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Special General Meeting. 6th August, 1885. 



Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair. 



1. On the motion of Professor F. W. Hutton, it was resolved 

 " That the word ' two ' in Law VII. he omitted." This resolu- 

 tion gives to each member the right to admit an indefinite 

 number of visitors to the ordinary meetings. 



Fifth Meeting. 3rd September, 1885. 



Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Messrs. W. H. Spackman and J. Deans. 



Paper. — 1. " Thought Transference," by Mr. R. M. Laing, 

 M.A. 



Sixth Meeting. 1st October, 1885. 

 Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair. 



Xew Member. — Eev. Canon Stanford. 



1. Professor F. W. Hutton delivered a lecture on " The 

 Stone Age in Europe." 



2. Papers. — "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidop- 

 tera," by E. Meyrick, B.A. (Transactions, p. 162.) 



8. " Notes on the Nomenclature of the New Zealand Geo- 

 metrina," by E. Meyrick, B.A. (Tnmsactions, p. 184.) 



Annual Meeting. 5th November, 1884. 

 Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair. 



Annual Eepoet. 



Eight ordinary meetings and one special general meeting have been 

 held, at which sixteen papers have been read. During the year 13 new 

 members have joined the Institute, but 27 have retired, so that the number 

 of members at present on the books of the Institute is 135. Several 

 additions have been made to the library, and an order for a considerable 

 number of new books, including a complete set of the " Geological Maga- 

 zine," has lately been sent to London. At the suggestion of the Otago 

 Institute, your Council has again passed a resolution strongly recommend- 

 ing the publication of a new Handbook of the Phanerogamic Flora of New 

 Zealand. Copies of this resolution were sent to the Otago Institute, the 

 New Zealand Institute, and the Colonial Secretary ; and it is hoped that the 

 Government will be induced to undertake the work, as it is, in the opinion 

 of your Council, urgently required. 



The; balance sheet shows total receipts, including credit balance of 

 £13 6s. 7d., to be £204 4s. 2d.; total expenditure, £164 2s. 8d., leaving a 

 credit balance of £40 Is. 6d. The reserve fund, consisting of the sub- 

 scriptions of life members, is now £56 9s. 7d. 



