AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Fifth Meeting : 30^^ August, 1909. 

 Professor C. W. Egerton, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — A. G. Daw, C. Rhodes, Rev. F. W. Walker, and A. 

 Wilson. 



Professor F. D. Brown, M.A., delivered a popular lecture, with numerous 

 experimental illu.strations, on " Colour." 



Sixth Meeting : 21t}i September, 1909. 

 Professor C. W. Egerton, President, in the chair. 



The Rev. Gray Dixon, M.A., gave a lecture on " The Romance of 



Portuguese Expansion." 



The lecturer gave an eloquent sketch of the geographical discoveries made by the 

 Portuguese and the colonial empire which they succeeded in building up, of which now 

 only fragments remain. 



The lecture was illustrated by numerous limelight illustrations and diagrams. 



Seventh Meeting : 2'Srd October, 1909. 

 Professor C. W. Egerton, President, in the chair. 



Mr. H. A. E. Milnes, B.Sc, delivered a popular lecture on " The School- 

 master in Fiction." 



Eighth Meeting : llth November, 1909. 

 Mr. E. V. Miller, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Dr. J. M. Bell, Director of the Geological Survey, gave a lecture on 

 " The Heart of the Southern Alps." 



The lecture was illustrated by an exceptionally fine series cf lantern-slides prepared 

 from ]ohotographs taken by the lecturer. The i)hysical featiues of the central portion 

 of the Southern Alps were fully described, and many interesting details given on the 

 geology and botany of the district. . 



Ninth Meeting : 22nd November, 1909. 

 Professor C.|W. Egerton, President, in the chair. 



New Member.— W. St. John Clarke. 



Pa/pers. — 1. " Maori Forest Lore, Part III," by Elsdon Best. 

 2. " The Cam-lever Balance." bv J. Clement Cuff. 



