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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



The President exhibited a large photograph of tlie obelisk in 

 the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, erected to the memory of Allan 

 Cunningham in 1844, and which since June, 1901, has in the 

 upper portion of the obelisk contained his mortal remains. These 

 were removed from the Devonshire-street Cemetery in May, 1901, 

 where they have reposed since June, 1839. Also a small collection 

 of plants from the Sahara showing the strong superficial resem- 

 blance to our own desert flora. The resemblance is more than 

 superficial in some cases, the same genera being often represented 

 in the two floras. 



Mr. T. Steel exhibited the following specimens of interest from 

 New Zealand : — Maori Rat, A/us exidans; New Zealand Frog, 

 Lio2yelma Hochstetteri; Tuatara Lizard, Hatteria punctata; Lizard, 

 Naultinus ornatus ; Fish, Acanthoclinus littoreus and another 

 little fish with sucker disc, found very abundantly under stones 

 between tides in Auckland Harbour; Porcelain Crab, Peirolisthes 

 elongaius, found in excessive abundance associated with above 

 fishes; Fresh-water Crab, Hy^neiiicus vainus; Fresh-water Shells, 

 Pota^nopyrgus coralla^ P. antipodura^ P. curaingiana^ P. pupoides^ 

 Latia 7ieritoides; Fresh-water Sponge, Spongilla (sp. ?), fine large 

 specimens from Lake Takapuna, Auckland; Pteropod, Cavolina 

 affinis. 



Mr. David G. Stead exhibited a portion of a hardwood wharf- 

 pile, bored by the Teredo or "Ship-worm," which had been 

 excavated from Lower Pitt-street during the recent sewerage 

 operations at a depth of about 12ft. Although the pile must 

 have been embedded in the mud for a great number of years, it 

 was in an excellent state of preservation. He also showed the 

 ova of a large Australian Crayfish {Astacopsis serratus, Shaw), 

 and of Ibacus peronii, a somewhat uncommon crustacean, from 



