|lu LIBRARY, 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTI- 

 TUTE. 



First Meeting: 21st June, 1894. 

 Mr. T. Humphries, President, in the chair. 

 Paper. — " Spectacles," by Dr. F. W. Lines. 

 The paper was illustrated by diagrams and models. 



Second Meeting : 9th July, 1894. 



Mr. J. W. Carlile, Vice-president, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Occurrence of Moa-footprints in 

 the Bed of the Manawatu Eiver, near Palmerston North," by 

 H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. {Transactions, p. 476.) 



2. "On the Hawke's Bav Pleistocene Beds and the 

 Glacial Period : Part I.," by H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 451.) 



The first paper was illustrated by drawings and casts. 



Third Meeting : 13th August, 1894. 



Mr. H. Hill in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " Notes and Eeminiscences of Early Crossings 

 of the Eomantically-situated Lake Waikaremoana, County of 

 Hawke's Bay, of its Neighbouring Country, and of its Pecu- 

 liar Botany; performed in the Years 1841 and 1843," by 

 W. Colenso, F.E.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. (Transactions, 

 p. 359.) 



2. " Some Curious and Little-known Information and 

 Memoranda relating to Letters and Mails in the Olden Time," 

 by W. Colenso, F.E.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. 



