PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



First Meeting : Qth May, 1908. 

 The President, Mr. E. G. Hogg, in the chair, and sixty-five others present. 

 New Members.— Messrs. N. M. Bell, R. J. McKay, and H. D. Cook, 



The following resolution was carried : " That the Institute learns with 

 regret of the death of Mr. Edward Dobson, C.E., and desires to place on 

 record its appreciation of the services he rendered as one of the original 

 founders of this Institute, as a former President, and as a member of the 

 Council for several years." 



The congratulations of the Institute were accorded to Dr. Dendy on his 

 election to a Fellowship of the Royal Society. 



Address. — Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf deUvered his ex-presidential address, on 

 " Mendel's Law of Heredity." 



Second Meeting : 3rd June, 1908. 



The President, Mr. E. G. Hogg, in the chair, and about a hundred 

 others present. 



New Members. — Messrs. C. R. Ford, H. 0. D. Meares, G. Humphreys, 

 A. E. G. Rhodes, A. M. Patterson, G. Laurenson, S. W. Thornton, G. T. 

 Weston, S. A. Clark, Frank S. Wilding, T. S. Foster, D. C. H. Florance, 

 A. W. Beaven, John Poulsen, C. Wilkins, J. Bickerton Fisher, G. R. Kidson, 

 D. E. Hansen, Revs. P. J. Cocks, I. A. Bernstein, Drs. G. Lester, L. Crooke, 

 J. Guthrie, Thomas Mill, and Miss B. D. Cross. 



Donations. — A number of valuable donations were laid on the table. 



Vote of Thanks. — A special vote of thanks to Dr. Heim, of Zurich, was 

 carried for his ready and valuable assistance, not only by suggesting methods 

 of procedure for carrying on experiments in earth-temperature in connection 

 with the Arthur's Pass Tunnel, but also by sending a complete series of his 

 own publications and those of other geologists who have investigated the 

 great alpine tminels. 



Address. — Mr. E. G. Hogg delivered an address on " The Physical Pro- 

 blems suggested by the Construction of the Arthur's Pass Tunnel." Dr. Farr 

 also delivered an address on the radio-activity problems suggested by this 

 engineering work. 



At the conclusion of the meeting a special general meeting was held to 

 revise the laws of the Institute. 



Third Meeting : 1st July, 1908. 



The President, Mr. E. G. Hogg, in the chair, and sixty others present. 



New Members.— Messrs. H. J. C. Jekyll, T. D. Boag, H. A. Bruce, F. D. 

 Waller, Charles Dash, E. Kohn, G. F. Taylor, Hon. Charles Louisson, Dr. W. 



