﻿OTAGO 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

  FiEST 
  Meeting. 
  lAih 
  May, 
  1878. 
  

  

  W. 
  N. 
  Blair, 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  New 
  Members.— 
  Vi-oL 
  Ubich, 
  J. 
  H. 
  Pope, 
  A. 
  Y. 
  Smith, 
  F. 
  Howlett, 
  Jno. 
  

   Allan, 
  J. 
  D. 
  Walker, 
  J. 
  Galloway. 
  

  

  1. 
  Prof. 
  Hutton 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Graptolites 
  fi'Uticosus, 
  Hall, 
  and 
  (apparently) 
  

   G. 
  gracilis, 
  Hall, 
  from 
  the 
  Nelson 
  District, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  Ukich. 
  Both 
  these 
  species 
  occur 
  in 
  lower 
  silurian 
  rocks 
  in 
  Australia 
  and 
  North 
  

   America. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Hutton 
  also 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  rare 
  six- 
  wired 
  Bu-d 
  of 
  Paradise 
  {Parotia 
  

   sejilata) 
  from 
  North 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  Antarctic 
  Exploration," 
  by 
  C. 
  W. 
  Purnell. 
  {Transactions, 
  

   p. 
  31.) 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  Cleistogamic 
  Flowers 
  of 
  the 
  Genus 
  Viola,'" 
  by 
  Geo. 
  M. 
  

   Thomson. 
  (Transactiojis, 
  p. 
  415.) 
  

  

  Second 
  Meeting. 
  28th 
  May, 
  1878. 
  

   W. 
  Arthur, 
  Vice-president, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

   New 
  Member. 
  — 
  M. 
  H. 
  Aikman-Gray. 
  

   Mr. 
  Petrie, 
  M.A., 
  gave 
  a 
  lecture 
  on 
  " 
  The 
  Science 
  of 
  the 
  Weather." 
  

  

  Third 
  Meeting. 
  lltli 
  June, 
  1878. 
  

   W. 
  Arthur, 
  Vice-president, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

   New 
  Members. 
  — 
  Maxwell 
  Bury, 
  P. 
  G. 
  Pryde. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  The 
  Sea 
  Anemones 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand," 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Hutton. 
  (Trans- 
  

   actions, 
  p. 
  308.) 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Means 
  of 
  Fertilization 
  among 
  some 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Orchids," 
  

   by 
  Geo. 
  M. 
  Thomson. 
  [Transactioyis, 
  p. 
  418.) 
  

  

  Fourth 
  Meeting. 
  IBth 
  June, 
  1878, 
  

   W, 
  N. 
  Blair, 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

   New 
  Member. 
  — 
  A. 
  Buechler. 
  

   Prof. 
  Hutton 
  gave 
  a 
  lecture 
  on 
  " 
  The 
  Fauna 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  