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During the vear 1918 nine meetings were held (including the annual 

 meeting, 18th December), and the following addresses and papers were, 

 read : — (1st May) " The Decorated Cave Shelters of Canterbury," presi- 

 dential address by Mr. W. H. Skinner : (5th June) " Testing High-tension 

 Ins\dators," by Mr. L. Birks : (7th August) " Some Remarks on Soil 

 Organisms," by Mr. L. J. Wild ; Discussion of Daylight-saving Proposals : 

 (21st August) " Yeast, and its Influence in the Manufacture of Bread," 

 by Mr. S. R. Cowley : (4th September) " A Preliminary Investigation of 

 the Age and Manner of Growth of Brown Trout in Canterbury, as shown 

 by Examination of their Scales," by Mr. M. H. Godby : (18th September) 

 " Description of a New Species of the Family Cerithiidae," by the late Mr. 

 H. Suter, comnnmicated by Mr. R. Speight ; " Further Notes on the Castle 

 Hill or Trelissick Basin," by Mr. R. Speight; "The Teachin of the 

 Classical Languages," by Mr. H. D. Broadhead : (2nd October) " The 

 Tuatara and its Kindred," by Professor W. B. Benham : (6th November) 

 " The New Zealand Amphipoda belonging to the Genera H//ale and Allor- 

 chestis,'' by Dr. Charles Chilton ; " The Sand-hoppers of New Zealand 

 belonging to the "Genus Orchestia,'' by Dr. Charles Chilton ; " The Passing 

 of the Forest, with some Notes on Afforestation," by Mr. W. H. Skinner : 

 (18th December) " The Late Tertiary Gravels of Canterbury," by Mr. R. 

 Speight ; " Notes from the Canterbury College Mountain Biological Station 

 — No. 7, Catalogue of the Pteridophytes and Spermaphytes of the Upper 

 Waimakariri River Basin," by Dr. L. Cockayne and Miss E. M. Herriott : 

 " Studies in the New Zealand Species of the Genus Lycopodium — Part 3. 

 the Plasticity of the Species," by the Rev. Dr. Holloway ; " Ceina, an 

 Aberrant Genus of the Amphipod Family Talitridae," by Dr. C'harles Chilton. 



At the annual meeting the election of officers and Council for 191^i 

 resulted as follows : President — Dr. C. Coleridge Farr. Vice-Presidents- 

 Mr. W. H. Skinner and Mr. L. P. Symes. Secretary — Mr. W. Martin. 

 Treas^irer. — Dr. C. Chilton. Librarian — Mr. W. G. Aldridge. Council- 

 Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf, Mr. L. Birks, Mr. L. J. Wild, Mr. A. V. Mountford. 

 Mr. ]\I. H. Godby, Mr. J. Drummond. Auditor— m. G. E. Way 



Abstr.\ct of Annual Report. 



M^nibers/iip. — The number of members on the roll is now 177. During the year 

 nine new members were elected and thirteen membeisliips lapsed. 



M€inber'< on Active Service.- — The Council wishes to place on record the names of 

 the followiiis members on war service : Drs. H. Aeland, F. J. Borrie, and J. Guthrie : 

 Messrs. G. E. Archey, J. W. Bird. F. M. Corkill, E. Kidson, C. E. Foweraker, A. Faii-- 

 bairn, H. '1' Ferrar, A. Taylor, G. T. Weston, F. S. AVilding, A. M. Wright, and H. Rand^;. 



Obilnari/. — AVith great regret the Council has to record the death of Dr. Waltei- 

 Thomas, a life member since 1892, who held the office of President in 1897 ; of Mr. H. 

 Suter. a member since 1897, who by his numerous and valuable papers on New Zealand 

 Mollusca established his position as the leading authority on this group of animals ; 

 also of tile fillowing members : Messrs. M. Dixon, T. S. Foster, G. C. Robinson, and 

 M. G. Wallich. 



