428 Proceedings. 



4. Relics of the first New Zealand Printing Press, by R. 

 Coupland Harding. {Transactions, p. 400.) 



Mr. Harding said the late Rev. W. Colenso, of Hawkers Bay, had 

 bequeathed to him a quantity of printing material.. In going through 

 the matetial he found two large " cases," which still had type in them. 

 These cases were the original ones which Mr. Colenso used when he 

 first came to New Zealand. They were made in 1836, but were in excel- 

 lent pres-ervation. It was his (Mr. Harding's) wish, if the authorities 

 were agreeable, to present the cases and sundry other relics of the first 

 printing-office in New Zealand to the Colonial Museum. 



Sir James Hector said that Mr. Harding's gift would be accepted 

 for the Museum with great pleasure. 



