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PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



Special Meeting : 5th April, 1913. 



Present : Dr. Charles Chilton, President, in the chair, and about 350 



others. 



Address.— 1 ' Other Worlds than Ours/' by Miss Mary Proctor. 

 The address was illustrated by a large number of fine lantern-slides. 



First Meeting : 7th May, 19 IS. 



Present : Dr. Charles Chilton, President, in the chair, and 250 members 



and friends. 



The opening meeting of the session was held in the hall of Canterbury 

 College, and partook of the nature of a conversazione, during which short 

 addresses were delivered. 



Addresses.— 1 . " New Zealand Birds." by Mr. Edgar F. Stead. 



2. " Physical Experiments," by Dr. C. Coleridge Farr. 



3. " Colour Photography," by Mr. S. Page. 



Exhibits. — A number of exhibits were displayed in the hall. 



Second Meeting : 4th June, 1913. 



Present : Dr. Charles Chilton, President, in the chair, and sixty members 



and friends. 



New Members.— Misses F. Berkelev, C. B. Mdls. Messrs. G. E. Archey, 

 A. C. Purchas, W. George Howes, W. H. Clark, and Dr. T. A. MacGibbon. 



Papers. — -1. "Some Photometric Measurements of the Dispersmg-power 

 of certain Commercial Glasses," by Mr. D. B. McLeod. 



2. " On certain Tripolar Relations," by Mr. E. G. Hogg. 



Address.— " The Origin of Taranaki Petroleum," by Mr. R. Speight. 



Exhibits. — A number of exhibits were shown by Messrs. R. Nairn, C. 

 Dash, E. Herring, and C. E. Foweraker. 



