558 • Proceedings. 



Fifth Meeting : 2nd August, 1916. 



Present : Mr. A. D. Dobson, Vice-President, in the chair, and twenty-five 



others. 



. New Members. — Messrs. R. T. Tosswill and J. B. Laurenson. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Water-supply, Irrigation, and Drainage of the 

 Canterbury Plains," by Mr. A. D. Paterson. 



2. " On the Fluctuations in the Water-level of some Artesian Wells," 

 by Mr. A. D. Dobson, Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf, and Mr. L. P. Symes. 



Sixth Meeting : 6th September, 1916. 



Present : Mr. L. Birks, President, in the chair, and fifty others. 



Papers. — 1. " An Arrangement for quieting the Flow of a Stream of 

 Disturbed Water," by Professor R. J. Scott. 



2. " Apparatus for the Determination of the Magnitude of Small Forces, 

 especially useful in connection with Hydraulic Experiments," by Professor 

 R. J. Scott. 



Lecture. — " The Electric Smelting of Iron and Steel," by Mr. E. Parry. 



Seventh Meeting : 4th October, 1916. 



Present : Mr. L. Birks, President, in the chair, and seventy others. 



New Member. — Mr. J. R. Templin. 



Lecture. — " The Importance of Scientific Research to Industry and Com- 

 merce," by Professor T. H. Easterfield. 



Eighth Meeting : 18th October, 1916. 



Present : Mr. L. Birks, President, in the chair, and twenty-seven others. 



Papers. — 1. " Notes suggested by Mr. Parry's September Paper on 

 •' Electric Smelting,' " by Professor W. P. Evans. 



2. " The Extraction of Potassium Salts from Silicate Rocks," by Pro- 

 fessor W. P. Evans. 



3. " The Lithobiomorpha of New Zealand," by Mr. G. E. Archey. 



4. " Notes from the Canterbury College Mountain Biological Station, 

 Cass : No 5 — The Mat and Cushion Plants of the Cass River Bed," by Mr. 

 C. E. Foweraker. 



5. " The New Zealand Sand-hoppers of the Genus Talorchestia," by Dr. 

 Charles Chilton. 



Exhibit. — Australian grass-tree gum, by Professor W. P. Evans. 



