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HAWKE'S^BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



Third Meeting : 30th June, 1911 . 



The President, Mr. H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S., in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " The Haslemere Educational Museum." By Mr. F. 

 Hutchinson, jun. 



This paper outlined the principles on which the Museum, founded by the author's 

 uncle, was based. Geological and historical specimens, books, pictures, and other 

 articles were arranged chronologically. A herbarium and a vivarium formed part 

 of the Museum, and in these fresh specimens from the surrounding district were 

 kept according to the season. Specimens were for sale. Questions to encourage 

 thought were on the labels — e.g., " What is the best quality of the bird? " 



2. ' Moa-remains from Wainui Beach." By W. Townson ; com- 

 municated by J. Niven, M.A., M.Sc. 



As the result of the interest aroused by these papers, a number of gentlemen 

 volunteered to rearrange and classify the objects in the Napier Museum if the 

 Borough Council, the controlling authority, would agree. The Borough Council 

 were to be asked to help in the matter of making the Museum more up to date. 



Finances. — Mr. Hill was appointed to interview the member for the 

 district with regard to more financial help for the Xew Zealand Insti- 

 tute. 



Fourth Meeting : 1st September, 1911. 



The President, Mr. H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S., in the chair. 



Xew Members.— \N. Scott, W. Murphy, W. Morris, W. Smith, B.A. 



Papers. — 1. ' Pore Space and the Influence of Surface Tension on the 

 Moisture in the Soil." By W. Morris. 



This paper dealt principally with the relation between volume and surface of 

 particles of different kinds of soil, and the effect of the comparatively enormous 

 surface of the soil-particles on the passage of water through the soil. 



2. 'Fungi and their Kelation to Domestic Life." By E. G. Loten. 

 Illustrated. (To be continued.) 



