Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. 733 



Seventh Meeting : 2nd November, 1898. 



Dr. W. P. Evans, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Mr. Wilham Keece and Mr. R. D. 

 Thomas. 



Address. — Mr. R. Speight dehvered an address on "The 



Microscope in Geology," illustrated by lantern slides. 



The lecturer exhibited microscopic preparations of rock-sections in 

 illustration of his address. 



Papers. — 1. " On tlie New Zealand Mttsci," by Mr. R. 

 Brown. {Transactions, p. 442.) 



2. " Some Recent Additions to the New Zealand Moss- 

 Flora," by Mr. T. W. Naylor Beckett. (Transactions, p. 426.) 



3. " Revision of the New Zealand Pleurotomidce," by 

 Mr. H. Suter. [Transactions, p. 64.) 



4. " New Zealand Polyplacophora," by Mr. H. Suter. 

 {Transactions, p. 59.) 



5. "A Graphic Method of calculating Cubic Content of 

 Excavation, as for Water- races on Uneven Ground," by 

 Mr. G. Hogben. {Transactions, p. 602.) 



6. "The Waugauui Earthquake of the 8th December, 

 1897," by Mr. G. Hogben. {Transactions, p. 583.) 



7. The Tasmanian Earthquake," by G. Hogben, M.A. 

 {Transactions p. 594.) 



8. " Revision of the New Zealand Phasmidce," by Captain 

 F. W. Hutton. {Transactions, p. 50.) 



9. " Notes on the New Zealand Acrididce," by Captain 

 F. W. Hutton. {Transactions, p. 44.) 



10. " On the Footprint of a Kiwi-like Bird from Manaroa," 

 by Captain F. W. Hutton. {Transactions, p. 486.) 



The author exhibited the fossil footprint. 



11. " Distillation Products of Blackball Coal : Part IV.," 

 by Dr. W. P. Evans. {Transactions, p. 556.) 



12. " Analyses of Seventeen New Zealand Coals," by 

 Dr. W. P. Evans. {Transactions, p. 564.) 



13. " Contact Metamorphosis at the New Brockley Coal- 

 mine," by Dr. W. P. Evans. {Transactions, p. 557.) 



The author exhibited specimens from the Brockley Coal-mine. 



14. " On Occlusion of Sulphuretted Hydrogen in Coal," by 

 Dr. W. P. Evans. {Transactions, p. 566.) 



