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(3.) “ Notes on genus Coprosma,” by D. Petrie, M.A. 
(4.) ‘*New species of Pycnogonide,” by G. M. Thomson, 
FOES: 
The paper describes two new species, Ammothea magniceps and 
Phoxichilidium obliquum, obtained in Lyttelton Harbour, and sent 
down to the author by Mr. C. Chilton and Dr. R. von Lendenfeld. 
The Secretary read the annual report, of which the following is 
an abstract :— 
ANNUAL Report, 1883. 
At the commencement of the session the Council resolved to 
return to the practice of holding meetings regularly once a month 
instead of at irregular intervals, and in order to make the meetings 
more generally interesting to the public it was further resolved to 
confine the reading of original papers to alternate meetings, and 
to provide refreshments at the close of each meeting. 
In accordance with this resolution, meetings have been held on 
the second Tuesday of each month from May to November; an 
additional meeting was held during the month of August, making 
altogether eight general meetings held during the session, includ- 
ing the present annual meeting. 
At three of these meetings seven original papers have been 
read, and four others are down for reading at the present meeting ; 
of these seven are on zoological subjects, three on botanical, while 
the eleventh treats on the proposed works for the Otago Harbour. 
Of the remaiinng four meetings one was devoted to a conversazione, 
two to a discussion of the nationalization of land, and one to 
a discussion on techinical education. 
The Council has been glad to notice that the attendance at th 
meetings has been decidedly above the average. 3 
Arrangements were made at the beginning of the session for 
_the delivery of two courses of popular Saturday evening lectures, 
but owing to various unforseen circumstances the arrangements 
broke down, andthe Council has been reluctantly compelled to 
abandon the lecture scheme for the present session. 
Fourteen new members have joined the Institute during the 
session, making the total number on the roll 190. 
The receipts of the session, including a balance from last year 
of £27 6s., amount to £179 11s.; the total expenditure has been 
£178 3s. 5d, leaving a balance in hand of £1 7s. 7d. The 
Reserve Fund in the Post Office Savings Bank is now about 
£170. 
The following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for the 
ensuing session :— 
President, D. Petrie, Esq., M.A.; Vice-Presidents, A. Mont- 
gomery, Esq, and Prof. J. H. Scott ; Hon. Sec., Prof. T. J. Parker ; 
Hon. Treas. Jas. C. Thomson, Esq.; Auditor, D. Brent, Esq., 
M.A.; Council—Profs. J. Mainwaring Brown and Ulrich, Dr. 
Hocken, Messrs. W. Arthur, F. Chapman, R. Gillies, and G. M. 
Thomson. 
The retiring president then read his annual address, from which 
we extract the following :— 
“J. First, then, as to the difference between common and 
scientific observation, Knowledge in its first beginnings is of 
spontaneous growth ; it is forced on the mind rather than sought 
