MANAWATU PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



First Meeting : 23rd February, 1905. 

 Mr. Kenneth Wilson, M.A., President, in the chair. 



Mr. P. E. Baldwin read an exhaustive paper on the " Early 

 Native Records of the Manawatu Block." 



He traced the migration of the tribes, hapus, and families of the Maoris ; 

 their wars, victories, and final occupation of the land from the Manawatu 

 Gorge to the Oroua River. 



Several members took part in the discussion which followed. 



Second Meeting : 16^ March, 1905. 

 Mr. Sinclair, in the absence of the President, in the chair. 



Mr. William Welch read a paper on " Etchings and Steel 



Engravings." 



He gave an account of the growth and final decay of these arts, and 

 exhibited a large number of samples of, and explained the processes of, 

 wood engravings, line, dry-point, silver-point, mezzotint, aquatint etching 

 on steel and copper. 



Third Meeting : 18th May, 1905. 

 The President, Mr. Kenneth Wilson, M.A., in the chair. 



New Members. — Alex. Paterson, M.D., and Captain Hewitt, 

 R.N. 



Dr. Stowe read a paper on " Radium and the X Rays." 

 which was illustrated by a powerful battery, in which he showed 

 the development of electroms. 



Mr. C. E. Warden ^ead a paper on " Education, " in which 

 he dealt with the methods of the primary schools, and advanced 

 theories for the improvement of our present system. 



This meeting was thrown open to the public. 



