HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL 

 INSTITUTE. 



FiiisT Meeting : 9th June, 1890. 

 Dr. Spencer, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. Inaugural address by the President, Dr. W. I. 

 Spencer, F.L.S. 



2. "On Two Neck-orufiments or Pendants made of Bone 

 (found in Otago)," by K. Hamilton. 



IMr. Hamilton also clescribed the moa-liunters' encampments at the 

 mouth of the Shag River, Otago, and shov^ecl specimens of flint knives 

 and of skulls and bones of the nioa found there by him. 



Contributions to the Museum from the Kcrmadec Islands were 

 exhibited, consisting of two skins of a beautiful tropic-bird [Phaeton 

 rithricauchis "?), skins of the white-fronted tern and small white tern ; 

 also, the eggs of these birds. A skin, also, of a rare kind of mutton-bird 

 was shown. 



Second Meeting : IdtJi Juhj, 1890. 

 Dr. Spencer, F.L.S. , President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. "On Health," by Eobert C. Lamb. 



2. "The Halo of Benvenuto Cellini," by Dr. Moore. 



3. " A Description of some Newly-discovered Indigenous 

 Plants, being a Further Contribution towards the making 

 known the Botany of New Zealand," by W. Colenso, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., ttc. {Transactions, p. 381.) 



The author exhibited specimens of the plants described. 

 I\rr. F. Rhodes presented the museum with a piece of silver-ore from 

 the Kronberg IMine, in Norway. 



Third Meeting: 11th August, 1890. 

 Dr. Spencer, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. "Further Notes on Coloured Sheep," by 

 Taylor White. {Transactions, p. 207.) 



2. " On Yiuc-growing in Hawke's Bay," by the Rev. Father 

 Yardin. {Transactions, p. 528.) 



The President gave a description of fish-fungus. 

 Miss Browning presented the Institute with a book entitled " Vege- 

 table Physiology," by " Vines." 



