568 Proceedings. 



Fourth Meeting: 11th February, 1902. 



Mr. G. V. Hudson, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Dr. Archer Hosking, of Masterton ; 

 Messrs. A. B. Chalmers, Gerald Fitzgerald, A. E. Pearce ; 

 and William Gray, of Palmerston North. 



Papers. — 1. " Embryology of New Zealand LepidojJtera," 

 by Ambrose Quail, F.E.S. (Transactions, p. 226.) 



2. " On a Marine Galaxias from the Auckland Islands," 

 by Captain Hutton, F.E.S. (Transactions, p. 198.) 



3. " On the Latent Heat of Fusion of the Elements 'and 

 Compounds," by P. W. Eobertson ; communicated by Pro- 

 fessor Easterfield. (Transactions, p. 501.) 



Sir James Hector and Professor Easterfield spoke in high terms of 

 the accuracy of Mr. Robertson's work, and of the great importance of his 

 discovery. It would he known, the professor thought, as " Robertson's 

 Law." 



4. " On the Phenomena of Variation and their Symbolic 



Expression," by E. G. Brown. (Transactions, p. 520.) 



Sir James Hect>r said that Mr. Brown was doing substantial and 

 valuable work in one of the obscure corners of scientific research. 



5. " On the Horizontal Component of the Earth's Motion 

 in Space," by D. Hector ; communicated by Sir J. Hector. 

 (Transactions, p. 513.) 



6. " Mathematical Treatment of the Problem of Production, 

 Bent, Interest, and Wages," by D. Hector ; communicated by 

 Sir J. Hector. (T i ans action s , p. 514.) 



7. Notes on New Zealand Fishes," by Sir J. Hector. 

 (Transactions, p. 239.) 



8. " The Vapour Densities of the Fatty Acids," by P. W. 

 Eobertson ; communicated by Professor Easterfield. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 499.)* 



Annual Meeting : 12th March, 1902. 

 Mr. G. V. Hudson, President, in the chair. 



Abstract op Annual Report. 



During the past year five meetings were held, at which twenty papers 

 were read. 



Nine new members have been added to the roll during the year, 

 making a total of 147 members. 



* For discussion, see p. 570. 



