HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



Second Meeting : 15/7? June, 1909. 



Dr. Leahy, President, in the chair. 



The Rev. Dr. Kennedy gave an address on " Recent Advances and 

 Discoveries in Solar Research." 



The lecture was illustrated by astronomical photographs, including some taken at 

 Meeanee Observatory. 



The following resolution, moved by Mr. Hill and seconded by Air. W. Dmwiddie, 

 was carried by acclamation : " That the members of the Hawke's Bay branch of the 

 New Zealand Institute desire to convey to the Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy their appreciation 

 of the great services rendered by him to the cause of scien ■& in this district, and, whilst 

 congratulating him upon his promotion to another field of laboiu', they regret his depar- 

 ture, as representing a serious loss to the community, especially in the astronomical 

 and meteorological work for which his observatory at Meeanee has become famous." 



