PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 CANTEKBUKY. 



First Meeting: 4th May, 1904. 

 Dr. Charles Chilton, President, in the chair. 



The President welcomed Messrs. Hodgson, Armitage, and 

 Morrison, of the National Antarctic Expedition, who were 

 present. 



The President also announced the arrival of copies of the 

 " Index Faunae Novae-zealandiae," and on behalf of the Council 

 of the Canterbury Institute, and of the Council of the Otago In- 

 stitute, and of the various contributors to the Index, presented 

 Captain Hutton (the editor of the Index) with a bound volume 

 of congratulatory letters on the occasion of its publication. 



The President read the presidential address on " Arctic 

 and Antarctic Faunas." 



Mr. F. V. Hodgson exhibited some marine zoological 

 specimens from the extreme south. 



Lieutenant Armitage exhibited the instruments from the 

 " Discovery " for the determination of the magnetic elements 

 at sea. 



Dr. Farr exhibited a parallel series of curves obtained by 

 Mr. Bernacchi in Antarctica and at the Magnetic Observa- 

 tory, Christchurch. 



Second Meeting : 6th June, 1904. 

 Dr. Chilton, President, in the chair. 

 New Members. — Mr. 0. B. Pemberton, Rev. A. C. Hoggins, 

 J. S. Tennant, C. J. Sloman, F. V. Hodgson, H. G. Denham, 

 J. J. Collins, Dr. J. Stevenson, Captain F. M. B. Fisher, 

 E. Stead, Dr. H. M. Inglis, J. Hight, Miss Freeman, and 

 Miss Fodor. 



Address by Mr. L. Birks, A.M.Inst.C.E., on " An 

 Electrical Engineer's Visit to Switzerland." 



Third Meeting : 6th July, 1904. 

 Dr. Chilton, President, in the chair. 

 Neu' Members.— Rev. C. H. Moreland, Dr. A. G. Talbot, 

 Mr. E. M. Sandstein, and Mr. Alaster Wright. 



Address. — Mr. Cyrus Williams, M.Inst.C.E., gave an 

 nddress on the " Artesian System of Queensland." 



