AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 
First Meetine. 4th June, 1883. 
The Rt. Rev. W. G. Cowie, D.D., President, in the chair. 
New Members.—Professor F. D. Brown, A. J. Hunter, Dr. Mackellar, 
J. K. Nicholls, Professor A. P. Thomas, Professor T. G. Tucker. 
1. The President delivered the anniversary address. 
ABSTRACT, 
In thanking the members for his election he referred to the improved position of the 
Institute, due to the munificent bequest of the late Mr. Edward Costley, and to the 
endowment in land granted to the Museum by Parliament. The work of the Society was 
next reviewed, and the increased facility provided for the study of science by the recent 
establishment of the Auckland University College was pointed out. The important func- 
tion which is exercised by courses of popular lectures and Sunday lectures was impressed 
on the Institute as one of its duties in the promotion of science. The facilities which the . 
Institute affords for the pursuit of literature and art as a recreation and means of mental 
development, and the importance of enlarging and improving the Museum as one of the 
most powerful educational institutions in the midst of a city population, was urged on the 
members. 
2. “ Notice of the Discovery of the Australian genus Rhagodia in New 
Zealand,” by T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 408.) 
8. * On a new Genus of Silphide," by Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. 
4. “ Our Water-supply,” by Mr. Justice Gillies. 
Seconp MereriNG. 2nd July, 1883. 
The Rt. Rev. W. G. Cowie, D.D., President, in the chair. 
New Members,—E. Champtaloup, G. H. Moore, Rev. G. H. S. Walpole. 
1. “ On the Effect of extreme Cold on Fishes,” by Neil Heath. (Transac- 
tions, p. 275.) —. 
. “ Descriptions of some new Species of Beetles of the genus Sayola,” 
by Captain T. Broun, M.E.8. 
3. “On the Botany of the Thames Goldfields,” by J. Adams. (Tran- 
sactions, p. 885.) 
4. ** The Law of Tolerance," by E. A. Mackechnie. 
Tum» Meeting. 20th August, 1883. 
The Rt. Rev. W. G. Cowie, D.D., President, in the chair. 
New Members.—T. Maben, J. Mayo. 
1. “ Further Experiments with Sorghum,” by Mr. Justice Gillies. (Tran- 
actions, p. 512.) 
