Auckland Institute. 677 



Eighth Meeting: 17th September, 1891. 



Mr. J. H. Upton, President, in the chair. 



Professor A. P. Thomas, F.L.S., gave a popular lecture 

 entitled " Darwin." 



Ninth Meeting : 1st October, 1891. 



Mr. J. H. Upton, President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " Shooting Stars and Meteors," by Professor 

 H. W.'Segar. 



2. " Maori Preserved Heads," by the Eev. P. Walsh. 

 {Transactions, p. 610.) 



3. '■' The most frequent Pelagic Copepods and Cladoceres 

 of the Hauraki Gulf," by Dr. Augustin Kramer, Surgeon, 

 H.I. M.S. " Bussard." {Transactions, p. 214.) 



1. "A Poet's Socialism," by E. A. Mackechnie. 



Tenth Meeting : loth October, 1891. 



Mr. J. H. Upton, President, in the chair. 



Professor F. D. Brown gave a popular lecture on " Explo- 

 sives," illustrated by numerous experiments. 



Annual Meeting : 18th February, 1895. 

 Mr. J. H. Upton, President, in the chair. 



Abstract of Annual Report. 



Nine new members joined since the last annual meeting, being a 

 slight increase on the previous year ; while fifteen names were withdrawn 

 — three from death, nine from resignation, and three from non-payment 

 of subscription — the number on the roll at the present time being 171. 



The total revenue of the General Account is stated at £1,357 10s. 5d., 

 which includes the balance of £53 14s. 7d. from the previous year, and 

 also a temporary advance of £306 Gs. 7d. from the Capital Account for 

 purchasing and re-erecting the carved house from Maketu. More than 

 one-third of this amount has already been repaid, and it is expected that 

 the remaining £200 will be repaid before the expiration of two years. 

 Deducting these amounts, the real income was £997 9s. 3d., a marked 

 increase on the previous year. The interest derived from the invested 

 funds of the Costley bequest was £474 12s. 2d. ; while the Museum endow- 

 ment contributed in rents and interest £343 2s. Members' subscriptions 

 yielded £129 3s. The expenditure was £1,283 16s. Id., leaving a credit 



