618 Proceedings. 



Fifth Meeting : 13th September, 1904. 



The President, Professor Benham, exhibited specimens of 

 the emperor penguin from Victoria Land, and of a nestling 

 albatros (Diomedea regia), and of Bamulina which had been 

 dredged near Otago Heads. 



Mr. G. M. Thomson exhibited a collection of dried speci- 

 mens of Mycetozoa. 



Papers. — 1. " The Genesis of Ore-deposits," by Professor 

 Park. 



2. " The Marine Tertiaries of New Zealand," by Professor 

 Park. {Transactions, p. 489.) 



3. " Border Segregation of Igneous Masses," by Professor 

 Park. (Transactions, p. 486.) 



4. " Some Olivine Rocks from Milford Sound," by Dr. 

 Marshall. (Transactions, p. 481.) 



5. " Some Earthworms from the North Island," by Pro- 

 fessor Benham. (Transactions, p. 281.) 



6. " Some Earthworms from the Southern Islands," by 

 Professor Benham. (Transactions, p. 285.) 



7. " Note on Bamulina globtdifera," by Professor Benham. 

 (Transactions, p. 300.) 



Mr. G. M. Thomson led a discussion on the metric system, 

 and the President, Mr. Justice Chapman, Messrs. Skey, Payne, 

 Fels, McPhee, and Professor Park took part in it. 



Sixth Meeting : 11th October, 1904. 



Dr. Benham, the President, exhibited some excellent 

 photographs of various species of New Zealand Phasmida. 



Dr. Benham read a paper entitled " Notes on Dr. Bergh's 

 Diagnosis of certain New Zealand Nudibranchs." (Trans- 

 actions, p. 312.) 



Mr. R. Gilkison read a most interesting paper on " The 

 Treatment of Crimes and Criminals." 



He strongly advocated the classification of criminals, and outlined the 

 methods that had been adopted in America and elsewhere with this object. 



The lecture aroused much interest, and several members tcok part in 

 the discussion that followed. 



Seventh Meeting : bth November, 1904. 



Dr. Hocken exhibited two of the medals that were struck 

 to commemorate Captain Cook's second voyage. 



The President exhibited the natural cast of the brain of an 

 extinct species of whale. 



Papers. — 1. " The Geology of Dunedin," by Dr. Marshall. 



