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revealing grander sights. The time at disposal being limited, the party had 

 to return after traversing a distance of about three-quarters of a mile, but 

 from what was observed the caves evidently extended a distance of three or 

 four miles. The only life met with in the caves were the glow worms 

 previously mentioned. These caves, under proper supervision, should 

 become one of the great attractions of the South. 



Mr. Beenard Shaw concurred in the recommendation made by Mr. 

 Morton, and hoped it would be adopted by the Minister of Lands. He 

 thought that there would be very little trouble in having those caves pro- 

 tected, as there was a station with resident police at Southport. 



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Mr. Morton, as Curator of the Museum, drew attention to specimens 

 of greenstone from New Zealand, also of axes and knives used by 

 the Maoris, the latter being made out of obsidian, the gift of Messrs. 

 A. Hamilton and F. R. Chapman, of Dunedirj, New Zealand, to the 

 Tasmanian Museum. 



The Secretary read, in the absence of the author, the following 

 papers : — 1. " Results of observations of the transit of Mercury on May 

 10,1891." 2. " The total eclipse of the moon on May 24, 1891." By 

 A. B. Biggs. 



JULY. 



No meeting held. 



