650 Proceedings. 



Eighth Meeting : 15th December, 1914. 



Professor J. Park in the chair. 



The annual report was read and adopted, and the following office-bearers 

 for 1915 were elected : Chairman — Mr. J. B. Mason ; Vice-Chairmen — 

 Professors J. Park and D. B. Waters ; Hon. Secretary — Mr. H. Brasch ; 

 Committee — Messrs. G. W. Davies, B. B. Hooper, W. D. B. McCurdie, 

 B. McLintock, G. Simpson, and B. N. Vanes. 



ASTRONOMICAL BRANCH. 



First Meeting : 26th May, 1914. 

 Mr. B. Gilkison in the chair. 

 Address.—" Ball's Theory of the Ice Age," by Mr. B. Gilkison. 



Second Meeting : 23rd June, 1914. 

 Mr. B. Gilkison in the chair. 

 Address. — " The Characteristics of certain Familiar Stars," by the Bev. 

 D. Dutton, F.G.S., F.B.A.S. 



Third Meeting : 28th July, 1914. 

 Mr. B. Gilkison in the chair. 

 Address. — " The Elimination of Errors in Astronomical Observations,' 

 by Dr. P. D. Cameron. 



Fourth Meeting : 25th August, 1914. 

 Mr. B. Gilkison in the chair. 

 Address.—" The Glacial Period," by Professor P. Marshall, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



Fifth Meeting : 22nd September, 1914. 

 Mr. B. Gilkison in the chair. 

 Papers.- — 1. " On the Deflection of the Plumb-line due to the Spheroidal 

 Form of the Earth," by Mr. W. T. Neill. 



2. " Becent Astronomy," by the Bev. P. W. Fairclough, F.B.A.S. 



Sixth Meeting : 27th October, 1914. 

 Mr. B. Gilkison in the chair. 

 Paper. — " Southern Variable Stars," by Mr. Westland (by arrangement 

 with the Wellington Philosophical Society, Astronomical Branch). 



The annual report was read and adopted, and the following officers 

 for 1915 were elected : Chairman- — Mr. B. Gilkison ; Vice-Chairmen — 

 Professors J. Park and D. J. Bichards, and Bev. D. Dutton, F.B.A.S. ; 

 Hon. Secretary- — Mr. J. Bremner ; Committee — Dr. P. D. Cameron, Messrs. 

 H. Brasch, J. W. Milnes, W. T. Neill, and S. W. Wilson. 



