THE PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 CANTERBURY. 



Popular Lecture No. 1 : 28th April, 1886. 



Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair. 



" Eecent Advances in Electricity," by Professor Bickerton, 

 F.C.S. 



First Meeting : 6th Maij, 1886. 

 Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair. 



. New Member. -Mr. T. H. Foster, M.A. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Geology of the Country between 

 Oamaru and Moeraki," by Professor F. W. Hutton. (Transac- 

 tions, p. 415.) 



2. " Note on the Geology of the Valley of the Waihao," by 

 Professor F. W. Hutton. i^fransactions, p. 430.) 



Second Meeting : 2nd June, 1886. 



Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair. 



The President announced that Mr. C. Chilton had resigned his position 

 as Secretary, owing to his removal to Dunedin ; that the Council had 

 accepted his resignation with regret, and had accorded him a hearty vote 

 of thanks for his services to the Institute. 



Paper. — " The Geology of the Trelissick or Broken River 

 Basin, Selwyn County," by Professor F. W. Hutton. [Transac- 

 tions, p. 392.) 



Popular Lecture, No. 2 : lith June, 1886. 

 Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair. 

 «• The Life and Works of Ivan Turgcniclf," by Miss Lohse. 



