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Fourth Meeting : 15th June, 1905. 

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



New Member.— Mr. W. F. Durward. 



Dr. Paterson read a paper on " The Subjective Ego : its 

 Nature and Manifestations, its Influence on the Moral, Mental, 

 and Physical Conditions of Man." 



A discussion among the members followed, after which Dr. Paterson 

 replied. 



This meeting was thrown open to the public. 



Fifth Meeting : 6th July, 1905. 

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



Professor Easterfield, M.D., of Wellington, delivered a lec- 

 ture on " Poisons," which he illustrated by numerous experi- 

 ments. 



The ground covered comprised : (a) Poisons from a historical stand- 

 point ; (b) classification of poisons ; (c) the detection of those poisons 

 commonly used for criminal purposes ; and (d) the poisonous constituents 

 of some New Zealand poisons. 



A discussion followed, during which many questions were asked by 

 members, and replied to by the Professor. 



This meeting was also thrown open to the public. 



Annual Meeting : 20lh July, 1905. 

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

 The report and balance-sheet were read and approved. 



In the former it was shown that the Society had been eminently 

 successful in its first year of work. It now numbered thirty-nine members, 

 and eleven papers were read. The Palmerston North Borough Council 

 had placed a room at the disposal of the Society for a museum, and from 

 the number of specimens, curios, &c, that had been promised, the museum 

 bade fair to become a success. 



The New Zealand Institute presented the Society with thirty-two 

 volumes of its Transactions, which had been bound and placed in the library. 



The balance-sheet showed a credit of £13. 



Election op Officers for 1906. — President — John E. 

 Vernon, M.A. ; Vice-Presidents — Kenneth Wilson, M.A., P. E. 

 Baldwin, Dr. Stowe ; Council — W. Collingwood, M. A. Eliott, 

 F. Goote, B.A., G. Hirsch, W. H. Maclean, A. A. Martin, M.D. 

 Secretary and Treasurer — William Welch ; Curator of the Mu- 

 seum — William Welch ; Auditor — R. N. Keeling. 



