586 Proceedings. 



4. " Experiments in Telepathy," by J. W. Poynton. 



It was moved by Dr. A. K. Newman, and seconded by Mr. 

 Edward Tregear, "That, this being the last meeting of the 

 Society which Mr. P. W. Robertson will attend prior to his 

 departure for Oxford, the meeting extends to him its congratu- 

 lations on his securing a Rhodes scholarship, and offers him 

 its best wishes for success in his future career." 

 The motion was carried by acclamation. 



Mr. Robertson thanked the meeting heartily for its motion of good 

 will, and expressed his acknowledgments to the Society for its action 

 in allowing him to publish in the Transactions the results of his work. 



jj | Exhibits.— Miss Mestayer exhibited: (1) A specimen of car- 

 borundum ; (2) a specimen of Scutum ambiguum ; (3) speci- 

 mens of several other shells. 



Popular Lecture : 19th July, 1905. 

 Mr. Martin Chapman, President, in the chair. 



A popular lecture on " The Indians of the Far Canadian 

 North " was given by Dr. J. M. Bell, Director of the New Zea- 

 land Geological Survey. 



The lecture was open to the public, and a very large number of per- 

 sons attended. 



Dr. Bell illustrated his lecture by an interesting series of lantern- 

 slides from photographs taken by himself in Canada. 



On the motion of Mr. G. Hogben, seconded by Mr. Edward Tregear, 

 a vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Bell for his lecture. 



Fourth Meeting : 2nd August, 1905. 

 Mr. Martin Chapman, President, in the chair. 

 New Members. — Dr. Arnold W. Izard and Messrs. James Mc- 

 Donald, T. R. Fleming, Ernest F. Hadfield, and W. J. Harland. 

 An advance copy of Vol. XXXVII (1904) of the " Transac- 

 tions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute " was laid 

 on the table. 



Exhibit. — Dr. A. K. Newman exhibited a Maori war- 

 trumpet. 



At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. W. H. Warren played on the 

 instrument a number of army regulation bugle-calls. He explained that 

 most of the armv calls could be given on this trumpet. 



Mr. Edward Tregear said that the trumpet was used in former times 

 by the Natives for signalling in a sort of telegraphic code, as well as for 

 war purposes. 



Papers. — 1. "A Rare Image of the Maori God of Eels 

 (Tuna)," by Dr. A. K. Newman. (Transactions, p. 130.) 

 The author exhibited the image described in the paper. 



