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OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



First Meeting : 2nd May, 1916. 

 Present : Dr. P. Marshall, President, in the chair, and about thirty others. 

 Presidential Address. — " Prehistoric Otago," by Dr. P. Marshall. 



Second Meeting : 4th July, 1916. 



Present : Dr. P. Marshall, President, in the chair, and about thirty others. 



New Members. — Messrs. F. J. Jones and H. Whitcombe. 



Addresses.— 1. " Flightless Birds," by Dr. W. B. Benham, F.R.S. 

 2. " The Urewera Country," by Dr. H. P. PickeriU. 



Third Meeting : 1st August, 1916. 



Present : Mr. R. Gilkison, Vice-President, in the chair, and twenty-five 



others. 



Addresses.— 1. " Mana Island," by Mr. W. G. Howes. 



2. " Entomological Illustrations " (lantern-slides), by Mr. M. N. Watt. 



Papers. — 1. " Some Corals from the Itermadec Islands," by Mr. T. W. 

 Vaughan, U.S. Geological Survey (communicated by Dr. W. B. Benham, 

 F.R.S.). 



2. " New Lepidoptera," by Mr. W. G. Howes, F.E.S. 



3. " Notes on a Botanical Excursion to Long Island, near Stewart 

 Island," by Mr. D. L. Poppelwell. 



4. " Notes on a Botanical Excursion to the Upper Makarora Valley and 

 Haast Pass," by Mr. D. L. Poppelwell. 



Fourth Meeting : 5th September, 1916. 



Present : Dr. P. Marshall, President, in the chair, and twenty-five others. 



Papers. — 1. " Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera," by Mr. A. 

 Philpott (communicated by Dr. W. B. Benham, F.R.S.). 



2. " French Wit and Humour," by Mr. G. L. Thompson, M.A. 



