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Eleven general meetings have been held, including three special meetings, 
at which ten papers have been read, of which seven have already been 
printed. 
Professor Rolleston, M.D., of Oxford, has been unanimously recom- 
' mended to the Board of Governors as an honorary member of the New 
Zealand Institute, upon the understanding that, should he be nominated 
by any other affiliated Society, H. W. Bates, Esq., F.L.8., Assistant Sec- 
retary Royal Geographical Society, 1, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, 
London, W., should be recommended. 
_ Dr. Julius yon Haast, F.R.S., has been chosen to vote at the election of 
the Board of Governors. 
Election of Officers for 1876:—President, Ll. Powell, M.D.; Vice- 
Presidents, J. W. 8. Coward and Professor Bickerton ; Honorary Treasurer, 
J. Inglis; Honorary Secretary, J. 8. Guthrie; Council, Dr. Julius yon 
Haast, Rev. J. W. Stack, Rev. Charles Fraser, Messrs. G. W. Hall, H. J. 
Tancred, and R. W. Fereday ; Auditors, Messrs. Joseph Palmer and C. R. . 
Bla kiston. 
SpecraL Generat Meetine. 20th November, 1875. 
Dr. Powell, President, in the chair. 
Honorary Member.—C. M. Wakefield. 
On behalf of the Council and a few personal friends, the President, Dr. 
Powell, presented Mr. Wakefield with an album, containing 69 views of 
Canterbury. On the title page was the following inscription :—“ This 
album of photographic views of Canterbury, New Zealand, is presented to 
Charles Marcus Wakefield, Esq., Honorary Member of the Philosophical 
Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand, as a parting gift from the President, 
Council, and a few members, personal friends, of the Philosophical Institute 
of Canterbury, in recognition of his unwearied exertions in the performance 
of his duties as Honorary Secretary for several years. November 20, 1875.” 
“On a new species of Butterfly,” by R. W. Fereday. (See Transactions, 
page 302.) 
