568 Proceedings. 



Boor; Hon. Secretary — Mr. Sidney Black; Hon. Treasurer — 

 Dr. James Hudson ; Hon. Curator of the Museum — Mr. B. 

 I. Kingsley ; Hon. Custodian of the School of Mines — Mr. 

 Worley ; Council — Drs. W. Mackie and G. H. Cressy, Messrs. 

 J. Holloway, Kingsley, and Worley. 



Exhibits. — Specimen of adder's-tongue fern (Ophioglossum 

 vulgatum) from the Dun Mountain, by the Hon. Curator ; 

 specimen of Gorgonia or marine tree, and a collection of 

 European beetles, by Mr. E. Lukins ; a piece of meteorite 

 and some gypsum crystals, by Mr. Worley. 



Presentations to the Society. — Four specimens of fossils 

 from Greymouth, by the President ; a myriapod found alive 

 in Wellington in a bunch of bananas, by the Hon. Curator. 



Paper. — " Criticism on Mr. E. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian 

 Comparative Dictionary" (Part III.), by A. S. Atkinson. 



This finished a most able and interesting paper. 



