WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Annual Meeting : 5th April, 1905. 

 Professor Easterfield, President, in the chair. 



New Members.— Dr. J. M. Bell, Mr. H. M. Christie, Mrs. 

 H. M. Christie, and Dr. L. Cockayne. 



The President announced with regret the death (which 

 took place in February, 1905, at Tamworth, New South Wales) 

 of Mr. Ambrose Quail, a former member of the Society, and 

 an occasional contributor of papers to the Transactions. 



Mr. G. V. Hudson said that Mr. Quail's death- — of which he now heard 

 for the first time — was a serious loss to science. Formerly a lesident of 

 Palmerston North, Mr. Quail had removed some time ago to Queensland. 

 His special branch of study was the minute structure of insects : he might 

 be described as an entomological microscopist. He excelled as a drafts- 

 man ; and it might safely be said that no better drawings than those of 

 Mr. Quail were to be found in entomological publications. He had been 

 a valued contributor to the " Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,'" 

 and to the " Transactions of the Australasian Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science." 



The Secretary, Mr. Thomas King, read the annual report 

 and statement of accounts. 



The report stated that seven meetings had been held during the ses- 

 sion of 1904, and that the total number of papers read at these meetings 

 had been twenty-two, which exceeded by seven the number read during 

 the preceding session. The roll had been purged by the deletion of the 

 names of a number of persons who had ceased to be members by reason 

 of the non-payment of their subscriptions. Three members had resigned 

 during the year, and eight new members had been elected. The total 

 membership was now 104. 



The receipts, including a balance of £75 6s. brought forward from the 

 previous year, amounted to £163 10s., and the expenditure (including 

 two years' contributions to the funds of the New Zealand Institute) to 

 £119 0s. 5d., leaving a balance in hand of £44 9s. 7d. The Research Fund, 

 on fixed deposit with the Bank of New Zealand, amounted to £39 19s. ; so 

 that the total sum at the credit of the Society was £84 8s. ld. : -' ' . ' 



Election op Officers for 1905. — President — Mr. Martin 

 Chapman ; Vice-Presidents — Professor T. H. Easterfield and 

 Mr. G. Hogben, M.A. ; Council— Mr. Edward Tregear, Mr. 

 G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., Professor H. B. Kirk, Mr. C. E. Adams, 

 B.Sc, Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Dr. A. K. Newman, 

 and Mr. J. W. Poynton ; Secretary and Treasurer — Mr. Thomas 

 King ; Auditor — Mr. E. R. Dymock, A.I.A., N.Z. 



Responding to a vote of thanks moved by Mr. Martin Chapman, Pro- 

 fessor Easterfield. the retiring President, said that he must congratulate 



