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  PJiilosopJiical 
  Society. 
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  The 
  genus 
  Spirifera 
  proper 
  is 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  Carboniferous 
  

   (Maitai) 
  series 
  and 
  downwards, 
  but 
  its 
  description 
  does 
  not 
  fall 
  within 
  the 
  

   scope 
  of 
  this 
  paper. 
  

  

  These 
  two 
  papers 
  will 
  appear 
  in 
  full 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  Depart- 
  

   ment, 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  press. 
  

  

  13. 
  " 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  hitherto-described 
  Worms 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand," 
  by 
  

   Professor 
  F. 
  W. 
  Hutton, 
  C.M.Z.S. 
  (Transactions, 
  p. 
  314.) 
  

  

  Annual 
  General 
  Meeting. 
  1st 
  March, 
  1879. 
  

   T. 
  Kirk, 
  F.L.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

   Minutes 
  of 
  last 
  Annual 
  General 
  Meeting 
  read 
  and 
  confirmed. 
  

   New 
  Members.— 
  D. 
  M. 
  Luclde, 
  G. 
  Beetham, 
  M.H.E., 
  W. 
  Kemp, 
  M.E.C.S., 
  

   W. 
  H. 
  Triggs. 
  

  

  ABSTEACT 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COUNCIL. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  nine 
  general 
  meetings 
  were, 
  held, 
  at 
  which 
  43 
  papers 
  were 
  read. 
  

  

  Two 
  conversaziones 
  were 
  held, 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  about 
  400 
  visitors 
  were 
  present, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Council 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  many 
  gentlemen 
  who 
  lent 
  objects 
  of 
  interest, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  the 
  Governors 
  and 
  Manager 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Institute 
  for 
  lending 
  the 
  

   colonial 
  museum. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  members 
  is 
  252, 
  of 
  whom 
  31 
  were 
  elected 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Eighty 
  volumes 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  library. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  with 
  regret 
  that 
  the 
  Council 
  record 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Lyon, 
  F.G.S., 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   John 
  Kebbell, 
  both 
  very 
  old 
  and 
  valued 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  society. 
  The 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Lyon 
  

   contributed 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  by 
  donations, 
  and 
  until 
  lately 
  took 
  an 
  active 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  society. 
  The 
  late 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Kebbell 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  frequent 
  exhibitor 
  of 
  ingenious 
  

   adaptations 
  of 
  scientific 
  apjDaratus, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  j^ear 
  brought 
  before 
  the 
  members 
  

   several 
  modifications 
  of 
  the 
  telephone 
  and 
  microphone, 
  and 
  an 
  excellent 
  arrangement 
  for 
  

   regulating 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  astronomical 
  observatories. 
  

  

  The 
  statement 
  of 
  accounts 
  showed 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  receipts 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  £314 
  7s. 
  2d., 
  

   and 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  balance 
  in 
  hand 
  of 
  £103 
  5s. 
  9d. 
  , 
  while 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  £35 
  17s. 
  6d. 
  (being 
  one- 
  

   sixth 
  of 
  the 
  nett 
  income) 
  has 
  been 
  handed 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Institute 
  in 
  compliance 
  

   with 
  the 
  statute. 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  Officers 
  for 
  1879. 
  — 
  President 
  — 
  A. 
  K. 
  Newman, 
  M.B., 
  

   M.E.C.P. 
  ; 
  Vice-2)resi(lents 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Hector, 
  Martin 
  Chapman 
  ; 
  Council 
  — 
  W. 
  L. 
  

   Buller, 
  C.M.G., 
  Sc.D.., 
  etc., 
  C. 
  E. 
  Marten, 
  F. 
  W. 
  Frankland, 
  S. 
  H. 
  Cox, 
  

   F.C.S., 
  F.G.S., 
  Hon. 
  G. 
  Eandall 
  Johnson, 
  W. 
  T. 
  L. 
  Travers, 
  F.G.S., 
  

   T. 
  Kirk, 
  F.L.S. 
  ; 
  Auditor 
  — 
  Arthur 
  Baker 
  ; 
  Secretary 
  and 
  Treasurer 
  — 
  E. 
  B. 
  

   Gore. 
  

  

  The 
  retu-ing 
  President 
  then 
  delivered 
  the 
  following 
  Anniversary 
  

  

  ADDRESS. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  expected 
  that 
  your 
  President, 
  on 
  the 
  expiry 
  of 
  his 
  term 
  of 
  office, 
  

   shall 
  lay 
  before 
  you 
  some 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  work 
  effected 
  by 
  the 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  Unhappily, 
  circumstances, 
  

   over 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  control, 
  prevented 
  my 
  attendance 
  at 
  several 
  meetings, 
  

  

  