﻿Philosophical 
  Institute 
  of 
  Canterbury. 
  555 
  

  

  The 
  microscopical 
  section 
  has 
  held 
  thirteen 
  meetings 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  attend- 
  

   ance 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  satisfactory. 
  As 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  first 
  year's 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  section, 
  it 
  

   could 
  hardly 
  be 
  expected 
  that 
  more 
  than 
  preliminary 
  work 
  could 
  be 
  done. 
  A 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  preparations 
  — 
  nearly 
  200 
  — 
  have 
  been 
  exhibited 
  at 
  the 
  meetings, 
  and 
  the 
  

   members 
  have 
  been 
  assiduous 
  also 
  in 
  private 
  work. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  meetings 
  

   has 
  embraced 
  marine 
  and 
  fresh- 
  water 
  Alga, 
  anatomical 
  and 
  botanical 
  specimens, 
  in 
  great 
  

   variety. 
  Original 
  research 
  in 
  entomology 
  has 
  been 
  undertaken 
  by 
  one 
  member, 
  and 
  four 
  

   papers 
  resulting 
  therefrom 
  have 
  been 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  Institute. 
  

  

  The 
  Council, 
  feeling 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  aims 
  of 
  this 
  Institute 
  is 
  the 
  encouragement 
  

   of 
  Art, 
  and 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  its 
  knowledge 
  amongst 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  this 
  district, 
  have 
  decided 
  

   to 
  obtain 
  the 
  principal 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Arundel 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  Treasurer's 
  report 
  shows 
  a 
  balance 
  in 
  hand 
  of 
  £136 
  2s. 
  7d. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  On 
  Desis 
  rohsoni, 
  a 
  Marine 
  Spider 
  from 
  Cape 
  Campbell," 
  by 
  

   Llewellyn 
  Powell, 
  M.D. 
  {Transactions, 
  p. 
  263.) 
  

  

  