566 Proceedings. 



2. " Contributions to a Knowledge of the Geographical Dis- 

 tribution of the New Zealand Land and Fresh-water 

 Mollusca," by H. Suter. (Transactions, p. 151.) 



3. "Maori Origins," by Elsdon Best. (Transactions, p. 467.) 



4. "Why not prepare Students for Technical Schools," by 

 James Adams. 



Tenth Meeting : 29 th October, 1900. 



Professor H. W. Segar, President, in the chair. 



Professor F. D. Brown gave a popular lecture, illustrated 

 by numerous carefully prepared experiments, on " The Sur- 

 face of a Liquid." 



Eleventh Meeting : 12th November, 1900. 



Professor H. W. Segar, President, in the chair. 



Paper. — Mr. J. A. Pond read a paper " On a Hot 

 Spring in the Rotomahana Rift," and showed some lantern- 

 views of geysers and hot springs in the vicinity. 



Annual Meeting: 25th February, 1901. 

 Professor H. W. Segar, President, in the chair. 

 New Members.— A.. Hunter, C.E., C. E. Smith. 



Abstract of Annual Report. 



Seventeen new members have been eleoted since the last annual 

 meeting, a number considerably above the average of the previous eight 

 or ten years. The losses have been by death four, and otherwise ten. 

 The number on the roll at the present time ia 155, being three more than 

 in the previous year. 



The Council have much regret in announcing the death of Mr. E. A. 

 Mackechnie, who for many years has been intimately associated with 

 the affairs of the Institute. Mr. Mackechnie became a member in 1870, 

 and from the time of his election took a steady and consistent interest 

 in the welfare of the society. He was elected to -the Council in 1880, 

 and served as President in 1882. In 1886 he was appointed a trustee of 

 the Institute, a position which he occupied up to the time of his death. 

 He has contributed numerous papers or lectures to the meetings of the 

 Institute, many of which have appeared in the Transactions. The 

 Council are specially desirous of expressing their high appreciation of 

 the many services he has rendered to the Institute, and the advantages 

 which it has derived from the soundness of his judgment and constant 

 devotion to its best interests. 



In the balance-sheets appended to the report full details are given 

 of the financial position of the Institute, but it is perhaps advisable to 

 give a brief synopsis here. The total revenue of the working account, 



