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OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Seventh Meeting : 7th November, 1911. 



Present : Mr. A. Bathgate, President, in the chair, and twenty others. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Unconformable Relationship of the Lower 

 Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous Formations of New Zealand," by Pro- 

 fessor J. Park, F.G.S. 



2. " On the Occurrence of Hydraulic Limestone on Otago Peninsula,"' 

 by Professor J. Park, F.G.S. 



3. " Some Rare Basic Nepheline Rocks from Waihola and Omimi," 

 by Professor P. Marshall, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



Exhibits. — Dr. Marshall exhibited portions of fossil remains of — 

 (1) a large fish, from the Chains Hills Tunnel; (2) Mauisaurus, from 

 Amuri Bluff; also original sketches by the late Major Heaphy, V.C., 

 including portraits of Rauparaha and Rangihaeata. 



Addresses. — -1. ' Protein-consumption in New Zealand," by Professor 

 J. Malcolm. 



2. " The Habits of the Fern-bird," by Dr. R. V. Fulton. 



Annual Meeting : 5th December, 1911. 

 Mr. A. Bathgate, President, in the chair. 

 Annual Report. — The annual report and balance-sheet were adopted. 



Abstract. 



Work of the Council. — The Council has met ten times for the transaction of the 

 business of the Institute, of which the following is a summary : — 



Your Council co-operated with the Canterbury Philosophical Institute in endea- 

 vouring to induce the Government to utilize the services of the "Terra Nova" in 

 exploring the continental shelf off the coast of New Zealand. A deputation from 

 the Council waited upon the Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister of Marine, on the occasion 

 of one of his visits to Dunedin, and placed before him the desires of your Council. 

 Your Council is pleased to report that the vessel was employed by the Government 

 in marine survey work in our northern waters, and the results of this work will 

 doubtless be made public in due time. 



Your Council was approached in April last by the newly formed Dunedin Tech- 

 nological Society with a view to the latter body becoming amalgamated with, or 

 affiliated to, the Institute. The matter was carefully gone into by committees ap- 

 pointed by the two societies, and in the end the Technological Society accepted 

 affiliation to the Institute under the following conditions : (1) That the Institute 

 provide for a Technological Branch having control over its own lectures and pro- 

 ceedings, and with power to select a chairman and other officers to manage the same ; 

 (2) that the Institute set aside a reasonable sum per annum for the use of the Tech- 

 nological Branch. Your Council at a later stage empowered the branch to incur 

 expenses up to twenty guineas per annum without reference to the Council. This 

 branch of the Institute is to be congratulated on the vigour and enthusiasm with 

 which it has carried out its first year's programme, and at present it shows every 

 sign of developing into a permanent and successful feature of the Institute. 



Later in the year your Council was approached in a similar way by the Otago 

 Astronomical Society. After a somewhat protracted consideration of the position by 



