HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL IN8TL 



TUTE. 



First Meeting : 11th May, 1896. 



Eev. W. Colenso, F.E.S., F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



The President read the inaugural address, deahng with 

 the advantages to be derived from the study of the natural 

 sciences, and with some remarkable scientific discoveries of 

 the last twelve months. (Transactions, p. 129.) 



At the close of the address the President announced his 

 intention of donating a site for a museum and a sum of £1,500 

 for its construction, provided a further £2,500 were raised 

 before the end of the year. 



Second Meeting : 15th June, 1896. 



Eev. W. Colenso, F.E.S., F.L.S., in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " On Fire, with Eemarks on Native Methods 

 of producing Fire," by the Eev. W. Colenso. 



2. " The Victoria regia Lily," by the Eev. W. Colenso. 



Thied Meeting: 13th July, 1896. 



Eev. W. Colenso, F.E.S., F.L.S., in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " On Some Common Shells of the Napier 

 Beach," by F. Hutchinson. 



2, " Arctic Adventure and Theories," by H. Hill, B.A., 

 F.G.S. 



Mr. Norris exhibited several trays of New Zealand Lepi- 

 doptera, caught and arranged by himself. 



