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Election of Officers for 1918, -President— Mr. J. II. Gunson, Mayor of 

 Auckland. Vice-Presidents Hon. E. Mitchelson ; Mr. C. J. Parr, C.M.G., 

 M.P. Council -Professor C. W. Egerton, Mr. J. Kenderdine, Mr. T. W. 

 Leys, Mr. E. V. Miller, Mr. T. Peacock, Mr. D. Petrie, Professor H. W. 

 Segar. Professor A. P. W. Thomas, Mr. J. H. Upton, Mr. H. E. Vaile, 

 Professor F. P. Worley. Trustees— Mr. T. Peacock, Mr. J. Reid, Professor 

 A. P. W. Thomas, Mr. J. H. Upton, Mr. H. E. Vaile. Secretary and 

 Curator — Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. Auditor- Mr. S. Gray. 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



During the year 1917 nine meetings were held (including the annual 

 general meeting, 5th December), and the following addresses and papers 

 were presented : — (2nd May) " Some Questions of Efficiency," presidential 

 address, by Mr. L. Birks (discussed, 6th June) : (1st August) " The Fly 

 Nuisance and its Control," by Professor H. B. Kirk : (5th September) 

 " Notes on the Susceptibility of New Zealand Timbers to the Attacks of 

 the Borer,'" by Mr. R. Speight : : ' On the Conformity of the Amuri and 

 Weka Pass Limestones," by Messrs. R. Speight and L. J. Wild ; : ' A Fossil 

 Isopod belonging to the Fresh- water Genus Phreatoicus," by Dr. Charles 

 Chilton ; ' A Collection of Insects from Cass," by Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf : 

 (3rd October) " Science and Economics," by Dr. J. Hight : (7th November) 

 " Note on a Record of an Earth epiake obtained from an Artesian Well," 

 by Mr. L. P. Symes ; ' The Course of Land-values in Canterbury," by Mr. 

 F. R. Callaghan : (21st November) " Some Poison Gases," by Dr. W. P. 

 Evans : (5th December) " Some Glacial and Structural Features of the 

 Hurunui Valley," by Mr. R. Speight ; " Revision of the New Zealand 

 Cirripedia," by the late Captain L. S. Jennings ; " Studies in the New 

 Zealand Species of the Genus Lycopodium : Part III, the Structure of the 

 Prothallus and the Embryo," by the Rev. Dr. J. E. Holloway ; " Testing- 

 High-tension Insulators," by Mr. L. Birks ; " On the Distribution of Senecio 

 saxifragoides Hook. f. and its Relation to Senecio lagopus Raoul," by Pro- 

 fessor A. Wall (communicated by Mr. R. Speight) ; " Further Observations 

 on Soil-adsorption," by Mr. L. J. Wild. 



At the annual meeting the following officers were elected for 1918 : 

 President- -Mr. W. H. Skinner. Vice-Presidents — Mr. L. Birks and Dr. 

 C. C. Farr. Secretary — Mr. L. P. Symes. Treasurer Dr. Charles Chilton. 

 Librarian— Mi. S. Page. Council — Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf, Dr. W. H. Symes, 

 Mr. L. J. Wild, Mr. A. D. Dobson, Mr. W. G. Aldridge, and Mr. W. Martin. 

 Representatives on the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute — Dr. 

 F. W. Hilgendorf and Mr. L. Birks. Auditor— Mr. G. E. Way. 



Abstract of Annual Report. 



Members on Active Service. — The Council desires to record that the following 

 members are now serving in the Empire's Forces: Drs. H. Acland and F. J. Borrie, 

 Messrs. G. E. Arehey, J. W. Bird, F. M. Corkill, E. Kidson, ('. E. Foweraker, A. Fair- 

 bairn, H. T. Ferrar, A. Taylor, G. T. Weston, F. S. Wilding, A. M. Wright, H. Rands, 

 E. F. Stead. 



Obituary. — With great regret the Council records the death of Mr. H. P. Murray - 

 Aynsley, a member for very many years ; and that Mr. P. 8. Nelson, M.Sc, and Mr. G. 

 Maclndoe, B.E., were killed in action. 



