592 Proceedings. 



2. " The Winged Pilot of Hawaiki," by Archdeacon P. 

 Walsh. {Transactions, p. 127.) 



3. " A Find of Kauri-gum at Rangitikei, Wellington," by 

 S. A. R. Mair. {Transactions, p. 499.) 



4. " Notes on the Growth of certain Native Trees in the 

 Auckland Domain," by J. Stewart, C.E. {Transactions, p. 374.) 



5. " The Scenery and Rocks of the Ornahu Coast," by 

 H. G. Cousins, M.A. 



Seventh Meeting : 23rd October, 1905. 

 Professor A. P. W. Thomas, President, in the chair. 

 Professor H. W. Segar delivered a popular lecture, copiously 

 illustrated with limelight views, on " The Sun." 



Eighth Meeting : Qth December, 1905. 

 Professor A. P. W. Thomas, President, in the chair. 

 Papers. — 1. " The Whare Potae, or House of Mourning," 

 by Elsdon Best. {Transactions, p. 148.) 



2. " Additions to the New Zealand Fauna," by Rev. W. 

 Webster. {Transactions, p. 309.) 



3. " Results of Dredging on the Continental Shelf of New 

 Zealand," by Rev. W. Webster. {Transactions, p. 305.) 



Ninth Meeting : 26th February, 1906. 



Professor A. P. W. Thomas, President, in the chair. 



Abstract of Annual Report. 



Five new members had been elected during the year, a number con- 

 siderably below the average. On the other hand, twelve names had been 

 withdrawn from the roll. There had thus been a net decrease of seven, 

 the total number of members at the present time being 153. 



The report referred with regret to the death of Kir. L. D. Nathan, 

 who had been connected with the Institute for more than twenty-five 

 years, and who had always been a liberal supporter of its interests. 



The Council also expressed their regret at the decease of Captain 

 F. W. Hutton, the President of the New Zealand Institute, who had been a 

 most active and zealous supporter of the Institute from the time of its 

 formation in 1868. In conjunction with the late Mi - . Justice Gillies he 

 materially aided in the formation of the Auckland branch of the Institute. 



The gross total revenue of the Working Account had been £1,232 

 5s. Id. Deducting from this sum two exceptional items of £150 received 

 on account of the Mackechnie bequest for the purchase of groups of large 

 animals, and £100, an advance from the Investment Account towards 

 defraying the cost of erecting the Maori house, the ordinary revenue had 

 been £982 5s. Id., being an increase of £24 3s. on the receipts for the pre- 

 vious year. The invested funds of the Costley bequest had yielded 

 £342 Is. 3d., as against £371 IDs. for the previous year. The Museum 

 endowment, in rents and interest, contributed £351 9s. lid., an increase 

 of £11 4s. Id. on the amount for 1904-5. £134 10s. 6d. had been trans- 

 ferred from the Mackechnie Library Bequest Account for the purchase 



