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services being provided out of the funds of the Institute. 6. That the selection of papers 

 for publication in the " Transactions " be made in the first instance by the Councils of 

 the affiliated societies, the final decision in each case to rest with the Board of Governors. 

 It was resolved to send copies of these recommendations to the various Affiliated 

 Societies, inviting their consideration of the proposed changes, and their co-operation in 

 carrying out the objects desired ; attention being drawn to the fact that certain of the 

 recommendations can be carried out without affecting " The New Zealand Institute Act, 

 1867," while others will involve the amendment of that Act. 



Fourth Meeting. 12^ August, 1884. 

 D. Petrie, M.A., President, m the Chair. 



1. The Secretary gave a verbal account of a paper by Mr. Alex. Purdie, 

 M.A., " On the Anatomy of the Sea Mussel (Mytilus lotus)." 



2. "Description of three new Species of Vncinia," by D. Petrie, 

 M.A. (Transactions, p. 271.) 



3. " Description of a new Species of Carmichalia, with Notes on the Dis- 

 tribution of the Species native to Otago," by D. Petrie. {Transactions, 

 p. 272.) 



4. The Secretary exhibited and made remarks upon — a. Some stuffed fishes (gly- 

 cerine process), and skeletons of Skate and Torpedo (glycerine jelly process), b. Embryos 

 of Sepiola sp., found in Dunedin Harbour by P. Bourne, one of the Museum assistants. 

 Hitherto this genus has only been recorded in the colony at Wellington (S. pacifica, 

 T. W. Kirk), c. A living specimen of the Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies), obtained 

 at Outram by Mr. Sydney Fulton. 



Fifth Meeting. 9th September, 1884. 



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



Dr. Hocken delivered his third lecture on " The Early History of New 

 Zealand." 



Sixth Meeting, lith October, 1884. 

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



1. " Notes on New Zealand Fishes," by W. Arthur, C.E. {Transactions, 

 p. 160.) 



2. "Notes on the Skeleton and Baleen of a Fin-whale (Balamoptera mus- 

 culus?) recently acquired by the Otago University Museum," by T. Jeffery 

 Parker, B.Sc.Lond., Professor of Biology in the University of Otago. 

 (Transactions, p. 3.) 



3. The Secretary exhibited a stuffed specimen of Kathetostoma giganteum, recently 

 prepared for the Museum, 



