402 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [Dec. 
Drama.” July : Professor T. H. Easterfield, M.A., Ph.D., “ Explosives.” 
August: Pev. H. C. Blackburne, M.A., “ English Cathedrals,” with lantern 
illustrations. September : R. Edwards, F.N.Z.I.A., “ The Land we Live 
in, and the Story of a Submerged Forest.” October : R. H. F. Grace, 
“ Other Worlds than Ours.” 
Hawke’s Bay Philosophical Institute. 
The following papers were read during the year 1919 :— 
May 18 : Hon. Sir R. Stout, “ What is to be the Aftermath of the 
War ? ” May 30 : Rev. H. J. Fletcher, “ The Old Maori and some of 
his Beliefs and Customs.” June 12 : W. A. Armour, “ The Economy of 
Youth.” June 27 : D. A. Strachan, “ Recent Developments in Economics.” 
July 17 : J. W. Poynton, “ Radium and its Wonders.” October 3 : H. 
Hill, ( a) “ Earthquakes and Volcanoes,” ( b) “ The Moa—Legendary, His¬ 
torical, and Geological.” October 17 : Professor F. W. C. Haslam, “ Some 
of the great Monumental Slones of the World.” 
Wellington Philosophical Society. 
The following papers have been read :— 
April 30 : S. H. Jenkinson, “ Majority and Proportional Representa¬ 
tion.”' May 28 : Elsdon Best, “ An Oriental Figurine found at Mauku, 
near Auckland ” ; E. K. Lomas, “ Spiders ” ; R. L. Andrew, “ Seasonal 
Variations in Wellington Milk-supplv.” June 25 : *D. Jenness, “ Canadian 
Arctic Expedition, 1913-18.” July 23 : R. W. Holmes, “Notes on Decimal 
Coinage and the Metric System.” August 27 : R. L. Andrew, “ Some 
Analyses of Human Milk with reference to Infant-feeding ” ; G. B. Brad¬ 
shaw, “The Bomb Calorimeter." September 24: G. V. Hudson, “Some 
Examples of New Zealand Insects illustrating the Darwinian Principle of 
Sexual Selection ” ; A. C. Gifford and R. W. Holmes, “ Lantern-slides 
and Photographs of Mount Tutoko and the Darran Mountains.” 
A special meeting was held on the 6th August, when Major E. Marsden, 
M.C., Professor of Physics at Victoria College, lectured on “ Gun Location 
on the Western Front.” 
In addition regular monthly meetings of the Astronomical, Geological, 
Historical, and Technological sections have been held. 
Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. 
Regular monthly meetings of the above Institute have been held through¬ 
out the year. Apart from the scientific papers contributed and addresses 
given, the Institute has received the gracious permission of the Hon. the 
Minister of Internal Affairs to erect a tablet at the Lake Coleridge Power¬ 
house commemorating the memory of Hans Christian Oersted, who'dis¬ 
covered the magnetic effect of an electric current exactly a century ago, 
and who thereby made possible the present “ electrical ” age. Steps have 
also been taken to secure the preservation of Sinclair’s grave and Butler’s 
house at Mesopotamia, also the continuation of the records at the Samoan 
Magnetic Observatory. The Institute purposes holding meetings at Timaru 
and Ashburton respectively on 23rd to 25th October, hoping thereby fco 
further the interests of the Institute and to extend the benefits of member¬ 
ship to such as cannot attend the monthly meetings at Christchurch. 
