622 Proceedings. 



Third Meeting : 3)d July, 1890. 



J. T. Meeson, B.A., President, in the chair. 



Paper. — " On the Diift Formation of South Canterbury," 

 by J. Hiu-dcastle. {Transactions, p. 311.) 



Mr. Laing considered that the evidence brought fonvard, based upon 

 the red gravels, was insufficient to support the theory that there had been 

 two glacial periods in ZSTew Zealand. 



FouETH Meeting: 'tin August, 1690. 

 J. T. Meeson, B.A., President, in the chair. 

 Paper. — " Notes on the Earthquake of 7th Marcli, 1890, 

 felt at Xapier, Gisborne, and other Places," by G. Hogbeu, 

 M.A. {Transactions, p. 473.) 



Professor Hutton said that the paper was an extremely valuable one, 

 as it followed the best methods of determination for the centrum and 

 epicentrum. The direction of shock, as determined by seismograph, was 

 now found to be extremely unreliable ; and consequently the most im- 

 portant observations were those of time and amplitude. It was extremeiy 

 important that seismographs should be employed for the determination 

 of these. People outside of New Zealand spoke of it as a country of 

 severe earthquakes ; a.nd it required definite evidence to remove the bad 

 impression that was abroad. He agreed with 'Six. Hogben that the method 

 of co-ordinates was of little use for ascertaining the depth. 



Fifth Meetd-tg: 4th September, 1890. 



R. W. Fereday, F.E.S., Vice-president, in the chair. 



Paper. — " On the Murehison Glacier," by G. E. Mannering. 

 {Transactions, p. 355.) 



Professor Hutton considered 'Sir. Mannering's paper as the most im- 

 portant contribution to the geography of the alpine regions of New Zea- 

 land for the past twenty years. 



Sixth Meeting: iind October, 1890. 



J. T. Meeson, B.A., President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. "On the Timaru Loess Formation as a 

 Register of Climate," by J. Hardcastle. {Transactions, p. 32i.) 



Professor Hutton criticized the paper adversely, and contended that 

 the author had taken everything he had seen as proving his theory, and 

 ignored or overlooked the evidences against it. 



2. "' Detennination of the Origin of the Earthquake of the 

 5th December, 1881, felt at Christchurch," by G. Hogben, 

 M.A. {Transactions, p. 465.) 



