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Paper. — " Some Striated Stones from the St. Bernard Saddle, Waima- 

 kariri Valley," by Mr. M. C. Gudex ; communicated by Mr. R. Speight. 



Exhibit. — Mr. Speight exhibited a number of slides illustrating the San 

 Francisco earthquake. 



Dr. Cockayne moved that a committee be set up, consisting of Drs. Chil- 

 ton and Hilgendorf, Messrs. Drummond, Laing, Nairn, Phillips Turner, and 

 the mover, to consider a scheme for securing more general observation of the 

 periodic phenomena of plant-life, and for publishing the results in the name 

 of the Institute. 



This was seconded by Dr. Fair and carried. 



Sixth Meeting : 7th October, 1908. 

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



Hutton Medal. — Dr. Chilton exhibited the first Hutton Medal that had 

 been struck, and explained the conditions under which the medal was to be 

 awarded. 



Address. — " The Story of Antarctic Exploration," by Mr. T. W. Rowe. 



This address gave a full account of the progress of antai-ctic exploration from the 

 earliest times to the present, and was most extensively illustrated with lantern-slides. 



Seventh Meeting : ith November, 1908. 

 Dr. L. Cockayne in the chair, and thirty-three others present. 

 Papers. — 1. " New Zealand Bird Song," by Mr. Johannes C. Andersen. 



I\Ir. E. F. Stead spoke at length to this ])aper, and illustrated his remarks by imitat- 

 ing the notes and calls of many New Zealand birds. 



2. " A Plea for Greater Simplicity in Biological Language," by Dr. C. 

 Chilton. 



3. " The Fresh-water Amphipoda of New Zealand,'' by Dr. C. Chilton. 



4. " The Technical Analysis of Sliped Wool," by Mr. A. M. Wright. 



5. " On a Curious Growth on a Cabbage-tree," by Dr. L. Cockayne. 



6. " Some Hitherto- unrecorded Plant-habitats," by Dr. L. Cockayne. 



7. " Note on a Collection of Plants from the Solanders," by Dr. L. Cock- 

 ayne. 



8. " On a Hornblende Andesite from the Solanders," by Mr. R. Speight. 



Annual Meeting : 2nd December, 1908. 



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



New Member. — Mr. Melville Gray. 



It was resolved that the hearty congratulations of the Institute should 

 be forwarded to Professor E. Rutherford, F.R.S., on the occasion of his being 

 awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry ; and to Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace, 

 on his receiving the Order of Merit. 



