8 Proceedings. 



Second Meeting : 7th June, 1911. 



The second ordinary meeting of the society was held on Wednesday. 

 7th June, 1911, in the Dominion Museum, Wellington. 



Mr. G. V. Hudson, President, in the chair, and about eighty present. 



New Members. — Mr. J. Henderson, M.A., D.Sc, Mr. W. E. Spencer, 

 M.A., M.Sc, Mr. G. Stuart Thomson, and Mr. J. Allan Thomson, B.Sc. 



The President, referring to Kapiti Island, announced that the society 

 would make strong representations to the Government to reserve the whole 

 island for Native fauna and flora. 



Papers. — 1. " Further Note on Migas distinctus." By J. B. Gatenby. 



2. " Othello." By H. L. James, B.A. 



Mr. James delivered an interesting address on Othello, and during the evening 

 Mrs. B. M. Wilson sang Desdemona's song to the original music. 



3. " Maori Curiosities." By Dr. A. K. Newman. 



Dr. Newman described and exhibited Maori curiosities collected recently. 



4. " The Nature of Gamma Rays." By Professor T. H. Laby and 

 P. W. Burbidge, B.Sc. (See p. 30.) 



Third Meeting : 12th July, 1911. 



The third ordinary meeting of the society was held on Wednesday, 

 12th July, 1911, in the Dominion Museum, Wellington. 



Mr. G. V. Hudson, President, in the chair, and about forty present. 



New Member. — Professor Garrow. 



Exhibits. — 1. Mr. A. Hamilton, Director of the Museum, exhibited some 

 recent acquisitions to the Museum, including two collections of Lepidoptera, 

 one from Brisbane in exchange for New Zealand specimens, and the other 

 from Aru Island on the south-west coast of New Guinea. 



2. On behalf of Professor Laby, who was unable to attend, Mr. P. W. 

 Burbidge, B.Sc, exhibited and explained the action of a vibration galvano- 

 meter. 



Address. — Mr. R. W. Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Depart- 

 ment, delivered an interesting address on the " Federal Capital Territory," 

 and illustrated his remarks by means of numerous plans — contour, meteoro- 

 logical, geological, &c. — -panoramic views, and a large relief model of the 

 locality in which Australia's capital city is to be built. 



Paper. — Professor T. H. Easterfield read a paper on the " Higher Fatty 

 Acids," and described experiments made by himself and Miss C. M. Taylor ; 

 and exhibited and described the apparatus used. 



