Fourteen of these results are within 5 feet of the mean mentioned above. In my “Notes on the Height of Mount Cook,” read at this Institute on the 7th of August, 1879, I stated the height to be, from my own observations, 12,375 feet, but as my observations were made under unfavourable circumstances, I consider Mr. Roberts' determination as the most reliable. I took observations at six stations only, the nearest being 34 miles from Mount Cook, and the other five varied from 71 miles to 130 miles. Mr. Roberts took observations from twenty-two stations, averaging only 16 miles from Mount Cook, so he would have much better opportunities of getting accurate results than I had.

Art. XI.—Remarks on Mr. Frankland's Paper on “Mind-Stuff” By J. Turnbull Thomson, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.S.A., etc. [Read before the Southland Institute, 26th March, 1881.] Mr. Frankland's paper on “Mind-Stuff”* Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. XII., p. 205. excited considerable attention amongst the ethical world of Wellington; and, as it is a subject in which interest is ever reviving, I hope I shall be held excused for bringing it before the notice of the members of the Southland Institute. On hearing the paper read, I found my opinions at variance with the author, and had noted my objections at the time, but any desire of stating these publicly and immediately lapsed in my listening to the reply by Mr. Justice Richmond. However, on reperusing the paper as printed in the “Transactions,” it struck me that there was yet room for observations, and they are as follows:— Mr. Frankland, at the commencement, states the object of his paper as being “to describe briefly a theory or doctrine of existence, expounded by the late Professor Clifford, in an article ‘On the Nature of Things in Themselves,’” and, at the end, he sums up in the following manner: “That there is nothing in the doctrine of Mind-Stuff to negative the belief either of the spiritualist or the theologian;” but, “there is equally little in it to encourage or lend assistance to theological belief.” Again, “In regard to theology, the doctrine of Mind-Stuff,” he says, “is neutral.” “It affirms that there is only one Existence, and that the supposed dualism of matter and spirit is an illusion.”