HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTI- 

 TUTE. 



First Meeting: 8th May, 1893. 



Dr. Moore, President, in the chair. 



Inaugural address, " The New Mesmerism," by the Presi- 

 dent. 



Second Meeting : 12th June, 1893. 



Mr. T. Humphries, Vice-president, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " A Maori Pa at Lake Te Anau," by Taylor 

 White. {Transactions, p. 513.) 



2. "A Humble Precursor of Darwin — Eev. Ezekiel 

 Blomfield," by W. Dinwiddie. 



3. "-The Volcanic Outburst at Te Mari, November, 1892," 

 by H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. {Transactions, p. 388.) 



4. " The Geology of the Country between Dannevirke and 

 the East Coast," by H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. {Transactions , 

 p. 392.) 



Third Meeting: 10th July, 1893. 



T. Humphries, Vice-president, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " Notes on Two Peculiar Introduced and. 

 Naturalised South American Plants " (notes on the aloe, 

 prickly pear, and hemlock-leaved heron's-bill), by Eev. W. 

 Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S. {Transactions, p. 323.) 



2. " More Last Words about Tongariro and its Neighbour- 

 hood," by Rev. W. Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S. {Transactions, 

 p. 483.) 



