464 Proceedings. 



6. Notes on New Zealand Tortricma" by E. Meyrick, B.A., 

 F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 73.) 



7. "Descriptions of New Zealand Tinema," by E. Meyrick 

 B.A., F.G.S. (Transactions, p. 77.) 



8. " On a Theory of Bird-Flight," by J. Warburton. Com- 

 municated by Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. 



Annual Meeting: 3rd November, 1888. 

 Mr. G. Hogben, M.A., President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Dr. Bancroft, J. L. Colledge, P. W. Hill. 

 The annual report and balance-sheet were read and adopted. 



Abstract. 



During the session six ordinary meetings have been held, at which 

 seventeen papers were read, classified as follows : Geology, 7 ; Zoology, 8 ; 

 Miscellaneous, 2. 



In addition to the ordinary meetings, a course of popular lectures have 

 been delivered under the auspices of the Institute, with very great success. 



During the session, 17 new members have joined the Institute, and 15 

 names have been struck off the list. At present the number of members is 

 118, as against 116 last year. 



During the session the Institute has, in common with the whole com- 

 munity, sustained a great loss by the death of the late Sir Julius von Haast, 

 who was the originator of the Institute and several times its President, and 

 who contributed by his constant work in various branches of Science, and 

 by his untiring efforts in many other ways, to extend its influence and 

 usefulness. 



Large additions have been made to the Library. It is hoped that it will 

 soon be possible to issue a catalogue of the books and pamphlets belonging 

 to the Institute. 



The balance-sheet shows the total receipts during the past session to be 

 £147 Os. 3d., and total expenditure £145 4s. 4d., leaving a credit balance of 

 £1 15s. lid. The reserve, consisting of the subscriptions of life members, 

 now amounts to £63 16s. 9d. 



Office-bearers. — The following gentlemen were elected officers 

 for 1888 -.—President— Professor F. W. Haslam, M.A. ; Vice- 

 presidents — G. Hogben, M.A., S. Hurst- Seager, A.R.I.B.A. ; 

 Secretary— W. Dinwiddie ; Treasurer— H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S. ; 

 Council— Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. ; Professor C. H. H. 

 Cook, M.A., W. H. Symes, M.D., R. M. Laing, M.A., R. W. 

 Fereday, F.E.S., T. Crook; Auditor— C. R. Blakiston. 



The retiring President read an address : " In memoriam 

 Sir Julius von Haast, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., D.Sc, etc." 



The President stated that the Council of the Institute had determined 

 to send to England for a portrait of the late Sir Julius von Haast, to be 

 placed in the rooms of the Institute, ami, further, that the Council desired 

 to bring the fund for founding a scholarship, t<> perpetuate the memory of 

 the deceased, before the members for their favourable consideration. 



