

P E O C] E K ]) I N G 8 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



1910. 



PART I 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



FiusT Mkktini; : Jff/i May, 1910. 



Ml'. A. Hamilton, Pn^-^ident, in tlie chair. 



Nev: Menihers. — Miss Helyer, Mr. J. Marchbanks, Mr. V. C. Hav, 

 Mr. J. I). Climie, Mr. M. N." Watt, and Mr. C. G. G. Berry. 



Honorary lAfe Member. — On tlie motion of Professor Easterfield, 

 seconded by the President, the following resolution was carried unani- 

 mously: "That this Society desires to place on record its appreciation 

 of the valuable services of Mr. Thomas King during the term of his 

 Secretaryship of the Society, by electing him an honorary life member of 

 tlie Society.'" 



The Pi-esident announced that the Philosophical Institute of Canter- 

 bury had offered to supply members of the Society with copies of its 

 publication "' The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand " at a reduced 

 price. 



The President referred to the loss sustained by the Society owing 

 to the death of two of its members, Mr. A. P. Buller and Mr. G. U. 

 Marriner. 



Address. — The President deliveiod the following address: — 



The Tararuas. — When I addressed you last year at this time I suggested that 

 we should endeavour to open up the southern end of the Tararuas by cutting a 

 track on the Quoin and establishing some kind of a camp there of a permanent 

 nnture. Early in the season, through the active co-operation of some of the 

 members, a tent was erected in a suitable place just at the edge of a small piece 

 of bush on the Quoin, and during the season it has been found useful as a shelter 

 for several parties of explorers. Mr. Aston, who takes the greatest practical in- 

 tere.st in this matter, has ascended several times, and has reported to me from time 

 to time the condition of the track. Towards the end of the summer Mr. W. H. 



