﻿WESTLAND 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

  First 
  Meeting. 
  Wth 
  July, 
  1878. 
  

   K. 
  C. 
  Eeid, 
  Vice-president, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  1. 
  "On 
  Beach 
  Protection," 
  by 
  W. 
  D. 
  Campbell, 
  F.G.S., 
  Assoc. 
  Inst. 
  

   C.E. 
  (Transactions, 
  p. 
  146.) 
  

  

  This 
  paper 
  was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  diagrams. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  Notice 
  of 
  a 
  Tadpole 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  Drain 
  in 
  Holdtika," 
  by 
  F. 
  E. 
  Clarke. 
  

   The 
  embryo 
  amphibian 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  pool 
  of 
  water 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  drain, 
  after 
  being 
  cleared 
  of 
  rubbish, 
  etc., 
  by 
  the 
  Corporation 
  

   labourer?. 
  

  

  It 
  had 
  suffered 
  considerable 
  injury, 
  either 
  from 
  being 
  trodden 
  on 
  or 
  

   from 
  being 
  cut 
  by 
  the 
  shovel 
  of 
  the 
  labourer, 
  its 
  bowels 
  protruding 
  through 
  

   the 
  wound. 
  Although 
  alive 
  when 
  captured, 
  this 
  soon 
  caused 
  its 
  death. 
  

  

  From 
  its 
  appearance, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  old, 
  the 
  lungs 
  and 
  

   hind-legs 
  being 
  well 
  developed, 
  but 
  the 
  fore-legs 
  were 
  merely 
  rudimentary. 
  

   From 
  its 
  size 
  it 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  tadpole 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  frog. 
  

  

  No 
  frogs 
  or 
  frog-spawn 
  having 
  been 
  introduced 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Coast 
  

   of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  than 
  Nelson 
  or 
  Christchurch 
  (in 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  places, 
  

   I 
  understand, 
  the 
  "musical 
  amphibians" 
  are 
  rapidly 
  increasing), 
  it 
  is 
  

   puzzUng 
  to 
  conjecture 
  in 
  what 
  manner 
  the 
  little 
  stranger 
  arrived 
  in 
  a 
  terri- 
  

   tory 
  having 
  a 
  climate 
  so 
  thoroughly 
  congemal 
  to 
  its 
  kith 
  and 
  kin. 
  

  

  No 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  since, 
  although 
  the 
  drains 
  and 
  creeks 
  

   have 
  been 
  many 
  times 
  carefully 
  examined. 
  

  

  Total 
  length, 
  2-3 
  inches 
  ; 
  length, 
  from 
  head 
  to 
  hind 
  legs, 
  -85 
  inches 
  ; 
  

   diameter 
  of 
  eye, 
  '1 
  inch 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  mouth, 
  -IS 
  inch. 
  

  

  8. 
  " 
  On 
  some 
  new 
  Fishes," 
  by 
  F. 
  E. 
  Clarke. 
  [Transactions, 
  p. 
  291.) 
  

   This 
  paper 
  was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  drawings 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  described. 
  

  

  4. 
  " 
  The 
  District 
  of 
  Okarita, 
  Westland," 
  by 
  A. 
  Hamilton. 
  [Transac- 
  

   tions, 
  p. 
  886.) 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Clarke 
  stated 
  that 
  moa 
  bones 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  several 
  places 
  in 
  Westland, 
  and 
  

   in 
  one 
  instance 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  

  

  Second 
  Meeting. 
  Qth 
  January, 
  1879. 
  

  

  His 
  Honour 
  Judge 
  Weston, 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  On 
  a 
  new 
  Fisb," 
  by 
  W. 
  D, 
  Campbell, 
  C.E., 
  F.Q-.S. 
  [Transactions, 
  

   p. 
  297.) 
  

  

  