434 Piocecdi'inix 



Thihd Mkktix(; : J/v/ ./«i//, Wl'L 



Present : Dv. 1.. Cockayne, F.H.S., President, in the chair, and twenty 



five others. 



IS't'T Mcmbcrt<. — Messrs. H. E. Marsh, A. H. Pi. Aniess. 



Papers. — 1. "On (!\(nnera and its Fresh-water Alga," by G. E. 

 Archey. 



2. " Botanical Observations in Marlljoiongh," by C. E. Foweraker. 



3. " The Crab-beds of Pareora," by M. C. Gudex. 



4. " Radium in Rocks," bv D. B. Macleod. 



Fourth Meeting : 7th Aui/usf, 1912 



Pi-esent : Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and thirty 



others. 



^^Zf//-e.s.s-.— " The OsciUouraph,"" l)y Mr. P. H. Powell. 



Exhibit. — A specimen of Euoni/miis, showing fasciated growtli, by 

 Mr. R. Nairn. 



Jubilee Meeting : oOt/i Aui/ust, 1912- 



Present : Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and about 

 360 members and guests, including ]\Ir. H. Holland (Mayor of 

 Christchurch), Mr. G. M. Thomson, M.P. (representing the Govern- 

 ment), Mr. George Hogben (repiesenting the Senate of the New Zea- 

 land University and the Education Department), Messrs. A. Hamil- 

 ton and B. C. Aston (representing the New Zealand Institute), and 

 Professor Picken (representing Victoria College). 



Presidential Address. — Di-. L. Cockayne addressed the meeting with 

 reference to the work cairied out by the Institute during the past fifty 

 years, and outlined some of the work for future investigation. 



Congratulations . — His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch and 

 Messrs. G. M. Thomson, George Hogben, and A. Hamilton briefly ad- 

 dressed the meeting, conveying congratulations from the bodies which 

 they represented. 



Hector Medal. — On behalf of tlie New Zealand Institute, Mr. G. M. 

 Thomson presented to Dr. L. Cockayne the Hector Medal for botany. 



Fifth Meeting : llth September, 1912. 



Present : Di'. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and thirty 



others. 



Congratulations. — The congratulations of the Institute wet'e accorded 

 Dr. Charles Chilton on the award to him of the honorary degree of 

 Doctor of Law^s by the Aberdeen University. 



Address. — "The Lighting of Picture-galleries and Museums," by 

 Mr. S. Hurst Seager. 



