PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 CANTEKBUKY. 



First Meeting : 3rd May, 1893. 



Professor Bickerton in the chair. 



Paper. — "Chlorine a Cure for Consumption," by Professor 

 Bickerton. 



Second Meeting : 7th June, 1893. 

 Professor Bickerton in the chair. 



Neiv Member.—^. G. Pye, M.A. 



Professor Bickerton gave a short address on " A Simple 

 System of Graphic Formulae as applied to Organic Che- 

 mistry." 



Thied Meeting : 5th Juhj, 1893. 

 E. M. Laing, M.A., B.Sc, in the chair. 

 New Memher.—B. Marshall, M.A. 



Paper. — "The Nelson Earthquake of 12th February, 1893," 

 by G. Hogben, M.A. {Transactions, p. 347.) 



Fourth Meeting : 2nd August, 1893. 

 Professor Bickerton in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " Conchothyra parasitica," by Captain F. W. 

 Hutton, F.R.S. {Transactions, p. 358.) 



2. " On a New Rail from the Auckland Islands," by the 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild ; communicated by Captain Hutton. 

 {Transactions, p. 180.) 



3. "On New Species of the New Zealand Musci," by 

 R. Brown. {Transactions, p. 302.) 



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