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MANAWATU PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



First Mep:titmg : loih Fel,niorii, 1912. 



Mr. \\. (Tjii'dner, Piesident, in the chair. 



Notes. — Mr. R. McNab gave some very interesting notes on two 

 recent discoveries in the South Island. 



Lec^we.— Mr. H. H. Wilson, of SingajDore, gave a short lecture on 

 submarine telegraphy, describing in some detail the laying of a cable, 

 the different types of cable employed, and the different systems of 

 working. 



The lecture was illustrated by samples of cable belonging to the Museum and 

 by specimens supplied by Mr. Watson, showing the alphabet used and the effect 

 produced by earth-currents. 



Second MEETiN(i : 21s:t Mairh, 1012. 



Mr. R. (Tjirdner, President, in the chair. 



Lecture. — Mr. J. T. Ward, of Wanganui, gave a lectui-e on " The 

 Worlds of Space as seen by the Astronomical Telescope." 



Third Meeting : 17th Apr//, 1912. 

 Mr. R. Gardner, President, in the chair. 



Paper. — " The Changes which have taken place in the more Recent 

 Geological Periods in New Zealand, especiallv in the North Island," 

 by M. A. Eliot. 



The author pointed out the evidences of these changes still to be seen in the 

 physical configuration of the country and in the unusually wide range of its flora. 



The Secretary announced that tlie Council had decided, for the benefit 

 of country visitors, to open the Museum on Thursdays as well as on 

 Wednesdays and Saturdays. 



The Seci'etary also reported that since the last meeting Mr. T. W. 

 Kirk, F.L.S., had paid a special visit to Palmerston to set up his own 

 most valuable private collection of native and imported gi'asses and 

 weeds, which he had generously lent to the Council, in the hope, as he 

 had said, that the Council might be able gradually to develop the 

 Museum, so that it might become of educational value to the whole 

 Dominion in every department of agriculture. 



Numerous i-ecent additions to the Museum were displayed on the 

 table. 



