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Fourth Meeting : £th August, 1887. 

 Mr. G. Hogben, M.A., President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Rev. J. O'Brien Hoare, Dr. Porter, W. A. 



Nalder. 



Paper. — " On Lord Shaftesbury's 'Inquiry into Virtue' and 

 the Utilitarian Theory of Morals," by W. Dinwiddie. 



Fifth Meeting : 1st September, 1887. 



Mr. G. Hogben, M.A., President, in the chair. 



New Member.— G. T. Bcoth. 



Papers. — 1. " On some Fossils from Greymouth," by Pro- 

 fessor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. {Transactions, p. 267.) 



2. "Description of a new Land Shell," by Professor F. W. 

 Hutton, F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 43.) 



3. " On the Greensands of the Waihao Forks," by Professor 

 F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 264.) 



The following resolution was passed : — 



" That the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury desire to express their 

 deep regret at the great loss which this Institute and the whole community 

 has sustained by the death of the late Sir Julius von Haast, who was the 

 originator of the Institute and several times its President, contributing, 

 by his constant work in various branches of science, and by his untiring 

 efforts in many other ways, to extend its usefulness and influence, and who, 

 moreover, by his explorations and discoveries has done so much both 

 officially and privately to advance the intellectual and material progress of 

 Canterbury and of the whole Colony of New Zealand : and they request the 

 President to convey to Lady von Haast and her family their deep sympathy 

 with them in their bereavement." 



Sixth Meeting: 6th October, 1887. 



Mr. B. W. Fereday in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " On some Ancient Bhyolites from the Mataura," 

 by Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 269.) 



2. " On a Leucophyre from the Gorge of the Selwyn," by 

 Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 271.) 



3. " Supplement to a Monograph of the New Zealand Noc- 

 tuvna," by E. Meyrick, B.A., F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 44.) 



4. "Notes on New Zealand Geometrina," by E. Meyrick, 

 B.A., F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 47.) 



5. "Notes on New Zealand Pyralidina" by E. Meyrick, 

 B.A., F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 62.) 



