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4, * Additions to the List of New Zealand Shells,” by T. W. Kirk. 
eee p- 268). 
5. “On the supposed Paraffin Deposit at Waiapu,” by W. Skey. 
(Transactions, p. 897). 
Dr. Hector gave an interesting account of the locality ‘id of how the substance 
occurred, being the — that escapes from surface-wells altered by oxidation into a 
kind : mineral grea 3 
6. “Ona San for the Poisonous Principle of Brachyglottis repania 
and B. rangiora,” by W. Skey. (Transactions, p. 400). 
1%. Further Information bearing on the Subject of the Lung-worm in 
Sheep,” by Dr. Hector. 
Mr. Travers stated that in France experiments had been made by Pasteaur, an — 
eminent scientific man, to cure this disease by inoculation, which had proved most suc- 
This was of the greatest importance, as by this means thousands of sheep had 
been saved in France. 
8. Dr. Hector then drew attention to several interesting additions to the Museum, 
which were on the table :—among others extracts from the barks of New Zealand woods, 
used for tanning purposes by Mr. Grayling of Taranaki, which had been highly spoken of — 
at the Exhibitions at Sydney and Melbourne: fossil bones from Australia, one nearly 
allied to our moa: cast of a medal struck by the Admiralty for Captain Cook to distribute ee 
to the natives of various islands, which was found in Queen Charlotie’s Sound, in 1878. 
Attention was also called to the two casts of the statues of ‘‘ Hermes” and the “ Boy and 
Goose,” lately presented to the Colonial Museum by the German Government. 
Tump Mesrive. Srd September, 1881. oe 
Dr. arse President, in the Ghats, a 
New Member. 
1. On the wae ” by W. i. Buller, C.M.G., Se.D., F.B.S. ‘(Trans- 
actions, p. 238). 
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Mr. Travers mentioned cireumstance which had come to his knowledge, on the 
authority of a Mr. Goddard, proving, as he thought, the existence of Notornis at no very 
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