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Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
Special Meeting: 27th March, 1912.
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and twenty-seven others.
Address.—“Heredity in Relation to Practical Stock-breeding,” by Mr. A. Grant-Watson.
A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lecture.
First Meeting: 1st May, 1912.
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and thirty others.
Congratulations.—The congratulations of the Institute were accorded to Dr. Cockayne on the award to him of the Hector Medal, and also on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Address—Mr. A. M. Wright, the retiring President, then delivered his ex-presidential address on “The Chemist and the Community.”
Special Meeting: 15th May, 1912.
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and seventy others.
Address.—“Sleeping Sickness,” by Dr. P. H. Ross, Bacteriologist to the British East African Protectorate.
A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer.
Second Meeting: 5th June, 1912.
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and thirty others.
New Members.—Messrs. Maurice Richmond, F. L. Mouldey, and S. Fry.
Papers.—1. “The Chemistry of Flesh Foods,” by A. M. Wright.
2. Psychic Aspects of Evolution,” by Johannes C. Andersen.
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Third Meeting: 3rd July, 1912
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and twenty five others.
New Members.—Messrs. H. E. Marsh, A. H. R. Amess
Papers.—1. “On Gunnera and its Fresh-water Alga,” by G. E. Archey.
2. “Botanical Observations in Marlborough,” by C. E. Foweraker.
3. “The Crab-beds of Pareora,” by M. C. Gudex.
4. “Radium in Rocks,” by D. B. Macleod.
Fourth Meeting: 7th August, 1912
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and thirty others.
Address.—“The Oscillograph,” by Mr. P. H. Powell.
Exhibit.—A specimen of Euonymus, showing fasciated growth, by Mr. R. Nairn.
Jubilee Meeting: 30th August, 1912.
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and about 350 members and guests, including Mr. H. Holland (Mayor of Christchurch), Mr. G. M. Thomson, M.P. (representing the Government), Mr. George Hogben (representing the Senate of the New Zealand University and the Education Department), Messrs. A. Hamilton and B. C. Aston (representing the New Zealand Institute), and Professor Picken (representing Victoria College).
Presidential Address.—Dr. L. Cockayne addressed the meeting with reference to the work carried out by the Institute during the past fifty years, and outlined some of the work for future investigation.
Congratulations.—His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch and Messrs. G. M. Thomson, George Hogben, and A. Hamilton briefly addiessed the meeting, conveying congratulations from the bodies which they represented.
Hector Medal.—On behalf of the New Zealand Institute, Mr. G. M. Thomson presented to Dr. L. Cockayne the Hector Medal for botany.
Fifth Meeting: 11th September, 1912.
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and thirty others.
Congratulations.—The congratulations of the Institute were accorded Dr. Charles Chilton on the award to him of the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the Aberdeen University.
Address.—“The Lighting of Picture-gallaries and Museums,” by Mr. S. Hurst Seager.
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Sixth Meeting: 2nd October, 1912.
Present: Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf, in the chair, and sixty others.
New Members.—Miss Tabart, Rev. J. Holloway, Messrs. H. M. Budd and E. V. Barrett.
Address.—“The Cost of Living, with Special Reference to its Connection with the Gold-supply and the General Level of Prices,” by Dr. J. Hight.
Seventh Meeting: 6th November, 1912.
Present: Mr. A. M. Wright, Vice-President, in the chair, and twenty-five others.
Papers.—1. “The Physiography of Norfolk Island,” by R. M. Laing.
2 “On a Collection of Rocks from Norfolk Island,” by R. Speight.
3. “On Dicranoloma,” by Mr. H. N. Dixon; communicated by Dr. L. Cockayne.
4. “Report on the Examination of some Tertary Mollusca in the Collection of the New Zealand Geological Survey,” by H. Suter.
5. “On some Folk Stories from Epi, New Hebrides,” by Rev. T. E. Riddle, communicated by R. M. Laing.
This paper is printed in the “Journal of the Polynesian Society.”
6. “Further Observations on the Artesian Wells in the Christchurch District,” by Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf.
Annual Meeting: 4th December, 1912.
Present: Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., President, in the chair, and twenty-five others.
New Member.—Mr. Orton Bradley.
Annual Report.—The annual report and balance-sheet for the year were adopted.
Abstract.
The membership of the Institute has further increased during the year, and the finances are in a satisfactory state.
Jubilee.—On the 30th August the Institute celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation, and on this date a special meeting was held, to which all members were invited, as well as representatives of various scientific, educational, and political bodies throughout the Dominion.
Meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute.—The annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute was held this year in Christchurch, and the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury had much pleasure in welcoming for the first time the members of the governing body of the parent Institute. After the formal business of the meeting had been concluded an enjoyable excursion was made to Lincoln College, the return to Christchurch being by way of Tai Tapu, Gebbie's Pass, and Governor's Bay. The Council is greatly indebted for the kind hospitality shown to its members and to their guests by Mr. E. Alexander, Director of Lincoln College, and by the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes, M.P., who conducted the visitors over his beautiful garden and explained his extensive collection of plants.
Library.—The library has been kept up to date, and the Council is pleased to report that members of the British Antarctic Expedition have found it most useful in their biological researches. Numerous additions have been made to the Antarctic section during the year.
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Meetings of the Institute.—Nine meetings of the Institute have been held during the year, at which the following addresses have been delivered: “Heredity Community” (ex-presidential address), by Mr. A. M. Wright; “Sleeping Sick-in Relation to Stock-breeding,” by Mr. A. Grant-Watson; “The Chemist and the ness,” by Dr. P. H. Ross, Bacteriologist to the East African Protectorate; “The Oscillograph,” by Mr. P. H. Powell; “Picture-galleries and Museums, their Lighting and Arrangement,” by Mr. S. Hurst Seager, F.R.I.B.A.; “The Cost of Living, with Special Reference to the Gold-supply and the General Level of Prices,” by Dr. J. Hight. In addition to these, twenty-three papers of more technical character have been submitted. These may be classified as follows: Chemistry, 3; geology, 8; physics, 1; mathematics, 1; zoology, 1; botany, 4; miscellaneous, 3.
Membership.—During the year twelve members have been elected and ten have either resigned or been struck off, so that the number on the roll of the Institute now stands at 185.
Balance-sheet.—The balance-sheet shows a credit on the Institute's ordinary account of £33 17s. 8d., and on the Tunnel Account of £140 6s. 11d. The sum of £100 has been paid off the account with the Government Printer for publishing the “Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand”; £58 19s. 7d. has been spent directly on the library; the cost of the jubilee celebration was £54 6s. 6d., which was more than met by donations from members.
Papers.—1. “Classification of Verse,” by Johannes C. Andersen.
2. “New Zealand Bird-song,” by Johannes C. Andersen.
3. “Notes on New Zealand Fishes: Pt. 3,” by Edgar R. Waite
4. “On Steiner's Envelope,” by E. G. Hogg.
5. “New Species of Tertiary Mollusca,” by Henry Suter.
6. “Action of Phosphorus on Copper Sulphate,” by H. Rands; communicated by Dr. W. P. Evans.
7. “Chemistry of Flesh Foods: Pt. I,” by A. M. Wright.
8. “New Plant-habitats (VIII),” by Dr. L. Cockayne.
9. “Redcliff Gully, Rakaia River,” by R. Speight.
10. “On a Shingle-spit in Lake Coleridge,” by R. Speight.
11. “Some Physiographical Features of the Lake Coleridge District,” by R. Speight.
Election of Officers for 1913.—The following were elected officers: President—Dr. Charles Chilton; Vice-Presidents—Mr. S. Page, Mr. H. Suter; Hon. Secretary—Mr. A. M. Wright; Hon. Treasurer—Mr. R. Speight; Hon. Librarian — Mr. Edgar R. Waite; Council — Dr. C. Coleridge Farr, Dr. L. Cockayne, Mr. A. D. Dobson, Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf, Dr. W. P. Evans, Mr. R. M. Laing; Hon. Auditor—Mr. G. E. Way, F.I.A.N.Z.