



Neiu Member.— ¥. J. Povey. 



Papers. 1. " On the Composition of the Soil of the 



