HAWKE BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



FiKST Annual General Meeting. 4:th June, 1877. 

 Eobert Stuart in the chair. 



•ABSTRACT OF ANNUAL REPORT. 



This Society was founded in September, 1874, and within a few weeks sixty members 

 were enrolled. Of these, one — Mr. Catchpool — had died, and three had resigned, and 

 there were thirteen new applicants for membership. 



Owing to adverse circumstances no annual general meeting could be held before this, 

 but the Council had met frequently, and ordered some of the best modern works on 

 various branches of science, which were expected soon to arrive. 



Several members had collected specimens of various kinds which they purposed 

 presenting to the Institute, whenever a proper place was prepared in which to deposit 

 them. 



Eegret was expressed at the inability of the Eight Eev. Dr. Williams, Vice-president, 

 to attend, through infirmity. 



The Secretary had several papers in preparation to read to the Society, and his 



report concluded by pointing out the many advantages of belonging to such an Institution. 



. The-total receipts since the foundation of the Society were £265 2s. Od., including a 



grant of £100 from the late Provincial Council. The expenditure was £53 19s. 2d., 



leaving a balance to credit of £211 2s. lOd. 



The thanks of the Society were directed to be recorded to the Honorary Secretary for 

 his report. 



A letter was read from the Eev. Dr. Williams, late Bishop of Waiapu, resigning hia 

 office of Vice-president, owing to infirmities. 



Election of Officers for 1877-78 : — President — The Hon. J. D. 

 Ormond, M.H.E. ; Vice-jn-esident — Eobert Stuart ; Council — Messrs Holder, 

 Kinross, Miller, Newton, Smith, Spencer, Colenso ; Hon. Secretary and 

 Treasurer — W. Coleuso ; Auditor — T. K. Newton. 



Xew 21embers.—\Y. J. Birch, E. L. Coleuso, P. Dolbel, A. Kennedy, A. 

 Lascelles, E. D. Douglas McLean, A. McLeod, H. Nairn, J. Nairn, G. A. 

 Oliver, J. Eochfort, F. Sutton, and G. Willis. 



First Meeting. 13ih August, 1878. 

 W. I. Spencer, M.E.C.S., in the chair. 



1. "On the Day in which Capt. Cook took formal Possession of New 

 Zealand," by W. Colenso, F.L.S. [Transactions, p. 99.) 



2. " Notes on the Metamorphosis and Development of one of our large 

 Butterflies (Danais]berenicej, or a closely-allied Species," by W. Colenso, 

 F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 276.) 



