AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



First Meeting, ith June, 1883. 

 The Kt. Kev. 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 tbe 

 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 Rhdgodia in New 

 Zealand," hy T. F. Cheesenian, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 408.) 



3. "• On a new Genus of Sibphida," by Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. 



4. " Our Water-supply," by Mr. Justice Gillies. 



Second Meeting. 2nd July, 1883. 

 The Et. Kev. W. G. Cowie, D.D., President, in the chair. 

 New Members. — E. Chaniptaloup, G. H. Moore, Rev. G. H. S. Walpole. 



1. " On the Effect of extreme Cold on Fishes," by Neil Heath. (Transac- 

 tions, p. 275.) 



2. " Descriptions of some new Species of Beetles of the genus Sayola," 

 by Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. 



3. " On the Botany of the Thames Goldfields," by J. Adams. (Tran- 

 sactions, p. 385.) 



4. " The Law of Tolerance," by E. A. Mackeclmie. 



Third Meeting. 2,0th August, 1883. 

 The Rt. Rev. W. G. Cowie, D.D., President, in the chair. 

 New Members. — T. Maben, J. Mayo. 



1. " Further Experiments with Son/hum," by Mr. Justice Gillies. (Tran- 

 actions, p. 512.) 



