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Fifth Meeting : \^th September, 1908. 



E. V. Miller, Esq., President, in tKe chair. 



Papers. — Professor F. D. Brown exhibited a cymometer, and gave a full 

 account of its purpose and its applications to wireless telegraphy. 



2. '' On the Comparative Sanity of the Native-born and the Immigrant," 

 by Professor H. W. Segar. 



Ill this jjaper three c|iiestions were discussed : Are tlie native-born of this country 

 less liable to insanity than the remauider of the population ? Is the immigrant popula- 

 tion of New Zealand more liable to insanity than tlie ])eople they have left behind in the 

 countries of their birth ': And, have the women' of tliis country an exceptionally small 

 liability to insanity ? These ])oints are raised by Di. Hay's report of last year on the 

 mental hos]iitals. 



3. " On the Trisection of an Angle," by Professor H. W. Segar. 



This briefly dealt with a remarkable approximate solution of a geometrical problem, 

 a perfect solution of which by the methods of elementary geometry it is impossible to 

 obtain. 



Sixth Meeting : 2d>th September, 1908. 

 E. V. Miller, Esq., President, in the chair. 



New Members.— n. Gibb, G. T. H. De Clive Lowe, L.R.C.P., H. H. 



Morgan. 



Professor A. Jarman delivered a lecture on " The Metallurgy of Gold, 

 and its Recent Improvements." 



After describing the characters of the metal, and its application for coinage and 

 the industrial arts, the lecturer gave a brief account of the methods employed for ex- 

 tracting it from its various ores, and the machinery used in connection therewith. He 

 then proceeded to de,scribe certain recent im]>rovements. giving hi\\ particulars in each 

 case, and illustrating his remarks by lantern views and diagrams. 



Seventh Meeting :' 26th October, 1908. 



E. V. Miller, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Neiv Members.— G. W. Allsop, J. H. Buddie, F. Earl, E. W. Sharman, 

 L.R.C.P. 



Mr. E. G. B. Moss gave a lecture on " The Maori Migration to New Zea- 

 land : why they came ; how they came ; what they brought ; and what 

 they found in New Zealand." 



The lecturer first spoke of the motives of the Maoris in coming to New Zealand, and 

 how they came. The stojy was one, he said, of a migration in canoes (fragile craft under 

 any circumstances) from a not definitely ascertained island called Hawaiki, some twenty- 

 five or twenty-eight generations ago, or shortly after the invasion of England by William 

 tlie Conqueror. This Hawaiki was indicated to Captain Cook to lie to the north-east. 

 The lecturer contended that in undertaking the migration the Maoris must liave come 

 at least a thousand miles, or if from Rarotonga fifteen hundred miles, with only one 

 small stopping-place, and without instruments of any kind — a wonderful feat of 

 navigation. He went on to refer to the probability of the Maoris having knowni of 

 New Zealand prior to this last migration, and the customs of tlie race when it settled. 

 As to what the race brought to New Zealand, he mentioned dogs, kumaras, taro, yams, 

 and calabashes. They found the moa, of which there must have been many when the 

 race first came : but the only tradition they had was that of Apa and the moa, three 

 hundred and fifty years ago. The lecturer expressed the opinion that it was very doubtful 

 if New Zealand was inhabited before the Maoris came. Certainly the Maoris had tradi- 

 tions of finding inhabitants, but tliese were supposed to lie Morioris, and the stories 

 were of doubtful origin and authenticity. 



At the conclusion of the lectvne Mr. Moss was accorded a vote of thanks. 



