Auckland Institute. 575 



Seventh Meeting: 23rd September, 1901. 



Mr; James Stewart, C.E., President, in the chair. 



Mr. E. V. Miller delivered a popular lecture entitled 

 *' Buskin's Influence on Economic Science." 



Eighth Meeting: 7th October, 1901. 

 Mr. James Stewart, C.E., President, in the chair. 



Neiv Members. — A. S. Bankart, S. Gray. 



Papers. — 1. " On Maori Games, " by Elsdon Best. 

 (Transactions, p. 34.) 



2. " On Maori Magic," by Elsdon Best. (Transactions, 

 p. 69.) 



3. " On the Growth of Indigenous Trees," by H. D. M. 

 Haszard. (Transactions, p. 386.) 



I. " Bemarks on Indigenous Trees planted at Parawai, 

 Thames, in 1873 and subsequently," by J. W. Hall. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 388.) 



5. " On the Occurrence of Panax arboreum as an Epi- 

 phyte on the Stems of Tree Ferns in the Mauku District," by 

 H. Carse. (Transactions, p. 359.) 



6. "On the Mollusca of Little Barrier Island," by H. 

 Suter. (Transactions, p. 204.) 



7. "List of the Species described in F. W. Hutton's 

 Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, with the Corresponding 

 Names used at the Present Time," by H. Suter. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 207.) 



Ninth Meeting: 28th October, 1901. 



Mr. James Stewart, C.E., President, in the chair. 



Professor A. P. W. Thomas gave a popular lecture, illus- 

 trated with numerous limelight illustrations, entitled " Across 

 the Mountains." 



Annual Meeting : 24th February, 1902. 



Mr. James Stewart, C.E., President, in the chair. 



New Members. — J. H. Howell, A. M. Myers, A. Water- 

 worth. 



