HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



Annual Report. 



During the past year there have been seven meetings of the Institute — 

 namely, the annual general meeting and six ordinary meetings. At the 

 ordinary meetings thirteen papers were read, several of them being illus- 

 trated by lantern-slides. The Council held five meetings and transacted 

 a large amount of general business. 



Nine new members were elected during the year, making a total 

 membership of sixty-seven. 



The Council of the Institute has been approached by the Borough 

 Council with regard to the transfer of the Museum to the latter body, 

 and the opening of the Institute's library as a reference library. Nothing 

 definite, however, has yet been done with regard to either of these matters. 



Mr. Hill has again been elected the Institute's representative on the 

 Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute. 



The Treasurer's balance-sheet shows a credit balance of £20 3s. 8d. 



Papers read during the Session 1907. 



7th May. — Inaugural address by the President, E. A. W. 

 Henley, M.B. ; subject, " Esperanto." 



11th June. — Papers by Dr. Kennedy — (a) " The Climate of 

 Napier compared with those of Other Places in New Zealand 

 and Europe " ; (b) " The Nine-inch Refractor of the Meeanee 

 Observatory." Both papers illustrated by lantern-slides. 



16th July.— Paper by J. L. Kayll, ""The Criminal : His 

 Evolution and Reform." 



13th August.— Papers by H. Hill— (a) " Strange Stones," 

 illustrated by a large number of specimens ; (b) " An Experi- 

 ment in Nature-study " : (c) " The Root-parasite Dactylavtlnts 

 Taylori," illustrated by lantern-slides. 



3rd September. — Papers by W. Kerr, M.A. — (a) " Experi- 

 mental Education " ; (6) " Some Optical Phenomena explained." 

 Papers bv H. Guthrie- Smith — (a) "Alien and Native Grasses 

 of Tutira" (p. 506); (6) " Ferns of Tutira." 



29th November.'— Paper bv Tavlor White. "On Hvbrid 

 Ducks." Paper by H. Hill. B.A.. F.G.S., " Evolution," illus- 

 trated by a large number of lantern-slides. 



Election of Officers for 1908. — President — T. Tanner ; 

 Vice-President— J. P. Leahy, M.B., D.P.H. ; Council— G. Clark, 

 W. Dinwiddie, E. A. W. Henley, M.B., H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S., 

 T. Hyde, T. C. Moore, M.D. ; Hon. Secretary— James Hislop. 

 District School ; Hon. Treasurer — J. W. Craig; Hon. Auditor — 

 J. S. Large ; Lanternist — C. F. Point on. 



