HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL 

 INSTITUTE. 



FiKST Meeting : 8th May, 1899. 



The President delivered his inaugural address, taking as hia 

 subject "The Sun and the Moon, with a Descriptive Account 

 of the late Total Eclipse of the Sun." 



The address was illustrated by a number of lantern-slides. 



Second Meeting : 12t]i, June, 1899. 



Papers. — 1. " Hawke's Bay Fisheries," by W. Dinwiddie. 

 2. " Exploration," by J. Caughley. 



Third Meeting: 14th August, 1899. 



Papers. — 1. " The Geology of the District between Napier 

 and Puketitiri," by H. Hill. {Traits actions, p. 183.) 



2. " The Evidences of Darwinism," by W. Dinwiddie. 



Fourth Meeting: 11th September, 1899. 



Mr. Hill delivered the first part of a lecture on " Evolu- 

 tion." 



The lecture was illustrated by numerous lantern-slides. 



Fifth Meeting : 18th September, 1899. 

 Mr. Hill concluded his lecture on " Evolution." 



