OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



First Meeting. 18th May, 1884. 

 D. Petrie, M.A., President, in the chair. 

 New Members. — Dr. D. Colquhoun, Walter Prince, and Geo. H. Moore. 

 The meeting took the form of a conversazione. 



Second Meeting. 10th June, 1884. 

 A. Montgomery, Vice-president, in the chair. 

 New Members. — Miss Dalrymple, E. E. N. Twopeny. 



1. " Notes on Moa Eemains in the Mackenzie Country and other Locali- 

 ties," by Frederick Chapman. (Transactions, p. 172.) 



2. The Secretary exhibited and remarked upon some water-colour drawings of 

 microscopic and perishable invertebrates, which he had just received for the Museum. 



Thied Meeting. 5th August, 1884. 

 D. Petrie, M.A., President, in the chair. 

 New Member. — Major-General Fulton. 



1. "On the New Zealand Institute, its Kelation to the Affiliated Societies 

 and to Scientific Work in New Zealand generally," by G. M. Thomson. 



The following recommendations were adopted : — 1. That it is desirable, in the 

 interests of scientific work generally in New Zealand, that the New Zealand Institute as 

 at present existing be subdivided into two portions — the following departments, under the 

 care of the present manager, viz.: the Colonial Museum, Geological Survey, the Libraries, 

 Meteorological Stations, Observatory, Laboratory, and the publications belonging 

 respectively to these bodies, being formed into a separate Government department ; while 

 the New Zealand Institute proper, consisting of the affiliated societies only, be recon- 

 stituted on the basis laid down in the following recommendations. 2. That the 

 management be in the hands of a Board of Governors constituted as follows: — One 

 governor to be elected by each of the affiliated societies, the full number of governors (say 

 15) to be made up by nomination. 3. A meeting of the Board to be held during the last 

 full week in January in each year. 4. The income of tbe New Zealand Institute to 

 consist of the annual Parliamentary vote, together with contributions from the affiliated 

 societies ; such contributions to be fixed annually by the Board of Governors, and not to 

 exceed one-fourth of the annual subscriptions of members. 5. That a responsible editor 

 of the " Transactions " be appointed by the governors, a suitable remuneration for his 



