692 Proceedings. 



Third Meeting: 9th April, 1894. 



Mr. A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair. 



Exhibits. — Nest of rat found in a hedge, by Mr. A. S. 

 Atkinson ; some rare endemic plants, by Mr. E. I. Kingsley ; 

 Poranthera microphylla, and several specimens of Veronica of 

 rare forms, &c. 



Fourth Meeting : 18th June, 1894. 



Mr. A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair. 



Mr. A. S. Atkinson read an appendix to his notes on 

 the Maori-Polynesian Dictionary. 



Mr. Kingsley read an article by the Eev. Theodore Wood, 

 F.L.S., " On the Apparent Cruelty of Nature." 



Mr. E. Lukins exhibited fruit of coco-de-mer from Sey- 

 chelles Islands. 



Fifth Meeting : 30th August, 1891. 



The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair. 



Dr. Hudson read an article " On the Bacilli of Tetanus." 

 Mr. Kingsley read a paper "On Tombs of a Prehistoric 



Eace of Colombia, South America," exhibiting diagrams to 



illustrate the same. (Transactions, p. 606.) 



Presentations. — From Mr. C. James, third engineer of s.s. 

 "Hinernoa": Pair of large limpets from Kermadec Islands; 

 pair of candleberry nuts from Earotonga Island. 



Mr. Huffam exhibited a live lizard and young ones (Naul- 

 tinus elegans). 



The following resolution was passed : " That the attention 

 of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute be 

 directed to the importance, in the interests of science, of 

 Mr. Atkinson's criticism of Mr. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian 

 Dictionary, and that the Board be asked to publish it in the 

 Transactions of the Institute." 



Sixth Meeting ; 5th November, 1894. 

 Mr. A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair. 

 Paper. — " On the Preparation and Preservation of Botani- 



