HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



Annual General Meeting. Qth February, 1883. 



Election of Officers for 1883 : — President — The Eight Rev. the 

 Bishop of Waiapu ; Vice-president — Dr. Spencer; Honorary Secret/try and 

 Treasurer — Mr. Colenso ; Council — Messrs. T. W. Balfour, J. N. Bowermau, 

 H. B. Holder, T. K. Newton, F. W. C. Sturm, and C. H. Weber ; Auditor— 

 Mr. T. K. Newton. 



Abstract of Annual Rkport. 



During the past winter session six ordinary meetings were held, at which ten papers 

 prepared by members were read. 



The present number of members is 108, being an increase of 1 on the previous year ; 

 bat, during the year, some had died and others resigned, and 11 new members have been 

 elected. 



Throughout the year several zoological, botanical, palasontological, and geological 

 specimens were collected by a few of the members of the Institute for the Museum. 



Upwards of 70 volumes of valuable scientific works, obtained from England, America, 

 and Australia have been added to the Library. 



The audited statement of accounts shows a balance of £215 to the credit of the 

 Society. 



First Meeting. 14th May, 1883. 

 The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu, President, in the chair. 

 New Members. — A. P. Sheath, C. I. Norton, and Rev. Brother Joseph. 



1. "Contributions towards a better Knowledge of the Maori Race:" 

 Part v. — " On the Hawaiki of the Maoris and the Greenstone Legends," 

 division 1, by W. Colenso, F.L.S. 



2. Specimens, mostly Conchological and Geological, a donation to the 

 Museum, in part collected at the Barrier Island (Thames) by Mr. C. P. 

 Winkelmann, and part at Jervis' Island (near the Equator, in long. 

 160° W.), by Mr. Henry Winkelmann, were shown. Living larvae, 

 chrysalides, and (artificially reared) imago of Pyrameis yonerilla, originally 

 captured by the honorary secretary in the Seventy-mile Bush, were also 

 shown ; and also a fine specimen of Torpedo fairchildii. 



Second Meeting. 9th July, 1883. 



The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — J. H. Coleman, C. W. Reardon, J. N. Livesey, and J. 

 Leonard. 



