HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



FiEST Meeting: 19th April, 1886. 

 The President in the chair. 



1. The President deHvered an address, in which he brought 

 forward the desirabihty of estabhshing a marine station for 

 biological research, and for the study of the mode of propagation 

 of the food-fishes of our coast. 



2. The Hon. Secretary exhibited and made a few remarks 

 on Pohjpodium nova-zealandicc, Fusonius ciinninghami, and Livd- 

 saya viridis recently collected in this district. 



The following were noted as having been obtained near Napier since 

 the last meeting : — Hawk- billed Turtle {Caretta imbricata), a young Whale 

 (Dolichodon layardii), and a fine specimen of the Fox-tailed Shark (Alo- 

 pectus vulpes), 12ft. 6in. long. 



3. Mr. N. Heath communicated the results of some experi- 

 ments he had made in freezing eggs. 



Second Meeting : 10th May, 1886. 

 The President in the chair. 



1. Papers. — " Origin of Earthquakes," by J. Hardcastle. 

 [Transactions, p. 338.) 



2. " Occultations, and graphic Methods of computing them," 

 by J. Harding. 



3. The Hon. Secretary exhibited rock specimens from Kara- 

 mea (Pied Island) ; dried skin of Centriscus hitmerosus, or Snipe- 

 fish ; a small Sepiola in spirits ; and some fossils. 



4. The members of the Society at this meeting unanimously 

 agreed that the Council should offer to Mr. Colenso the hono- 

 rary life membership of the Society. 



Thied Meeting : lUh June, 1886. 



The President in the chair. 



Pajoer. — " On the Blasting Operations at the Napier Bluff," 

 by J. Goodall, C.E. Samples of the explosives used were ex- 

 hibited. {Transactions, p. 649.) 



Exhibits. — The Hon. Secretary exhibited: (1.) a collection of beautiful 

 shells from Southern India ; (2.) a set of fossils from Petane ; (3.) specimens 

 of the volcanic dust which fell on the deck of the " Southern Cross," from 

 the Tarawera eruptions. 



