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rence, having only been found in Central Africa. South Victoria liand, and at Flagstaff 

 Hill, Dunedin. The other specimens were fragments of granite which had been carried 

 on the surface of ice from some district not known at the present time, and deposited 

 at the terminal face of the ice where the melting took place. 



Presidential Address. — Dr. Hocken delivered his presidential address, 

 dealing mainly with his recent trip into the historical zone of the North 

 Island. 



He dealt at considerable length with niau}^ incidents connected with the early life 

 of New Zealand, and gave graphic accounts, drawn from his store of New Zealand annals, 

 of events connected with the intertribal and Anglo-Maori wai's, which have had a lasting 

 influence on the colonisation of the Dominion. 



Second Meeting : 9^/^ June, 1908. 



The President, Dr. Hocken, in the chair. 



New Members. — Professor Pickerill, Messrs. T. S. Graham, J. A. John- 

 stone, T. K. Fisher, and W. H. Trimble. 



Exhibit. — Dr. Benham made some remarks upon living specimens of 

 weta {Hemideina maori) captured on the Eock and Pillar Range. 



\Vlien annoyed, he said, the insect struck backward and upwaixl with its stout hind 

 legs, moving them to and fro so rapidly against a few ridges on the anterior segment of 

 the abdomen that a hissing noise was produced. 



Lecture. — Mr. A. Bathgate delivered an address entitled " A Retrospect," 

 deahng with some of the topographical and other changes that had taken 

 place in Dunedin during the last thirty to forty years. 



A number of lantern-slides of early Dunedin were thrown on the screen, and the 

 present conditions compared. 



Third Meeting : Uth July, 1908. 



The President, Dr. Hocken, in the chair. 



New Members. — Messrs. A. James and W. MacLeod. 



On the motion of Mr. G. M. Thomson, it was resolved to send a telegram 

 ■of congratulation to the Maori Congress, expressing sympathy with their 

 aims, and hopes for success in their undertakings. 



Exhibits. — 1. By Dr. Marshall : Maps showing the great rift in the ocean- 

 floor to the north-east of New Zealand, indicating that our volcanic system 

 was independent of that of the Polynesian islands, such as Savaii ; and a map 

 showing the extent of the lava-flow from the volcano at Savaii. 



2. Specimens of the lava were also exhibited and described. 



3. Dr. Benham made some remarks on some Australian shields and a 

 Norwegian fiddle recently acquired for the Museum. 



4. By Mr. D. Miller : Enlarged drawings of flies, coloured to nature. 



5. By Mr. G. B. Howes : Some examples of secondary sexual structures 

 in moths, in the form of tufts of hairs in different parts of the body of the 

 male, whose function was quite conjectural. 



The moths were Melanchra stipata, Rfiapsa scotialis, Erana graminosa. 



Papers. — 1. " Report on the Echinoderms collected during the cruise of 

 the ' Nora Niven,' " by Professor Benham. 



