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Mr. Fenton remarked that the presence of the fluke in 

 eggs was entirely unsuspected by the general public, and 

 the President sug-sfested that it would be interestino- to 

 know to what extent, if at all, it was dangerous as far as 

 human beino-s were concerned. 



Thursday, June 14^/i. 

 Mr. White, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., LL.B., F.L.S., was elected as a 

 member of the Council. 



Messrs. William Bage, Samuel C. Candler, Arthur Dandy, 

 M.Sc, F.L.S., and William H. Nimmo Avere elected as 

 members of the Society. 



Professor Spencer read a note " On the presence of a 

 Pentastomum parasitic in the Lung of Hoplocephalus 

 siiperbus." 



A short discussion ensued. 



Mr. Arthur Dendy submitted a " List of all the Species 

 of Sponges described by H. J. Carter, Esq., F.R.S., togetlier 

 with a number of his more important references to the 

 species of other authors." 



Mr. Ellery said he desired to mark his sense of the 

 very great importance of the work to which Mr. Dendy 

 had devoted himself 



Professor Spencer then read a note " On the Presence 

 of a Rare Cestode (Amphiptyches) in Callorynchus 

 antarcticus." 



Dr. Neild reported that since the last meeting 69 

 scientific publications had been added to the Society. 



Thursday, July l^th. 

 The President in the chair. 



R. A. Bastow, Esq., F.L.S., was elected a member of 

 the Society. 



The President introduced Sir James Hector, Chancellor 

 of the University of New Zealand, and representative 

 of the latter colony to the Centennial International 

 Exhibition. 



