PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 CANTEEBUEY. 



First Meeting : 2nd May, 1889. 

 H. E. Webb, F.E.M.S., President, in the chair. 



Paper. — " Notes on the Habits of the New Zealand Bush- 

 rat," by J. Kutland; communicated by Professor F. W. Huttou. 

 [Transactions, p. 300.) 



At the close of the meeting Mr. H. 0. Forbes, F.K.G.S., exhibited 

 and made a few remarks on the shoulder-girdles of Aptornis and Cncmior- 

 nis. He pointed out that the bone described by Sir Richard Owen (" Ex- 

 tinct Birds of New Zealand," p. 377, and pi. ciii.) as the coracoid of 

 Cnemiornis is in reality the coracoid of Aptornis dcfossor, and that the 

 true coracoid of Cnemiornis closely resembles the same bone in Coreopsis 

 and Tachycres. 



Second Meeting : 6tU June, 1889. 

 H. E. Webb, F.E.M.S., President, in the chair. 



Paper. — "Note on the Geology of the Country about 

 Lyell," by Professor F. W. Hutton. {Transactions, p. 387.) 



This paper was illustrated by rock-sections for the microscope. 



Thied Meeting : 4tli Jnljj, 1889. 

 H. E. Webb, F.E.M.S., President, in the chair. 



Professor Hutton gave an address entitled " Soils, and 

 Geological Fertilizers." A considerable discussion follo\Yed. 



Paper. — " On the Analysis of a Mineral Water from the 

 Otira Gorge," by G. Gray. {Transactions, p. 495.) 



Fourth Meeting : 1st August, 1889. 

 H. E. Webb, F.E.M.S., President, in the chair. 



Mr. Forbes, F.E.G.S., delivered a popular lecture upon 

 " The Physical Characters, Climate, Products, People, and 

 Prospects of tlie British Possessions in New Guinea, with 

 some Personal Experiences of Travel there." 



The lecture was illustrated with lime-light views ; and a number of 

 ethnological and other specimens were exhibited. 

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