640 Proceeding*. 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



First Meeting : 6th May, 1914. 



Present : Dr. Evans, President, in the chair, and about fifty members and 



friends. 



Ex-Presidential Address.- — " Animal-life in Underground Waters," by Dr* 

 Charles Chilton. 



Special Meeting : 25th May, 1914. 



Present : Dr. Evans, President, in the chair, and about 100 members. 



Address.—" The Origin of the Coral Keefs of Fiji," by Dr. W. M. Davis, 

 of Harvard University. 



Second Meeting : 3rd June, 1914. 



Present : Dr. Evans, President, in the chair, and about twenty-five 



members. 



New Members. — Professor R. J. Scott, Messrs. C. B. Morris, H. Lang, 

 and S. L. Blackburne. 



Address.—" Maps," by Mr. W. F. Robinson. 



Third Meeting : 1st July, 1914. 

 Present : Dr. Evans, President, in the chair, and about fifty members. 

 New Member.— Mrs. H. T. Ferrar. 



Papers.- — 1. " Some New Coccidaer by Mr. Guy Brittin. 



2. " The Intermontane Basins of Canterbury," by Mr. R. Speight. 



3. " The Influence of Pressure on the Solubility of Tricalcic Phosphate 

 in Carbonic-acid Solutions," by Mr. P. S. Nelson. 



Exhibits. — Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf exhibited a specimen of curious growth 

 in wood. 



Mr. L. Birks reviewed the recent progress at Lake Coleridge, illustrating 

 this with lantern-slides and exhibits. 



Fourth Meeting : 5th August, 1914. 

 Present : Dr. Evans, President, in the chair, and about sixty members. 

 Address. — " Problem Plays of Ancient Athens," by Professor H. Stewart. 



