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Fourth Meeting : 6th August, 1902. 



Mr. J. B. Mayne, President, in the chair. 



Address. — Dr. C. C. Farr delivered an address on " The 

 Present State of our Knowledge of the Electrical Conditions 

 of the Atmosphere." 



The address was illustrated by numerous diagrams and experiments, 

 and was followed by a discussion in which several members took part. 



The Secretary laid on the table the volume of the " Trans- 

 actions of the New Zealand Institute" for 1901. and also 

 copies of the " Prospectus of the Index Faunae Novae-Zea- 

 Iandiae," and explained the action taken by the Institute with 

 regard to the publication of the index. 



Fifth Meeting : 3rd September, 1902. 



Mr. J. B. Mayne, President, in the chair. 



New Member. — Mr. Henry Scott. 



The President welcomed Mr. G. M. Thomson, hon. secre- 

 tary of the Otago Institute, who was present. 



§ Address.— Mr. F. W. Hilgendorf, M.A., B.Sc, delivered 

 an address on " The Structure and Habits of the New Zea- 

 land Botifera." 



The address was illustrated with diagrams and microscopical prepara- 

 tions 



Papers. — 1. "Two Spherical Harmonic Relations," by C. 

 Coleridge Farr, D.Sc. (Transactions, p. 414.) 



2. " List of the New Zealand Hymenoptera," by P. 

 Cameron ; communicated by Captain F. W. Hutton. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 290.) 



3. " Structure of the Leaf in certain Species of Coprosma," 

 by Miss N. A. R. Greensill, M.A. (Transactions, p. 342.) 



4. " The Structure of the Stem of some New Zealand 

 Leafless Plants," by Miss A. C. Finlayson, M.A. ; communi- 

 cated by Dr. Charles Chilton. (Transactions, p. 360.) 



5. " A New Species of Odontria," by Mr. J. H. Lewis, 

 F.E.S. ; communicated by Mr. W. W. Smith, F.E.S. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 272.) 



Exhibit. — Mr. R. M. Laing exhibited and made remarkd 

 upon portion of the trunk of a tree on which some initials has 

 been cut about nine years ago, the initials showing in the 

 interior of the wood as well as on the bark. 



