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Fifth Meeting : Uh September, 1907. 



The President, Dr. Hilgendorf, in the chair, and forty others 

 present. 



New Member. — Mr. J. Dawes. 



The business of the meeting was the discussion on theories 

 of evolution, in which Dr. Hilgendorf, and Messrs. Laing, Mayne, 

 Speight, and Waite, took part. 



Sixth Meeting : 2nd October, 1907. 



The President, Dr. Hilgendorf, in the chair, and forty others 

 present. 



Mr. J. Drummond gave an address on " The Little Barrier 

 Island," illustrating it with lantern-slides (p. 500). 



Mr. Waite showed some specimens of brown coal brought 

 up in the " Nora Niven's " dredges off the coast of Canterbury 

 at depths of from 25 to 30 fathoms. 



Mr. Speight called attention to the interest of the specimens, as evidence 

 of the continuation of the coal-measures under the Canterbury Plains. 



Seventh Meeting : 23rd October, 1907. 



The President, Dr. Hilgendorf, in the chair, and fifty others 

 present. 



Professor A. W. Bickerton gave an address on " The Evo- 

 lution of the Universe," which he illustrated with lantern-slides 

 and diagrams. 



A short discussion ensued, which was interrupted by the time of 

 closing. m 



Dr. Coleridge Farr stated that, whilst going a certain distance with 

 Professor Bickerton, he thought that gentleman was wrong in appealing 

 to laymen to take up his theories, which should be put before the scientific 

 world through the regular channels. 



Mr. Hogg found difficulty in discussing the theory on account of the 

 nebulous condition of the statements. 



Eighth Meeting : 6th November, 1907. 



The President, Dr. Hilgendorf, in the chair, and thirty others 

 present. 



New Members. — Messrs. Farrow and Tripp. 



Papers were read by Messrs. S. Speight, A. M. Wright, T. 

 Iredale, and J. C. Anders n. 



Mr. Hogg referred to the approaching departure of the sub- 

 antarctic expedition, saying that the organization of such an 

 expedition marked a new era in the history of the Institute. 



