PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 CANTERBURY. 



First Meeting : 1st May. 1907. 



The President, Dr. Hilgendorf, in the chair, and forty-six 

 others present. 



New Member. — T. H. Jackson. 



On the motion of the President, resolutions of sympathy 

 were carried with the families of the late Mr. R. Brown and 

 Mr. T. W. Naylor-Beckett. 



Dr. Chilton gave a resume of the proceedings at the meeting 

 of the New Zealand Institute in January. 



Mr. R. Speight, the retiring President, gave an address on 

 " Some Aspects of the Terrace-development in the Valleys of 

 the Canterbury Rivers " (p. 16). 



Second Meeting : 5th June, 1907. 



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

 present. 



New Members. — W. J. O'Donnell, G. A. Sommers, A. Taylor, 

 J. Ingram, and Rev. H. Adamson. 



On the motion of the President, a resolution of congratu- 

 lation was carried with Professor Benham on his election as a 

 Fellow of the Royal Society. 



A discussion then ensued on Mr. Speight's ex-presidential 

 address, in which Dr. Cockayne, the President, Messrs. Hogg, 

 Mulgan, Laing, and Page took part. 



Third Meeting : 3rd Julij, 1907. 



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

 present. 



The President, referring to the death of Sir John Hall, moved 

 ' That the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury desires to place 

 on record its sorrow at the death of Sir J. Hall, one of its oldest 

 members, and its appreciation of his many public services." 

 This was carried, those present standing. 



New Members.— Mrs. Waymouth, Miss Wilson, and Mr. J. C. 

 Andersen. 



