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Foueth Meeting : 3rd August, 1904. 

 Dr. Chilton, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Dr. B. M. Moorehouse. Dr. Gibson, and 

 Mr. C. D. Hardie. 



Papers. — 1. " A Bevision of the Tertiary Brachiopods of 

 New Zealand," by Captain Hutton. (Transactions, p. 474.) 



2. " Three New Tertiary Shells," by Captain Hutton. 

 (Transactions, p. 472.) 



3. " A Bevision of the New Zealand Species of Cera- 

 miacece," by B. M. Laing. (Transactions, p. 384.) 



4. " Campbell Island Bocks," by B. Speight. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 552.) 



Fifth Meeting : 7th September, 1904. 

 Dr. Chilton, President, in the chair. 

 Neiv Member. — Mr. C. Aschmann. 



Address. — Mr. G. Grav, F.C.S., delivered an address on 

 " Plant-food." 



Sixth Meeting : 5th October, 1904. 



Dr. Chilton, President, in the chair. 



Address. — Mr. B. M. Laing, M.A., B.Sc, delivered an 

 address on " Badio-activitv." 



Seventh Meeting : 2nd November, 1904. 



Dr. Chilton, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Mr. F. W. Terry, Mr. Hiilsen. and Mr. 

 F. Stone. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Occurrence of the Shrike Thrush in 

 New Zealand." (Transactions, p. 350.) 



2. " On the Formation of the Canterbury Plains." by 

 Captain Hutton. (Transactions, p. 465.) 



3. " List of Tertiary Mollusca in the Canterbury Museum," 

 by Captain Hutton. 



4. " Appendix (1) to the List of New Zealand Seaweeds," 

 by B. M. Laing. (Transactions, p. 380.) 



Dr. Chilton exhibited the disarticulated skull of a wallaby. 

 Dr. Farr exhibited some curves relating to the electrical 

 condition of wind, particularly of nor'-westers. 



