AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.
A—m-reting-ot the- members of the Auck land Institute was held la3b evening in tho lecture hall of the Museum building, Princes-street, when there was a fair at tendance. On tables at each sido of the platform wore arranged a .splendid collec tion pf American minerals, received in ex change from the National Museum. Tho specimens Were 72 in number, and form a valuable contribution to tho collection at the Auckland Museum. On another table was an interesting collection of 82 speci mens of rocks and minerals illustrative of the geology at the Thames, forwarded by Mr.James Park, of the Thames School of Mines.
