596 Proceedings. 



Fifth Meeting : 6th September, 1905. 

 Dr. Farr, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Dr. Alice Moorhouse, Mr. W. Smith, and 

 Mr. J. Bevan Brown. 



Address. — Mr. E. F. Stead gave an address, illustrated by- 

 numerous lantern-slides, on " Bird Life in New Zealand." 



Papers. — 1. " On a Specific Case of Leaf-variation in 

 Coprosma baueri, Endl. (Rubiacece)," by Dr. Cockayne. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 341.) 



2. " On the Supposed Mount Bonpland Habitat of Celmisia 

 lindsayi, Hook. L." by Dr. Cockayne. (Transactions, p. 346.) 



3. " On the Common Tangents" of Two Conies," by Mr. E. G. 

 Hogg, M.A. ; communicated by Dr. Farr. 



4. " Notes on Thermo-chemistry," by Mr. S. Page. 



Sixth Meeting : ith October, 1905. 

 Dr. Farr, President, in the chair. 



New Members.— Mr. Molyneux and Mr. W. E. B. Oliver. 



Address. — Mr. F. Hitchings gave an address, illustrated by 

 numerous charts, on " Sun-spots." 



Paper. — " The Distribution of the Rotifera in New Zealand," 

 by F. W. Hilgendorf, D.Sc. 



Seventh Meeting : 1st November, 1905. 



Dr. Farr, President, in the chair. 



The President referred to the great loss sustained by the 

 Institute in the death of Captain Hutton, F.R.S. 



He moved the following resolution : " That the Philosophical In- 

 stitute of Canterbury learns with profound regret the death of Captain 

 F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., President of the Xew Zealand Institute, and de- 

 sires to place on record its high appreciation of the many valuable services 

 he has rendered to science, and its sense of the great loss caused by his 

 death. Captain Hutton joined the Institute rather more than twenty- 

 five years ago; he served almost continuously as a member of the Council, 

 and on several occasions as Honorary Treasurer and President, and con- 

 tributed in a very large degree to the growth and prosperity of the Institute. 

 and at various times he rendered similar valuable services to the Otago 

 Institute, the New Zealand Institute, the Australasian Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, and other scientific bodies. By his long 

 series of original contributions on the geology and zoology of New Zealand 

 he established the knowledge of these subjects on a sure and permanent 

 foundation, and made for himself a world-wide reputation as a geologist 



