PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 CANTERBUEY. 



First Meeting : 6th May, 1903. 

 Dr. Charles Chilton, President, in the chair. 

 Neic Members.— Messrs. E. G. Hogg, E. Cuthburt, Rev. 

 A. C. Carrington, and Dr. Finch. 



Address. — The retiring President, Mr. J. B. Mayne, de- 

 livered his address on " Bacteria and Fermentation," and 

 illustrated it by diagrams and specimens. 



Second Meeting : 3rd Jttne, 1903. 

 Dr. Chilton, President, in the chair. 

 Nexv Members. — Messrs. M. G. Wallicli and L. Birks. 

 Resolution. — The President proposed, and Captain F. W. 

 Hutton seconded, and it was unanimously resolved, — 



That the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, hearing that Sir 

 James Hector is retiring from his official position as Director of the 

 Geological Survey and Manager of the New Zealand Institute after thirty- 

 five years of service, desires to express its appreciation of the skilful 

 and efficient manner in which he has discharged the many varied duties 

 of his office during his long term of service. As ^Manager of the New 

 Zealand Institute and Editor of its Transactions he has had a most 

 arduous and difficult task to perform, and one calling for a wide know- 

 ledge on a great variety of subjects, and the thirty-five volumes of the 

 Transactions form a permanent record of the able manner in which he 

 has p' rformed the work allotted to him. Tne Institute trusts that he 

 may still be spared for many years to devote his leisure to the further 

 advancement of science. 



Address. — Mr. E. G. Hogg delivered an adtiress on "The 

 Falls of Niagara — a Geological Study," illustrating it with a 

 large number of lantern-slides. 



Third Meeting : 1st July, 1903. 



Dr. Chilton, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Mrs. A. Anderson and Messrs. J. R. 

 Charlton, C. Carmichael, and A. Kaye. 



Address. — Mr. R. Nairne delivered an address, illustrated 

 by lantern-slides, on " Horticulture in New Zealand." 



