728 Proceedings. 



5. "The Geology of Moehau Mountain, Cape Golville," by 

 J. M. Maclai'en. (Transactions, p. 494.) 



6. " On the Shells of Whaugarei Heads," by C. Cooper. 

 {Transactions, p. 134.) 



7. "On the Birds of the Bay of Islands," by A. T. Py croft. 

 {Transactions, p. 141.) 



8. " The Art of Weaving among the Maoris," by Elsdon 

 Best. {Transactions, p. 625.) 



9. "Social Parasites," by E. A. Mackechnie. 



Ninth Meeting : 31st October, 1898. 

 Professor H. A. Talbot-Tubbs, President, in the chair. 



The Eev. Mr. Beatty gave a popular lecture on " Ruskin : 

 His Life and Writings." 



Annual Meeting : 27th Febriiary, 1899. 

 Professor H. A. Talbot-Tubbs, President, in the chair. 



Abstract of Annual Eeport. 



The number of members on the roll at the present time is 163, of 

 wliom eleven are life-members and 152 annual subscribers. Ten new 

 members have been elected during the year ; but, on the other hand, 

 fourteen names have been removed — three from death, eight from resigna- 

 tion, and three from non-payment of subscripticn for more than two con- 

 secutive years. 



It is the painful duty of the Council to draw attention to the names 

 removed from the roll by death. 



Mr. T. Kirk, whose dpcease occurred immediately after the last 

 annual meeting, was one of the original members and founders of tlie 

 society, and was its first secretary and curator. His attainments as a 

 botanist are widely known, and every volume of the Transactions, since 

 its first appearance in 1869, contains numerous contributions from his 

 pen, many of them being of considerable scientific importance. It is 

 greatly to be regretted that he did not live to complete the general work 

 on the flora of New Zealand upon which he was engaged ; and, in any 

 case, his removal from the small band of scientific workers m New 

 Zealand is much to bo lamented. 



Mr. F. D. Fenton was also one of the founders of the society. 

 Although he invariably refused to serve on the Council, there are few 

 members who have taken more interest in the working of tlie Institute, 

 or have given more practical assistance towards securing its progress. 

 During the formation of the collection illustrating the manners and 

 customs of the Maori race, now exhibited in the Ethnological Hall, his 

 CO operation was invaluable. He not only presented a large number of 

 articles, and assisted in procuring others, but his wide knowledge of 

 everything appertaining to the Maori was always freely placed at the 

 service of the curator. 



The following brief synopsis of the balance-sheets appended to the 

 report will make the financial position of the society fully intelligible. 



