PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



First Meeting. 6th March, 1884. 

 K. W. Fereday, President, in the chair. 

 1. "On Earthquakes," by Professor Hutton. 



Second Meeting. 3rd April, 1884. 

 R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair. 



New Member. — Henry Grayson. 



1. " Technical Education," by D. Blair. 



2. " On a System of Technical Education for Artizans," by C. W. 

 Purnell. (Transactions, p. 398.) 



Third Meeting. 1st May, 1884. 



E. W. Fereday, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — A. Ringwood, E. McConnell. 



1. "Red Sunsets," by A. Ringwood. (Transactions, p. 386. 



Fourth Meeting. 5th June, 1884. 

 R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair. 



1. " The Diamond Fields of South Africa," by Professor F. W. Hutton. 



2. " The Fresh-water Shells of New Zealand belonging to the family 

 Limnaidas," by Professor F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 54.) 



Fifth Meeting. 3rd July, 1884. 



H. R. Webb in the chair. 



1. " Is Life a Distinct Force ?" by R. H. Bakewell, M.D., Fellow of the 

 Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, etc. (Transactions, 

 p. 410.) 



Sixth Meeting. 1th August, 1884. 



R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair. 



1. " The exceptional Advantage of New Zealand for Sericiculture," by 

 G. B. Federli. 



