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The paper was illustrated by numerous drawings and specimens of 

 the deposits, while numerous slides were exhibited under microscopes in 

 the library. The author gave a practical demonstration on the methods 

 of cleaning and mounting diatoms for subsequent examination. 



Exhibits. — Professor Parker gave an account of some 

 recent interesting additions to the Museum, including — 



(a.) Two penguins, showing both immature and adult plumage. 



(b.) A cast of the fossil reptile Covipsognathus. 



(c.) Specimens of the "bladder-worm" taken from the muscles of a 



rabbit. 

 (d.) A collection of stuffed New Zealand fishes intended for the 



Melbourne Exhibition. 



Fourth Meeting : 10th July, 1888. 

 Professor T. J. Parker, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Dr. Hocken, on behalf of the members of the Institute, 

 congratulated the Chairman on his having been elected a 

 Fellow of the Eoyal Society, an honour which all who knew 

 what Professor Parker had done in the cause of biological 

 science, thought to be very well deserved. The Chairman, in 

 acknowledging the compliment, stated that he considered the 

 honour had been conferred on him chiefly on account of his 

 researches on the embryology of Apteryx, and expressed the 

 hope that before long all question of scientific importance in 

 the colonies would be worked out by colonial workers, and 

 that in future it would be unnecesssary for the Eoyal Society 

 or other learned associations in England to send out spe- 

 cialists to solve our scientific problems, as they had done in 

 the past. 



Professor Parker exhibited and called attention to 

 specimens of brown. Loch Leven, and Scotch bm-n trout pre- 

 pared by his glycerine-gelatine process for the Tourists' Court 

 in the Melbourne Exhibition. 



Paper. — " On the Birds of the Lake Brunner District," by 

 W. W. Smith ; communicated by Geo. M. Thomson, F.L.S. 

 {Transactions, p. 205.) 



Fifth Meeting : 14th August, 1888. 



A. Wilson, M.A,, President, in the chair. 



New Member. — A. Purdie, M.A. 



Dr. Hocken delivered an exceedingly interesting lecture 

 on "The Early History of Otago," being the ninth of the 

 series on " The Early History of New Zealand." 



