CONTENTS. 



List of Plates 



Objects and Eules of the Association 

 Officers, Council, and Committees 

 Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries 



Christchurch Meeting, 1891 

 Programme for the Meeting 

 Proceedings, — 



Meetings of the General Committee 



Research Committees appointed 



New Rules 

 Afternoon Meetings . . 

 Evening Meetings 

 Excursions . . 



Table of Attendance, Receipts, and Grants of Money 

 Accounts 



Inaugural Address by the President, Sir J. Hector, K.G.M.G., M.D,, 

 F.R.S. .. 



1-21 



TRANSACTIONS OP THE SECTIONS. 



Section A. — -Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanics. 



Address by Professor Lyle, M.A., President of the Section, on " Ad- 

 vances in Physical Science and its Application " .. .. 22-37 

 1. The Earthquakes of New Zealand. By George Hogben, M.A. 37-57 

 The " Elastic Medium" Method of treating Electrostatic Theo- 

 rems. By Professor W. H. Bragg, M.A., Roy. Soc. of South 

 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-71 



3. Note on the Gregorian Calendar. By A. C. GifEord . . . . 71 



4. The Origin and Development of the North-west Winds of New 



Zealand. By John T. Meeson, B.A. .. .. ..72-78 



5. On the Characteristics of the Nor'-westers of Canterbury, N.Z. 



By John T. Meeson, B.A. (see also page 593) . . . . 78-79 



6. On Constructive Cosmical Impact. By Professor A. W. Bicker- 



ton . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 79-83 



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