524 Proceedings. 



8th October : W. Donovan, " The Natural-gas Resources of New Zealand " ; G. L. 



Adkin, " Examples of Readjustment of Drainage in the Tararua Western Foothills " ; 



G. H. Uttley, " Tertiary Geology of the Wharekuri-Kurow Area," and " Notes on 



Geological Survey Bulletin No. 20." 



12th May, 1920 : G. H. Uttley, " Notes on the Geology of the Oamaru District." 

 5th June : P. G. Morgan, " Fossils of the Mount Radiant Subdivision, Karamea," 



and " Notes on the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Greymouth and Westport 



Districts." 



14th July : J. Henderson, " The Geology of the Raglan District." 



Committee and Officers for 1921. — -Chairman- — H. T. Ferrar. Vice-Chairman — G. H. 



Uttley, M.A., M.Sc, F.G.S. Committee— Dr. J. Henderson, M.A., D.Sc, B.Sc. in Eng. 



(Metall.) ; R. W. Holmes, I.S.O., M.Inst.C.E. ; E. K. Lomas, M.A., M.Sc. ; P. G. 



Morgan, M.A., F.G.S. ; Dr. J. Allan Thomson, M.A., D.Sc, F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst. Hon. 



Secretary— Dr. C. A. Cotton, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



HISTORICAL SECTION. 



The annual and five general meetings have been held, when papers were read as 

 follow : — - 



18th May, 1920 : Elsdon Best, " The Maori Genius for Personification." 



15th June : Miss Hetherington, " The Discovery and Opening-up of the Goldfields 

 in the Hauraki Peninsula." 



20th July : Johannes C. Andersen, " Further Maori String Games." 



17th August : F. P. Wilson, " Early Days in Wellington." 



21st September (annual meeting) : Elsdon Best, " Old Redoubts, Blockhouses, and 

 Stockades of the Wellington District." 



19th October : H. Baillie, " New Zealand and Naval Protection " ; P. Beckett, 

 " Some Notes on Shell-middens at Paraparaumu Beach." 



About the middle of the season the section lost the services of Mr. E. N. Hogben, 

 owing to his removal to Palmerston North. His resignation from the committee was 

 accepted with regret, as he was a good and enthusiastic worker. 



Officers for 1921. — ■Chairman — -Elsdon Best, F.N.Z.Inst. Vice-Chairman — -Colonel 

 T. W. Porter, C.B. Committee— 'Miss Hetherington, M.A. ; Dr. C. Prendergast Knight ; 

 Messrs. H. Baillie, F. P. Wilson, M.A., J. Cowan, E. G. Pilcher. Hon. Secretary — 

 Johannes C. Andersen. 



NATURAL HISTORY AND FIELD CLUB SECTION. 



Since the formation of this branch on the 3rd December, 1919, a series of field 

 excursions and indoor meetings have been held, and the attendances have been very 

 satisfactory. Twenty-six associate members have joined the Philosophical Society 

 through the medium of this section. Seven field excursions were successfully held, and 

 four indoor meetings followed in the winter months. Botany, geology, entomology, 

 and marine zoology formed the chief subjects for discussion. 



The following papers and addresses were given at the indoor meetings : — ■ 



1st June, 1920 : J. G. Myers, "New Zealand Cicadas." 



6th July : D. Miller, " Mosquito Investigations in North Auckland " ; Professor 

 T. H. Johnston, " Some of Australia's Insect Pests." 



3rd August : G. H. Cunningham, " Fungi." 



7th September : D. Miller, " Hover-flies and their Economic Importance " ; W. J. 

 Phillipps, " Notes on the Edible Fishes of New Zealand " ; G. E. Mason (communi- 

 cated by H. Hamilton), " Observations on Parasites found on the Huia Bird and not 

 previously recorded." 



Officers for 1920-21.— Chairman— G. V. Hudson, F.N.Z.Inst., F.E.S. Vice-Chair- 

 men— Professor H. B. Kirk, M.A., F.N.Z.Inst. ; Dr. J. Allan Thomson, M.A., D.Sc, 

 F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst. Committee— -T. Ralph ; E. K. Lomas, M.A., M.Sc, F.R.G.S. ; 

 C. A. Cotton, D.Sc, F.G.S. ; H. Baillie ; D. Miller. Hon. Secretary— H. Hamilton, 

 A.O.S.M. 



