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Campbell, and Co., Shortland Street, and was then and there 

 handed over to the Curator. The cargo of timber from which 

 the cottage was built was purchased by me in February, 1841, 

 at the sawpits in Whangaroa and Tutukaka Harbours, and 

 was put on board the schooner ' Black Joke,' which I had 

 chartered to bring it to Auckland. It was all carried up from 

 the beach in Commercial Bay by myself and partner, William 

 Brown. We became the purchasers of the allotment on 

 which the cottage stands at the first Government land-sale, 

 which took place on the 19th and 20th April, 1841. The 

 cottage was first occupied on the 24th June of the same year. 

 In case of accident by fire consuming the house, this piece of 

 weatherboard has been removed, and is now presented to the 

 Museum to testify to the durability of heart of kauri after 

 fifty years and four months' exposure to sun, wind, and rain. 

 The cottage is still in a perfectly sound condition, and is occu- 

 pied by the firm's storeman and family." 



Mr. E. Bartley exhibited a sample of kauri flooring taken 

 from an old building which he had to remove in proceeding 

 with the erection of an addition to the Museum, and pointed 

 out that it also was perfectly sound. The building was 



erected in 1842. 

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An interesting discussion on the durability of timber and the proper 

 season for felling it arose, in which Mr. Bartley, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Cran- 

 well, and the Cliairman took part. 



8. "The Tradition respecting the Aboriginal Inhabitants 

 of Whakatane," by the late Lieut. -Colonel St. John; commu- 

 nicated by T. Kirk, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 478.) 



9. "The Auckland Volcanoes," by Hugh Shrewsbury, 

 M.A. (Transactions, p. 366.) 



Annual General Meeting : 227id February, 1892. 

 J. Martin, F.G.S., Vice-president, in the chair. 



Abstract of Annual Keport. 



Thirteen new members have been elected during the year. Twenty- 

 three names have been withdrawn, leaving the total number on the roll 

 at the present time 195. 



The total revenue of the General Account has been £736 10s. 7d. 

 The invested funds of the Costley bequest have yielded £374 15s., and 

 £154 7s. has been derived from the members' subscriptions. The rents 

 and profits trarisforred from the Museum Endowment Account amount to 

 £168 15s. id. The total expenditure has been £1,566 13s. 9d. Of this 

 sum, £789 12s. has been expended on the addition to the Museum build- 

 ings now being erected, the balance of £777 Is. 9d. representing the ordi- 

 nary expenditure incurred in the maintenance of the Museum and Insti- 

 tute. The invested funds of the Institute amount to £11,752 9s. lOd. 



