426 Proceedings. 



Election of Officers for 1886. — President — A. D. Dobson ; 

 Vice-presidents- — W. H. Symes, M.D., and Geo. Hogben, M.A. ; 

 Hon. Treasurer — H. E. Webb ; Hon. Secretary — Cbarles Cbilton, 

 M.A. ; Hon. Auditor — C. E. Blakiston ; Council — Professors 

 Hutton and Haslam, Messrs. C. E. Bevan, Brown, E. W. 

 Fereday, T. Cook, S. Hurst, Seager. 



The retiring President delivered an address on " The rdle of 

 Phosphorus in Nature." 



Additional Meeting. 26//* November, 1885. 



A. D. Dobson, President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " Moas and Moa Hunters," by Professor J. 

 von Haast, C.M.G., Ph. D., F.E.S. 



2. " Some Observations on the Stone Weapons of the 

 Morioris and the Maoris," by Professor von Haast, C.M.G., 

 Ph. D., F.E.S. (Transactions, p. 24.) 



3. " A new species of Philygria," by Cbarles Chilton, M.A. 

 (Transactions, p. 159.) 



