700 Proceedings. 



Mr. Richardson thought we had the wireworm here. The reason 

 why so man}' were captured was that the light of this lantern was so 

 much greater tlian ordinary lights. 



Mr. Phillips did not claiua to have invented this lantern ; he had 

 only adapted and improved it for this purpose. He intended supplying 

 them to his neighbours. He said that one of the moths he caught did 

 terrible damage to the grass, oats, and turnips — the fields swarmed with 

 them. 



Annual Meeting : 2Mh Fchruary, 1892. 



W. M. Maskell, F.E.M.S., in the chair. 



The annual report and balance-sheet were read and 

 adopted. 



Abstbact, 



The report stated that eight meetings had been held during the year, 

 and the attendance had been larger than usual. This was no doubt 

 owing to the fact that the subjects treated in the papers read were more 

 varied than had generally been the case. Twenty papers were read. 

 Five nev/ members had joined the Society during the year, and the total 

 number now on the roll was 155. The statement of accounts showed 

 that the receipts amounted to £137 Is. 3d., and the expenditure to 

 £103 18s. 7d., leaving a balance of £33 2s. 8d. There was also a fixed 

 deposit of £21 towards the prize fund. 



Election of Officers for 1892. — President — Sir Walter 

 Buller ; Vice-presidents — A. McKay, G. V. Hudson ; Council — 

 A. de B. Brandon, W. T. L. Travers, C. Hulke, W. M. 

 Maskell, Sir James Hector, Dr. Evans, E. Tregear ; Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer — R. B. Gore ; Auditor — T. King. 



Mr. Travers moved that a vote of thanks should be awarded to the 

 retiring President (Mr. E. Tregear) for his past services, with an expres- 

 sion of regret at the illness v/hich had caused his absence from the 

 Society's meetings and from the meeting that evening. 



Sir Walter Buller, in seconding the motion, expressed great admira- 

 tion of the ilaori-English lexicon brought out by ]\Ir. Tregear. It was a 

 remarkable work, and it would be a landmark in Polynesian history. 



Other members also expressed admiration of the work, and the 

 motion, with the addition of an expression of appreciation of the book, 

 was then carried. 



Papers. — 1. " Status quo : a Retrospect. — A Few More 

 Words by way of Explanation and Correction concerning the 

 Eirst Finding of the Bones of the Moa in New Zealand ; also 

 Strictures on the Quarterly Reviewer's Severe and Unjust 

 Remarks on the Late Dr. G. A. Mantell, F.R.S., in con- 

 nection with the same," by W. Colenso, F.R.S. {Trans- 

 actions, p. 468.) 



The paper evoked some discussion, the Hon. W. B. D. Mantell ex- 

 pressing himself strongly in sympathy with the author, but stating that 

 he would reserve further remarks until the paper was printed. 



The Chairman expressed regret that so many years had elapsed 



