NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



First Meeting : 8th August, 1899. 



The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair. 



A proposal from the Nelson Institute reading-room com- 

 mittee suggesting amalgamation with the Philosophical So- 

 ciety was discussed and eventually agreed to on certain con- 

 ditions, one of which was that the Nelson Institute should 

 first apply for and obtain incorporation with the New Zealand 

 Institute. 



Second Meeting : 13th November, 1899. 



The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair. 



Paper. — " On the Formation of the Nelson Boulder 



Bank," by W. T. Worley. {Transactions, p. 221.) 



The author's theory was that it was formed from the denudation of 

 an ancient elevated ridge, of which the Arrow Rock once formed a part. 



In the discussion which followed, the author's theory was 

 fully criticized. 



Mr. C. Coleridge Farr, B.Sc, gave an exhibition of the 

 magnetic and meteorological instruments used in his magnetic 

 survey of the coasts of New Zealand. 



Au interesting description of each instrument was given, with a 

 demonstration of the method of using it in the work of taking observa- 

 tions. 



It was stated at the meeting that the proposed amalgama- 

 tion considered at a previous meeting had been postponed 

 indefinitely. 



Annual Meeting : 13th March, 1900. 

 The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair. 

 New Member. — Captain Cox, Nelson. 



