HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL 

 INSTITUTE. 



First Meeting : 14th May, 1900. 



President's inaugural address, " The Science of the Nine- 

 teenth Century." 



Second Meeting: 11th June, 1900. 



Paper. — "Bacteria: Benevolent and Malevolent, with 

 Special Eeference to the Plague, and to the Treatment of 

 Sewage," by Dr. Leahy ; illustrated with lantern-slides. 



Third Meeting : 9th July, 1900. 



Papers. — 1. " Scinde Island from a Naturalist's Point of 

 View," by F. Hutchinson, jun. (Transactions, p. 213.) 



2. " Mars and its Canals," by the Rev. W. G. Parsonson. 

 Both papers were illustrated by diagrams. 



Fourth Meeting : 13th August, 1900. 



Payer. — " An Interesting Chapter of Early New Zealand 

 History," by H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. ; illustrated by lantern- 

 slides. {Transactions, p. 407.) 



Fifth Meeting : 10th September, 1900. 



Paper.—" An Optical Illusion," by G. W. Tiffen. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 434.) 



Lecture. — "The House-fly and otber Common Insects," 

 by Rev. Dr. Kennedy, M.A. ; illustrated by lantern-slides. 



