NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



First Meeting : 4th ApriL 18(S9. 



The Bishop of Nelson, President, in tlie chair. 



The President addressed the meeting on his re-election to 

 that office. 



Exhibits. — The Curator exhibited a specimen of German- 

 tinder (Poli/porus fomentariiis) presented by Mr. Martin, of 

 Pigeon Valley. The Secretary exhibited a European speci- 

 men of the same, describing its uses in medicine and its 

 commercial value. The Curator exhibited specimens — viz., 

 awarnite, gold-bearing quartz from Collingwood, aragonite 

 and fossil shells from the same place. The President exhi- 

 bited a beautiful specimen of EucahjptHS ficifoUa in blossom. 



Paper. — ^" The Wattle-blight {[cenja purchasi) in Tas- 

 mania, and its Natural Enemies," by James Hudson, M.B. 

 Lond. (Transactions, p. 176.) 



Secokd Meeting : 4tJi Jane, 1880. 

 The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair. 



Exhibit. — The Curator exhibited a photograph of the 

 total eclipse of the sun (1st January, 1889), presented by the 

 Director of the Lick Observatory. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Snowy Owl [Nyctea scandiaca) and 

 the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginiamts) ," by Dr. Coleman. 

 Specimens of these birds were presented by the President. 



2. " An Evening wich the British Association, held at 

 Bath, 1888," by the President. 



Third Meeting : 8th Jid//, 1889. 

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



Neio Members. — Kev. F. W. Chatterton, and J. W.. 

 Joynt, M.A., Principal of Nelson College. 



Exhibits. — The Curator exhibited a Queensland war-club, 

 specimens of asbestos from Mount Arthur, sago-palm nuts 

 from Fiji, also skins of kiwi and kakapo. 



