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Elect tot! of Officers for 1916. — President — Mr. Thomas King; Vice- 

 Fresidents — Dr. C. M. Hector and Dr. J. A. Thomson; Council — Mr. 

 C. G. G. Berry (Chairman, Astronomical Section), Mr. G. Hogben 

 (Chairman, Geological Section), Mr. E. Parry (Chairman, Techno- 

 logical Section), Dr. L. Cockavne. Professor H. B. Kirk, Professor T. H. 

 Easterfield. Mr. B. C. Aston, Mr. P. G. , Morgan, Dr. C. A. Cotton, 

 Mr. S. H. Jenkinson; Secretart/ <tnd Treasttrer~\l\\ A. C. Gifford ; 

 Audit or — Mr. E. R. Dymock. 



Address. — " Block Mountains in New Zealand," bv Dr. C. A. Cotton. 

 F.G.S. 



Papers. — 1. "Records of Unconformities from Late Cretaceoiis to 

 Early Miocene in New Zealand." by Mr. P. G. Morgan, M.A. 



2. " Maori and Maruiwi," by Mr. Elsdon Best. 



3. "On the Much-abbreviated Development of a Sand-star {OiJhio- 

 nereis schayeri?),'' by Professor H. B. Kirk, M.A. 



4. " The ' Red Rocks ' and Associated Beds of Wellington Peninsula," 

 by Mr. F. K. Broadgate, M.Sc. 



5. "Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats (No. 10)," by Dr. L. 

 Cockayne, F.R.S. 



6. " Notes on New Zealand Floristic Botany, including Descriptions 

 of New Species (No. 1)," by Dr. L. Cockayne. F.R.S. 



7. " Preliminary List of Mollusca from Dredgings taken off the 

 Northern Coasts of New Zealand," by Miss Mai-jorie K. Mestayer; com- 

 municated by Dr. J. Allan Thomson, F.G.S. 



8. " Additions to the Knowledge of the Recent and Tertiary Brachio- 

 2>oda of New Zealand and Australia," by Dr. J. Allan Thomson, F.G.S. 



9. " On the Geology of tlie Neiglibourhood of Kakanui, Otago," by 

 Mr. G. Uttley, M.Sc; communicated by Dr. J. Allan Thomson, F.G.S. 



10. " On the Flint-beds associated with the Amuri Limestone of 

 Marlborough," by Dr. J. Allan Thomson, F.G.S. 



IL " Note on Matai Beer," bv Professor Easterfield and Mr. J. C. 

 McDowell, B.Sc. 



12. " Studies in the Chemistiy of the New Zealand Flora : Part V — 

 The Chemistry of Podocarpus totara and Podocarpiis spicatus," by 

 Professor Easterfield and Mr. J. C. McDowell, B.Sc. 



13. "' Block Mountains and a ' Fossil ' Denudation Plain in Northern 

 Nelson," by Dr. C. A. Cotton. F.G.S. 



14. "List of Foraminifera dredged from 15' South of the Big King 

 at 98 Fathoms Depth," by R. L. Mestayer. 



Special General Meeting : 8th Bic'nther. 1915. 



Mr. T. King. F.R.A.S., President, in the chair, and about fifty-five 



members and friends present. 



Lecture. — " The Physiology of Scenery," by J)r. L. Cockayne, F.R.S. 



Papers. — (1) " A Comparison of the Montane Floras of the North 

 Island," (2) "Plant-habitats Hitherto Unrecorded," and (3) "Welling- 

 ton Island Florulas," by Mr. B. C. Aston, F.C.S., F.I.C. 



