OTAGO INSTITUTE. 
First Meetine. 5th June, 1877. 
The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair. 
New Members.—A. Hill Jack, Rev. C. S. Ross, G. S. Duncan. 
1. “ Notes on the New Zealand Myriopoda in the Otago Museum,” by 
Professor F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 288.) 
2. “On the Habits of the New Zealand Grayling (Prototroctes oxy- 
rhynchus )," by J. Rutland ; communicated by Prof. Hutton. (Transactions, 
p. 250.) 
BEcoNp MzzrmG. 19th June, 1877. 
The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair. 
New Members.—R. Paulin, G. E. Eliott, A. Montgomery, B. Throp, P. S. 
Hay, T. Forrester, Dr. Wilkins. 
Professor Black gave a lecture on ** The Earth a Cinder.” 
Tump MzzrmoG. 8rd July, 1877. 
R. Gillies, Vice-president, in the chair. 
1. Professor Hutton explained Schivendener’s Theory of the Nature of 
Lichens. 
2. Professor Hutton read a note on a Fungus-penetrating Nostoc. 
FovarH Meetine. 17th July, 1877. 
W. N. Blair, Vice-president, in the chair. 
Professor Macgregor gave a lecture on Mental Physics. 
Frets Meetine. Tth August, 1877. 
The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair. 
New Members.—Professor Scott, J. Marshall. 
l. * The Dunedin Fish Supply," by P. Thomson. (Trans., p. 824.) 
2. * Second Note on the Maori Rat," by Professor F. W. Hutton. 
( Transactions, p. 288.) 
