OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



First Meeting : 10th May, 1887. 

 The meeting took the form of a conversazione. 



Second Meeting : lith June, 1887. 

 F. K. Chapman, President, in the chair. 



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New Members. — Eev. Rutherford Waddell, M.A., Rev. James 

 Gibb, M.A., Professor F. B. de M. Gibbons, M.A., L. 0. Beal, 

 junr., Robert Campbell, P. Duncan, H. F. Hardy, R. C. Jones, 

 Henry Mackenzie, J. Macpherson, M.A., A. W. Morris, W. H. 

 Pearson, R. E. N. Twopeny, Thos. Whitson. 



Paj/ers. — 1. M. Max Muret exhibited a model, and gave a 

 description of a new rowing apparatus invented and patented by 

 him. After remarks from Messrs. Twopeny and Wilson, and 

 Professor Brown, the Chairman asked the last-named gentleman 

 to make a practical trial of the invention along with M. Muret, 

 and to report to a future meeting. 



2. " On the Middle Voice in the Latin Verb," by Rev. H. 

 Belcher, LL.D. 



3. " On the Derelict Ship in Facile Harbour, Dusky Bay," 

 by Dr. Hocken. (Transactions, p. 422.) 



Third Meeting: 12th July, 1887. | 



F. R. Chapman, President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " Notes of an Expedition to the Big Bay Dis- 

 trict," by R. Paulm. 



2. " On Hawarth's Patent Safety Cage," by George J. Binns, 

 F.G.S. 



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