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Fourth Meeting : Gth July, 1892. 

 Professor Bickerton, President, in the chair. 

 Neiv Members. — C. E. Adams and E. Eutherford. 



Papers. — 1. " On Hail," by Professor A. W. Bickerton, 

 F.C.S. 



2. " On the Equilibrium of Gaseous Cosmic Spheres," by 

 Professor A. W. Bickerton, F.C.S. 



Fifth Meeting: 3rd August, 1892. 



New Members. — E. Malcolm, D. Latter, C. Lewis, A. P. 

 Harper, and W. P. Evans, Ph.D. 



Papers. — 1. " On some Causes for the Low Temperature 

 of Dissociation," by Professor A. W. Bickerton, F.C.S. 



2. "On Methods of determining the Eate of Increase of 

 the Attraction of Molecules, in Terms of their Diameter," by 

 Professor A. W. Bickerton, F.C.S. 



3. "On the Specific Heat of Solutions at Constant 

 Volume," by Professor A. W. Bickerton, F.C.S. 



Sixth Meeting : 7tli September, 1892. 

 Professor Bickerton, President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " On Anomalopteryx antiqua," by Professor 

 F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 14.) 



2. " Eemarks on the Carabida of New Zealand," by Cap- 

 tain T. Broun ; communicated by Professor Hutton. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 194.) 



3. " Notes on a Proposed New Genus of New Zealand 

 Mosses, together with a Description of Three New Species," 

 by E. Brown. (Transactions, p. 285.) 



Seventh Meeting : 5th October, 1892. 

 Professor Bickerton, President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. "Further Notes on New Zealand Earth- 

 worms, with Observations on the known Aquatic Species," by 

 W. W. Smith ; communicated by E. M. Laing, B.Sc. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 111.) 



2. "Description of New Species of Musci," by T. W. 

 Naylor Beckett, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 289.) 



