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Sixth Meeting : 2^tk October, 1912. 

 Professor H. W. Segar, President, in the chair. 

 Paper. — " The Manuaute, or Maori Kite," by Archdeacon P. Walsh. 



Seventh Meeting : 7th Sovemher, 1912. 

 Professor H. W. Segar, President, in the chair. 

 Lecture. — " Tlie Problem of Tuberculosis," bv Dr. E. H. B. Milsom. 



Eighth Meeting : IJfth Jovember, 1912. 



Professor H. W. Segar, President, in the chair. 



Lecture. — " A Descriptive Account of the Upper Congo, the Country 

 and its People," by Mr. Joseph Steele. 



The lecture was profusely illustrated by lantorn-views and by a large collec- 

 tiuu of ethnographical specimens. 



Ninth .Meeting: 11th December, 1912. 



Professor H. W. Segar, President, in the chair. 



New Member. — G. A. Hansard. 



Papers. — 1. " On the Motion of Cirrus Clouds," by H. B. Devereux, 

 F.Il.Met.Soc. 



2. " Concerning certain Ancient Maori Stone Implements found at 

 Tauranga," by C. A. Seuiadeni. 



3. " The Kermadec Islands Avifauna," by Tom Iredale; communi- 

 cated by W. R. B. Oliver. 



4. " Further Notes on the Birds of the Kermadec Islands," by 

 \V. K. B. Oliver. 



5. " Descriptions of New Specimens and Varieties of Native Phane- 

 rogams," by D. Petrie, M.A. 



6. " Note on the Pollination of Rliabdothamnus,'' by D. Petrie, M.A. 



7. " On some Additions to the Flora of Mangonui County," by 

 H. Carse. 



8. " New Species of Plants," by T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. 



9. " Anatomy of some New Zealand Representatives of the Order 

 Araliaceae," by Miss C. L. Beaumont. 



10. " New Genera and Species of Coleoptera," by Major T. Broun. 



Annual Meeting : 24-th February, 191S. 



Professor H. W. Segar, President, in the chair. 



Annual Report. — The annual report and audited financial statement 

 was read to the meeting, and ordered to be printed and distributed 

 among the members. 



Abstract of Report. 



Member'ilii/p. — In several previous report.s the Council have drawn attention to 

 the fact that the members roll was by no means so large as should be the case in 

 a city of the size and importance of Auckland. Early in the session an attempt 



