OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



FmsT Meeting : 12th May, 1896. 

 Mr. A. Hamilton, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — John Ewing, W. McConnochie, A, T. 

 Cavell, George Eoberts, Miss Alhnan Marchant, M.A., B. Cra- 

 croft Aston, A. Michael, C. W. Hay, A. J. Kidston-Hunter, 

 B. G. Whetter, M.A. 



The President announced that Mr. J. G. McLeod had 

 resigned his seat on the Council, and that Professor Shand 

 had been elected to the vacant seat. 



Professor Shand gave a lecture on "The Electric Dis- 

 charge, and Eontgen Photographic Bays," illustrated by 

 numerous experiments. 



Mr. G. M. Thomson gave a brief account of the report 

 of the committee appointed last year to consider the esta- 

 blishment of a fish-hatching station. He stated that the 

 committee had made inquiries, personally inspecting various 

 localities, and had come to the conclusion that Purakanui 

 was the most suitable spot in the neighbourhood for the pur- 

 pose. 



The report was adopted, and it was resolved, "That a 

 committee, consisting of Messrs. Hamilton, Parker, Don, 

 Chapman, and Thomson, be appointed to confer with a 

 committee of the Acclimatisation Society, and with the 

 members of both Houses of the Legislature, with a view of 

 taking such steps as will lead to the establishment of a 

 marine fish-hatchery at Purakanui." 



Second Meeting : Oth June, 1896. 



Mr. A. Hamilton, President, in the chair. 



Neio Members.— V. C. Corhss, F. J. Stilling, F. E. Brit- 

 tain, Eev. W. Hewitson, J. A. Johnstone, E. Sandilands, 

 C. B. Bichardson, B.A., J. Crosbie Smith. 



