NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



First Meeting : 12th February, 1894. 

 Mr. A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair. 

 New member. — Mr. W. Davies. 



Dr. J. Hudson gave a description of a trip to the neighbour- 

 hood of Mount Cook. 



Exhibits. — Photographs of Mount Cook, &c, by Mr. F. W. 

 Gibbs. Pair of Spondylus shells from Eed Sea ; pair of living 

 Paryphanta hochstetteri, from Mount Duppa; living Naulti- 

 nuspulchcrrhnus, by Mr. E. Lukins. Nest of Bombus terres- 

 tris, with comb, by Mr. A. S. Atkinson. Stems of Plantago 

 lanceolata, showing peculiar variations, by Mr. E. I. Kingsley. 



Second Meeting : 12th March, 1894. 



Mr. A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. "On the Presence of some Noxious Weeds in 

 Nelson District " — Carduus arvensis, Arctium minor, and 

 Melilotus arvensis — by R. I. Kingsley. (Transactions, p. 407.) 



2. " Zoological Notes : (1.) Arboreal Nests of Bush-rat 

 (Mus maorium) ; (2.) Paryphanta hochstetteri found at Low 

 Levels at West Wanganui," by E. I. Kingsley. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 238.) 



3. " Botanical Notes : Plants new to Nelson Province, 

 &c, from West Wanganui," by R. I. Kingsley. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 407.) 



A quantity of plants and New Zealand land-snails, also 

 spherical iron -ore from West Wanganui, were exhibited by 

 Mr. E. I. Kingsley. 



A lamprey was presented by Dr, Hudson. 



