XXX11. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The paper by Mr. A. G. Williams on " Law of Meteoro- 

 logical Phenomena " (read at the previous meeting) was 

 then discussed. 



The Chairman read some remarks he had prepared on the 

 subject, other notes written by the President and Mr. H. I. 

 Jensen were (in the absence of the writers) read by Mr. 

 Maiden. 



By permission of the Chairman, Mr. T. W. Keele read 

 three additional pages of manuscript which had been for- 

 warded by the author (Mr. A. G. Williams) and showed a 

 number of lantern slides that he (Mr. Keele) had had pre- 

 pared from additional charts received. 



The following gentlemen also took part in the discussion : 

 Messrs. J. Brooks, \V. J. Clunies Ross, E. DuFaur, C. J. 

 Merfield, G. H. Halligan, and A. Duckworth. 



exhibit : 

 Mr. R. T. Baker, f.l.s., Curator, Technological Museum, 

 exhibited specimens of the New Zealand Mountain Com- 

 posites, Raoulia eximia, Hook., f. and R. mammilaris, 

 Hook., f., plants commonly known as "Vegetable Sheep." 

 They are found in the Alps of that Dominion, at altitudes 

 varying from 3,000 to 6,000 feet, where they form hemi- 

 spherical woolly cushions varying in diameter and height 

 from a few inches to eight feet, and three feet respectively. 

 The largest specimen exhibited measured 2 ft. 6 in. diam. 

 and lL inches high. The close compact hairs at the end 

 of the minute leaves give the plant an appearance that is 

 uncommonly like the back of a Merino sheep. 



