﻿Otago 
  Institute, 
  

  

  559 
  

  

  unfortunately 
  by 
  mistake 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hold, 
  so 
  that 
  about 
  a 
  fortnight 
  

   elapsed 
  after 
  starting 
  before 
  any 
  observation 
  could 
  be 
  taken. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  

   impracticable, 
  through 
  stress 
  of 
  weather, 
  to 
  take 
  observations 
  for 
  several 
  

   consecutive 
  days, 
  during 
  which 
  the 
  southern 
  dip 
  had 
  increased 
  from 
  35° 
  

   to 
  56°." 
  

  

  Obseevations 
  of 
  the 
  Dip 
  of 
  the 
  Magnetic 
  Needle, 
  taken 
  during 
  Voyage 
  fkom 
  

   England 
  to 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

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  Long. 
  E. 
  

  

  Dip. 
  

  

  30° 
  19' 
  

  

  19° 
  41' 
  W. 
  

  

  63° 
  30' 
  

  

  21° 
  55' 
  

  

  30° 
  21' 
  

  

  19° 
  

  

  44° 
  26' 
  

  

  52° 
  30' 
  

  

  69° 
  

  

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  15 
  

  

  21 
  30 
  

  

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  30 
  

  

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  W. 
  

  

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  E. 
  

  

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  — 
  

  

  — 
  

  

  — 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Life 
  History 
  of 
  Charagia 
  virescens," 
  by 
  the 
  Eev. 
  C. 
  H. 
  

   Gossett; 
  communicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Hutton. 
  (Transactions, 
  p. 
  347.) 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Coprosma," 
  by 
  D. 
  Petrie, 
  M.A. 
  

   [Transactions, 
  p. 
  426.) 
  

  

  4. 
  " 
  List 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  CirripecUa 
  in 
  the 
  Otago 
  Museum," 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  Hutton. 
  {Transactions, 
  p. 
  328.) 
  

  

  5. 
  "Notes 
  on 
  some 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Echinodermata, 
  with 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  

   new 
  Species," 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Hutton. 
  {Transactions, 
  p. 
  305.) 
  

  

  6. 
  " 
  On 
  a 
  new 
  Infusorian 
  parasitic 
  on 
  Patella 
  argentea," 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   Hutton. 
  {Transactions, 
  p. 
  330.) 
  

  

  Eleventh 
  Meeting. 
  22nfZ 
  October, 
  1878. 
  

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

  

  The 
  Hon. 
  Eobert 
  Stout, 
  M.H.E., 
  was 
  chosen 
  to 
  vote 
  in 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  

   of 
  Governors 
  for 
  the 
  ensuing 
  year 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  clause 
  7 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  New 
  Zealand 
  

   Institute 
  Act." 
  

  

  