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OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



First Meeting : .^th May, 1915. 



Present : Mr. R. Gilkison, President, in the chair, and aliout a hundred 



members and friends. 



Address. — " Recent Climbs in the Southern Alps." by Mr. H. F. 

 Wright. 



Second Meeting : 1st June, 1915. 



Present: Mr. R. Gilkison, President, in the chair, and about fortv 



members and friends. 



New Members.— VYoieamv W. P. Gowland. M.L).. and Mr. 0. J. W. 

 Napier, M.A. 



Presidential Address.—" The Rise and Fall of Nations," by Mr. R. 

 Gilkison. 



Third Meeting : 6th .July, 1915. 



Present : Mr. R. Gilkison, President, in the chair, and about thirty 



members and friends. 



New Members. — Messrs. J. C. Begg, W. T. Monknian, and S. P. 

 Seymour, B.A. 



F.I.C. 



Address. — " Modern Problems of Chemistry," by Dr. J. K. H. Inglis, 



Fourth Meeting: 3rd August, 1915. 



Present : Mi-. R. Gilkison, President, in the chair, and about twenty 



members. 



Address. — " Friedrich Nietzsche," bv Professor F. W. Dunlop, M.A., 

 Ph.D. 



Fifth Meeting : Tth Septem,ber, 1915. 



Present : Mr. R. Gilkison, President, in the chair, and about twenty 



members. 



rajiem. — 1. " Notes on the Plant-covering of Breaksea Islands," by 

 Mr. D. L. Poppelwell. 



2. " Notes on the Plant-covering of Pukeokaoka, Stewart Island," by 

 Mr. I). L. Poppelwell. 



3. " Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera,'' by Mr. A. Phil- 

 pott; communicated by Dr. W. B. Benham, F.R.S. 



4. "Notes on New Zealand Pohichaeta, Part II," bv Di'. W. B. 

 Benham, F.R.S. 



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