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Fifth Meeting, 29th September, 1913. 

 Professor H. W. Segar, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Lecture.— " Surface Combustion," by Professor F. D. Brown. 



The lecturer stated that during the active search made throughout the industrial 

 world of late years to discover improved methods of using fuel it had been found that 

 by utilizing the very interesting phenomenon known as " surface combustion " remark- 

 ably economical results had been obtained. The object of the lecture was to give a 

 general idea of what surface combustion meant, and how it could be applied in the arts. 

 Numerous experimental illustrations were provided during the lecture. 



At the close of the lecture the Chairman called the attention of the meeting to the 

 fact that it was the last occasion on which they would have the privilege of listening to 

 Professor Brown in his capacity of a Professor of the Auckland University College. He 

 moved, That the thanks of the Institute be tendered to Professor Brown for his services 

 to the Institute, and that, while expressing regret at his retirement, the Institute trusted 

 that he would have a long and prosperous future. The motion was seconded by Mr. 

 James Stewart, as one of the few surviving members of the first Council of the Institute, 

 and was supported by Mr. T. Peacock, Mr. J. A. Pond, Mr. H. B. Morton, and other 

 members of old standing. Professor Brown suitably replied. 



Sixth Meeting : 8th October, 1913. 



C. J. Parr, Esq., Mayor of Auckland, President, in the chair. 



This meeting, which was held in the exhibition halls of the Auckland 

 Museum on the occasion of the installation of the restoration of the moa 

 (Dinornis maximits) and other important additions to the Museum, took 

 the form of an informal conversazione, and was attended by over five 

 hundred members and their friends. 



During the evening the President congratulated those present on the important 

 additions made to the collections, and announced that the Hon. E. Mitchelson had that 

 day presented to the Museum his unique collection of specimens of kauri-gum, valued 

 by experts at a sum not much below £1,000. A vote of thanks to the Hon. E. Mitchelson 

 was passed by acclamation. 



Seventh Meeting : 20th October, 1913. 



C. J. Parr, Esq., Mayor of Auckland, President, in the chair. 



New Member. — H. Larkin. 



Lecture. — " The Kauri Pine : its History and Peculiarities," by Mr. T. F. 

 Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



Eighth Meeting : 3rd December, 1913. 

 Professor H. W. Segar, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " New Species of Phanerogams," by D. Petrie, M.A. 



2. " Additions to the Flora of the Westport District," by D. Petrie, M.A. 



3. " Occurrence of Poa antipoda on Herekopere Island," by D. Petrie, 

 M.A. 



4. " Notes on Cephalopoda from the Kermadec Islands," by S. S. Berry ; 

 communicated by W. R. B. Oliver. 



5. " Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand," 

 by T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



