688 Proceedings. 



Fourth Meeting : 10th September, 1894. 



Eev. W. Colenso, F.E.S., in the chair. 



Paper.— 11 On Corals and Coral Islands," by Dr. Moore. 



Fifth Meeting : 8th October, 1894. 



Mr. H. Hill in the chair. 



Papers.- — 1. "The Kea (Nestor notabilis), a Sheep-eating 

 Parrot," by Taylor White. (Transactions, p. 273.) 



2. " On the Bird Moa and its Aliases," by Taylor White. 

 (Transactions, p. 262.) 



3. " Eemarks on the Eats of New Zealand," by Taylor 

 White. (Transactions, p. 240.) 



Sixth Meeting : 12th November, 1894. 



Mr. T. Humphries, President, in the chair. 



Papers. — 1. " Memorabilia of certain Animal Prodigies, 

 Native and Foreign, Ancient and Modern," by W. Colenso, 

 F.E.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. 



2. "The Modern History of a Block of Greenstone," by 

 W. Colenso, F.E.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. (Transactions, 

 p. 598.) 



3. " Description of a few Newly-discovered and Eare Indi- 

 genous Plants," by W. Colenso, F.E.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. 

 (Transactions, p. 383.) 



4. "The Nuhaka Hot Springs," by H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. 



(Tj-ansactions, p. 478.) 



5. "The Hawke's Bay Pleistocene Beds and the Glacial 

 Period: Part II.," by H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. (Transactions, 

 p. 466.) 



At the close of the meeting, the President, in the name of 

 the Institute, presented to Mr. Colenso a fine portrait in oils 

 of himself, by Herr Lindauer. 



In making the presentation, Mr. Humphries referred to the valuable 

 services rendered to the Institute by Mr. Colenso by his scientific re- 

 searches. The members of the society had for some time thought that 

 some remembrance of the work Mr. Colenso had done for the Institute 

 should be obtained, and he was exceedingly pleased they had secured so 

 fine a representation of the pillar and founder of the institution. 



