442 Proceedings. 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



First Meeting : Slst Maii, 1911. 



Present : Di'. Moore, President, in the cliair, and tliirty-eiglit others. 



I'resuleuiial Addrem. — " Th<' Problem of Sliakespeare. " 



ISew Member.^. — William Gates, J. P., E. J. Humphreys, Harry Bull, 

 P. Loftus Poole, D. Whyte, and C. D. Kennedy. 



Second Meeting : ofh .1 \d]i, 1912. 



Present : Mr- J. Wilson Craig, in the chair, and t^venty-seven others. 



Nt%v Mernher. — E. G. Matthews, Gisl)orne. 



Papers. — 1. " The Mollmca of Taupo and its Environment," by 

 H. Hill, jun. 



2. "Taupo Trout," by the Rev. T. Fletcher. 



A sub-committee was set up to consider the trout-smoking inclustiy. 



3. " The Distribution of the Moa along the East Coast : an Gutline," 

 by H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. 



Third Meetin(j : 29fli July, 1913. 



Present : Mr. J. Wilson Craig, in the chaii-, and a number of others. 



Report of Taupo Trout Suh -commit tee. — Mr. Patterson reported his 

 rei>resentations to the Government, and the reply- 



Papers. — 1. " Soil-temperatures in Napier South," by E. G. Loten. 

 2. " Characteristics of Fungi," by E. G. Loten. 



Moa Find. — Mr. Hill repoited that a moa-bone had been found in a 

 Napiei' limestone-quan-y. 



Fourth Meeting : 28th Auyvst, 1912. 



Present : Dr. T. C. Moore, President, in the chair, and forty-nine others. 



Paper.—'' 0\(\ Hawke's Bay," by W. Dinwiddie. 

 Ilhistrated by lantern-slides. 



