PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 CANTERBURY. 



First Meeting : 3rd May, 1899. 



Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair. 



Address. — Professor Arnold Wall delivered an address on 

 " The Life-history of Words." 



Captain Hutton exhibited and described a trephined Maori 

 skull (Plate XXV.), and a Maori albatros-hook, lately ac- 

 quired by the Canterbury Museum. 



Second Meeting : 7th June, 1899. 

 Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair. 



Neio Member. — Mr. W. D. Andrews. 



Address. — Mr. J. S. S. Cooper delivered an address on 

 " Wireless Telegraphy," illustrated by experiments. 



Third Meeting : 2nd Arigust, 1899. 

 Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair. 



New Member. — Mr. R. H. Ehodes. 



Papers.— 1. " The Anatomy of Haastia pulvinaris," by 

 Miss E. Low; communicated by Professor Dendy. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 150.) 



2. "The Plant Geography of the Waimakariri River Sys- 

 tem : Part I.," by Mr. L. Cockayne. {Transactions, p. 95.) 



3. "New Zealand Miisci : the Genus Bartramia," by 

 Mr. R. Brown. (Transactions, p. 137.) 



4. " Notes on some New Zealand Orthoptera," by Captain. 

 Hutton. [Transactions, p. 19.) 



5. " Note on Paryphanta lignaria," by Captain Hutton. 

 {Transactions, p. 22.) 



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