684 Proceedings. 



Fifth Meeting: 11th September, 1894. 

 Mr. Edward Melland, President, in the chair. 

 New Member.— -Dr. W. M. Smith. 



Dr. Hocken read a paper on the earliest literature re- 

 lating to New Zealand, and also traced the voyages of the 

 earliest-known explorers by the aid of maps and of copies of 

 rare and curious charts. (Transactions, p. 616.) 



Sixth Meeting : 9th October, 1891. 



Dr. Hocken, Vice-president, in the chair. 



The Rev. Dr. Belcher read a paper " On Recent Discoveries 

 at Megalopolis, in Arcadia," illustrating his remarks by draw- 

 ings and plans of the theatre and other buildings, and explain- 

 ing the bearing of the recently-discovered facts upon our 

 knowledge of the Greek theatre. 



Professor Parker exhibited and made remarks upon the leg 

 of a moa (Megalapteryx) recently found in a cave at the Old 

 Man Range, at the head of the Waikaia River. The speci- 

 men, which is the property of Mr. A. Hamilton, is in a 

 remarkably fine state of preservation, considerable portions 

 of skin, muscle, tendons, and feathers being retained, the 

 study of which has added several minor facts to our know- 

 ledge of the Dinornithidce. 



Professor Parker drew attention to skeletons of rhinoceros, 

 moose, eland, and elephant lately added to the Museum, and 

 to the polished transverse section of a large kauri-tree pre- 

 sented by the Public Works Department. 



The Secretary read a paper by Mr. D. Petrie, entitled 

 " Descriptions of New Native Plants." (Transactions, p. 405.) 



Seventh Meeting : 13th November, 1894. 

 Mr. Edward Melland, President, in the chair. 



Professor Parker exhibited and made remarks upon a col- 

 lection of New Zealand fishes, mounted in alcohol in such a 

 way as to display their form to great advantage. The 

 majority of the specimens were collected by Mr. F. Sandager 

 at Mokohinou, in 1889, and were by him presented to the 

 Museum. 



Mr. A. Hamilton read a paper on his recent visit to Mac- 

 quarie Island on behalf of the Museum, giving an account of 

 his observations on the topography, zoology, and botany of 



