NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



First Meeting : 28th March, 1892. 

 Mr. A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair. 



The Eight Eev. C. O. Mules, Bishop of Nelson, having 

 been nominated, was duly elected to the Presidentship of the 

 Society, rendered vacant by the resignation of our late es- 

 teemed President, Bishop Suter. He then took the chair. 



The following resolution was passed : — 



That this Society desires to express again its deep regret that the 

 serious illness of its late President, Bishop Suter, has prevented him from 

 continuing the many services he has rendered to the Society from its 

 foundation, and, in recording its hearty thanks to him for those services, 

 desires to repeat the strong hope it has before expressed, that he may be 

 again restored to health and usefulness. 



Exhibits. — A well-mounted collection of rare ferns. 



Presentations to the Society. — An ancient Maori wooden 

 bowl (described by the donor as a " blood-bowl "), by Mr. S. 

 Skilton, of Anakaka; specimen of hybrid duck; skin of the 

 rare bird Apteryx haastii ; specimen of remarkable variation 

 in the fern Lomaria lanceolata ; a collection of ancient Maori 

 implements found at Takaka, by Mr. E. I. Kingsley. 



Papers.— 1. "On a Hybrid Duck," by E. I. Kingsley. 

 {Transactions, p. 107.) 



2. "On a Specimen of Apteryx haastii," by E. I. Kings- 

 ley. (Transactions, p. 108.) 



3. "Botanical Notes, Takaka District," by E. I. Kingsley. 

 (Transactions, p. 304.) 



4. " Description of the Discovery of Maori Implements 

 at Takaka," by E. I. Kingsley. (Transactions, p. 494.) 



5. "On a Eemarkable Variation in Lomaria lanceolata," 

 by E. I. Kingsley. (Transactions, p. 306.) 



