THE OTAGO INSTITUTE.

Evening Star, Issue 4041, 8 February 1876, Page 2

THE OTAGO INSTITUTE.

: The annual meetinsr of this body was held last night, Mr J. S. Webb (the retiring president) occupying the chair, !Frbm the report read. by the Secretary (Capt. Button) ye make ; the following.extracts:—••;' ' ~ • The Council can again, congratulate the .niembßrs ori the continued 1 progress of ithe past-year ten'general meetirrwhaVe be%n hew, have been well attended. At these meetings [fifteen papers have been read by twelve different lauthors, all residents in the four of 'whom are contributors for the first, time.... Of, these ; papers, four-relate 'to' two to Geology, two to Physics, aud seven to misoellaneons subjects. Since the last annual meeting, sirty-seyen 'new members have joined us, whue one lias 'died, and, five have, resigned: thus bringing 'our number up to members. One member 'has become a life-member by the payment of ten guineas, whiohias been-tempozarilfinvested in < the Oovernmont Savings Bank. The advantage, '[ both to. the Institute and members themselves. < of life membership are obvious, and the 7 Council > hope that before another year is over there will ¥e a sufficient number of life members to enable their • subscriptions to be invested more profitably than in ' the Savings Bank. • The following scientific periodicals are now taken in:—Nature, American Naturalist, Popular Scienoe Review, Philosophical ! Magazine, Quarterly Journal - of Mioroaoopical I Science, Monthly Microscopical Journal, Journal | '■ de Zoologie, Ibis, Transactions of the Bntomologi- j cal Society, Entomologists' - Monthly Magazine.! Journal of Botany, Illustration Horticole, Cheinical! ' NeweTaildiGeological "Magazine.' These periodicals < aro placed 1 in the iibaary of the ! New Museum, i ; where they are accessible to all members. -. { ; " The balahce-'sheet showed the receipts for ihe j ye'dt (including a balahfee of L 6 13fi.?d r ft6m> last year) to be U77 16s 7d. tere } amountedtoLls2 17sId, leavingaibalance in: the TreasurerVhonds of, L 24 19d 6d: " ;! -• 'Air Robert Gillies was. unanimously eleetei \ presi'leht for'-the ensuing year.'-' 1 Skey; > and J, S. Webb were elected vice-pieaidents. ] Captain Hutton.wai, reelected; j secretary. following l gentlemen wtre' elected members of tiie Bounwl>*« Professor' CoughtruV, Messrs Blair,;A. r ßathgate,M 4 Ker--row, P; Thomson, G-. Thomson/ .and J; T. \ Thomson. r : ;| ,k& •jtu ).:<■> i Dr Robert Martin was eleoted a nwtnber of j thesovriety*. •?• ••••!'-';.• ,A *>t<-....- ■■•>> ~;-•;. , A* interesting was deUvered-b>*hh| ' retuing Prwident.in (he oourse of whim Be

SMnbertf inhiß on ffordediirtPr Fintchj ; FOTSibEtWdrew attentjfijira&e/lesiraSflity of lically—a work that. and that'-it had been*ihtsnded to form such an expedition this year, but the project had fallen through. The idea was well received by tho.w present.