﻿HAWKE 
  BAY 
  PHILOSOPHICAL 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

  FiKST 
  Meeting, 
  ISth 
  May, 
  1878. 
  

  

  S. 
  Locke 
  in 
  the 
  chaii-. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  A 
  Memorandum 
  of 
  my 
  First 
  Journey 
  to 
  the 
  Euahine 
  Mountain 
  

   Eange, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Flora 
  of 
  that 
  Eegion 
  " 
  (Part 
  I.), 
  by 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  Annual 
  General 
  Meeting, 
  drd 
  June, 
  1878. 
  

  

  J. 
  Gr. 
  Kinross 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  New 
  Members. 
  — 
  The 
  Eight 
  Eev. 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Waiapu, 
  Dr. 
  Wood, 
  Dr. 
  

   De 
  Lisle, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Miller, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Thomson. 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  Officees 
  foe 
  1878-9 
  : 
  — 
  President 
  — 
  The 
  Hon. 
  J. 
  D. 
  Ormond, 
  

   M.H.E. 
  ; 
  Vice-president 
  — 
  The 
  Eight 
  Eev. 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Waiapu 
  ; 
  Council 
  — 
  

   Messrs. 
  Colenso, 
  Kinross, 
  Locke, 
  Miller, 
  Smith, 
  Spencer, 
  and 
  Sturm 
  ; 
  

   Hon. 
  Secretary 
  and 
  Treasurer 
  — 
  W. 
  Colenso 
  ; 
  Auditor 
  — 
  T. 
  K. 
  Newton. 
  

  

  Resolved 
  — 
  That 
  for 
  the 
  future 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  shall 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  February 
  instead 
  

   of 
  June. 
  

  

  ABSTEACl 
  OF 
  ANNUAL 
  EEPOKT. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  three 
  ordinary 
  meetings 
  have 
  been 
  held, 
  at 
  which 
  five 
  papers 
  by 
  

   members 
  were 
  read. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  sixty-nine 
  members 
  whose 
  names 
  were 
  printed 
  in 
  our 
  last 
  year's 
  report, 
  one 
  

   has 
  since 
  died 
  (our 
  former 
  esteemed 
  vice-president, 
  the 
  late 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Waiapu, 
  Dr. 
  

   Wilhams, 
  whose 
  death 
  the 
  Council 
  regrets 
  to 
  have 
  to 
  record) 
  and 
  five 
  have 
  removed 
  from 
  

   Hawke 
  Bay, 
  leaving 
  sixty, 
  three 
  on 
  the 
  roll. 
  To 
  these 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  added 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  

   five 
  new 
  members 
  lately 
  admitted, 
  making 
  a 
  present 
  total 
  of 
  sixty-eight. 
  

  

  The 
  books 
  for 
  the 
  library, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  last 
  year's 
  report, 
  were 
  duly 
  sent 
  out 
  per 
  

   ' 
  Queen 
  Bee,' 
  which 
  ship, 
  however, 
  was 
  totally 
  lost 
  in 
  Cook 
  Strait. 
  Those 
  books 
  were 
  

   insured, 
  and 
  were 
  re-ordered, 
  and 
  have 
  subsequently 
  been 
  received 
  here. 
  An 
  additional 
  

   lot, 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  £65, 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  selected 
  and 
  ordered 
  by 
  the 
  Council. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  a 
  few 
  desirable 
  objects 
  and 
  botanical 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  

   collected 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  members 
  for 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  statement 
  of 
  accounts 
  shows 
  a 
  balance 
  of 
  £120 
  15s. 
  5d. 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  

   Institute, 
  besides 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  £100 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Bank 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  as 
  a 
  fixed 
  deposit. 
  

  

  Second 
  Meeting. 
  10;/i 
  June, 
  1878. 
  

   The 
  Eight 
  Eev. 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Waiapu, 
  Vice-president, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

   1. 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Metamorphosis 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  largest 
  Moths, 
  Basypodia 
  

   selenophora," 
  by 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  (Transactions, 
  p. 
  300.) 
  

   The 
  reared 
  moth 
  was 
  also 
  shown. 
  

  

  