3 } 8 Proceedings . 



Third Meeting : 2nd July, 1913. 



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



members and friends. 



New Members. — Miss B. E. Baughan, Messrs. E. A. Belcher, H. Holland, 

 J. J. Dougall, 0. J. W. Napier, J. W. Bird. 



Address. — Dr. L. Cockayne delivered his ex-presidential address on 

 " A Suggestion for Future Research in Canterbury." 



Fourth Meeting : 6th Ax/just, 1913. 



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



members and friends. 



New Members. — Dr. Fleming. Mr. Gilbert Anderson. 



Papers. — 1 . " Observations on New Zealand Mistletoe," by Mr. C. E. 

 Foweraker. 



2. " A Species of Daphnia new to New Zealand," by Mr. G. E. Archey. 



3. " Ecological Notes on the Forest of the Port Hills," by Miss L. A. 

 Suckling; communicated by Dr. Chilton. 



Exhibits. — 1. Some New Zealand shipworms (Teredo), by Mr. H. Suter. 

 2. Some New Zealand fishes, by Mr. Edgar R. Waite. 



Fifth Meeting : 3rd September, 1913. 



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



members and friends. 



Address. — " The Fossil Plants of the British Carboniferous," by Rev. J. 

 Hollo way. 



Paper. — " Some Results of Glaciation of Lake Coleridge District," by 

 Mr. R. Speight, 



Sixth Meeting : 1st October, 1913. 



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



members and friends. 



Papers.— I. " The Subalpine Flora of Banks Peninsula," by Mr. R. M. 

 Laing. 



2. " Supplementary List of Fossils from the Lower Waipara Gorjie," by 

 Mr. R. Speight. 



3. " List of Fossils from BlueclifTs, South Canterbury," by Mr. M. C. 

 Gudex. 



4. " The Relative Economy, Composition, and Nutritive Values of the 

 Retail Cuts of Mutton and Lamb," by Mr. A. M. Wright. 



Exhibit. — Some experiments in electric resonance, by Dr. C. Coleridge 

 Farr. 



