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  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

  First 
  Meeting. 
  lOlh 
  June, 
  1878. 
  

   The 
  Eev. 
  Dr. 
  Parelias, 
  iu 
  tlie 
  chair. 
  

   New 
  Memhers.—'?. 
  Diifaur, 
  E. 
  Home, 
  J. 
  Home, 
  C. 
  A. 
  Eobertson, 
  Gr. 
  

   Smith. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  HisteridcB 
  of 
  "New 
  Zealand," 
  by 
  Captain 
  T. 
  Broun. 
  

   According 
  to 
  the 
  author, 
  New 
  Zealand 
  possesses 
  at 
  least 
  eight 
  representatives 
  of 
  

  

  this 
  family 
  of 
  Coleoptera, 
  of 
  which 
  all, 
  with 
  one 
  exception, 
  differ 
  from 
  their 
  congeners 
  in 
  

   other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  not 
  being 
  coprophagous 
  in 
  their 
  habits. 
  

  

  2. 
  "Notice 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Austrahan 
  Genus 
  For 
  anther 
  a 
  in 
  

   New 
  Zealand," 
  by 
  T. 
  P. 
  Cheeseman, 
  F.L.S. 
  {Transactions, 
  p. 
  432.) 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  The 
  Maori 
  Canoe," 
  by 
  E. 
  C. 
  Barstow. 
  [Transactions, 
  p. 
  71.) 
  

  

  Second 
  Meeting. 
  15tli 
  July, 
  1878. 
  

   His 
  Honour 
  Mr. 
  Justice 
  Gillies, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

   New 
  Member. 
  — 
  S. 
  M. 
  Herapath. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  and 
  Museum 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  

   meeting. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  The 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Anthribidcs," 
  by 
  Captain 
  T. 
  Brou.n. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  gave 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  also 
  some 
  

   information 
  respecting 
  the 
  geographical 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  family. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  The 
  British 
  Arctic 
  Expedition 
  of 
  1875-76," 
  by 
  F. 
  G. 
  Ewington. 
  

   This 
  was 
  a 
  short 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  expedition, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  

  

  results 
  obtained. 
  

  

  B. 
  " 
  Education 
  as 
  a 
  Science." 
  Part 
  I., 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Eobertson. 
  

  

  Third 
  Meeting. 
  12th 
  August, 
  1878. 
  

   The 
  Eev. 
  Dr. 
  Purchas, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

   New 
  Member. 
  — 
  T. 
  Cooper. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  The 
  Cossonidce 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand," 
  by 
  Captain 
  T. 
  Broun. 
  

  

  2. 
  "Education 
  as 
  a 
  Science." 
  Part 
  II., 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Eobertson. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ewington 
  spoke 
  at 
  some 
  length 
  on 
  this 
  paper. 
  He 
  objected 
  to 
  the 
  author 
  

   borrowing 
  so 
  largely 
  from 
  an 
  article 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Bain, 
  in 
  " 
  Mind," 
  without 
  acknowledgment. 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  Mollis 
  Vinctus," 
  by 
  J. 
  Adams, 
  B.A. 
  

  

  This 
  paper 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  serious 
  faults 
  existing 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  system 
  of 
  female 
  

   education. 
  In 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  author, 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  study 
  now 
  adopted 
  led 
  to 
  an 
  

   undue 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  emotional 
  part 
  of 
  woman's 
  nature, 
  the 
  intellect 
  being 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  neglected. 
  

  

  