488 Proceedings.. 



18th June^ S. A. R. Mair, " Roadmaking Stones of Wellington and Taranaki." 



16th July : J. Allan Thomson, " Brachiopod Genera," and " Some Conglomerates 

 of East Marlborough." 



At the meeting held on the 16th July it was resolved. That, in the opinion of the 

 Section, the preparation of a contoured topographical map of New Zealand on as large 

 a scale as practicable (saj% 1 : 125,000) is now an imperative necessity, as the map is 

 required for agricultural, geological, geographical, and other puri:)Oses. 



Committee and Officers for 1920. — Chairman — G. H. Uttley, M.A., M.Sc, F.G.S. Vice- 

 Chairman — E. K. Lomas, M.A.,'M.Sc. Committee — R. W. Holmes, I.S.O., M.Inst.C.E. ; 

 J. Henderson, M.A., D.Sc, B.Sc. in Eng. (Metall.); P. G. Morgan, M.A., F.G.S. ; 

 M. Ongley, M.A. ; J. A. Thomson, M.A., D.Sc, F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst. Hon. Secretary— 

 C. A. Cotton, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



HISTORICAL SECTION. 



The annual meeting and six general meetings were held, when papers were read as 

 follow : — ■ 



15th October, 1918 : Elsdon Best, " Native Tradition of the Death of Marion 

 du Fresne at Bay of Islands in 1772, First Visit of Captain Cook and De SurviUe 

 in 1769, &c." ; Johannes C. Andersen, " Place-names in New Zealand, with Special 

 Reference to Banks Peninsula." 



17th December : Colonel Porter, C.B., " Lesser-known Maori Customs." 



20th May, 1919 : Elsdon Best, " Bush Settlers of the Wellington District " ; 

 Johannes C. Andersen, " The Mission of the ' Britomart ' at Akaroa in 1840." 



17th June : Rev. Father Gilbert, " Survey and Plan of the New Zealand Company's 

 First Settlement " ; Dr. C. Prendergast Knight, " An Episode in the Life of Sir George 

 Grey." 



15th July : Dr. J. Allan Thomson, " On the Preservation of Records and Manu- 

 scripts, and the Inauguration of an Historical Journal" ; Colonel Porter, C.B., " Camp- 

 fire Anecdotes of Fields, Battles, and Bivouacs " ; Johannes C. Andersen," Maori 

 String Games." 



19th August : H. G. Christie, " Old Maori Middens at Paremata, Porirua " \ F. P. 

 Wilson, " The Attitude of the British Government towards New Zealand before 1841." 



21st October : H. Baillie, " Our First Navy." 



Donations. — A large album of views of Wellington, dated 1885, was presented to the 

 Section by Mr. R. W. Holmes, and nine views of old Otaki and Welhngton, and of early 

 gun-boats, by Mr. H. Baillie. 



Committee and Officers for 1920. — Chairman — Elsdon Best, F.N.Z.Inst. Vice-Chair- 

 man — Colonel T. W. Porter, C.B. Committee — Dr. C. Prendergast Knight, F. P. Wilson, 

 H. Baillie, W\ A. Edwards, E. N. Hogben. 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



At the annual meeting (23rd February, 1920) the annual report of the 

 Council was read and adopted. 



Abstract. 



In the fifty-second annual report of the Auckland Institute and Museum, which the 

 Council now submits to the members, an endeavour is made to give an account of the 

 financial and general condition of the Institute, and to briefly summarize the work it has 

 performed during the year. 



Members. — The number of new members elected since the last annual meeting has 

 been seventeen. On the other hand, twenty-four names have been removed from the 

 roU — seven by death, twelve by resignation or removal from the provincial district, 

 and five for non-payment of subscription for more than two consecutive years. There 

 is thus a net loss of seven, the number on the roll at the present time being 455. 



In the list of members removed by death will be found the name of Major T. Broun, 

 the well-known authority on the New Zealand Coleoptera. Major Broun's connection 

 with the Institute commenced in 1875, and from thfen to almost the day of his death the 

 greater part of his time was devoted to his favourite study. The results of his work have 

 been published from time to time in the separate parts of the Manual of the Neiv Zealand 

 Coleoptera, in the Transactions and Bulletins of the New Zealand Institute, and in 



