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represented in the annual volume by valuable treatises that cannot be contro- 
verted, but a little theory now and then in our papers may perhaps awaken 
interest and provoke friendly discussion, which I take it is one of the most 
useful objects of our association. 
With reference to the views expressed in the address, the Hon. Mr. 
Mantell remarked that there was a legend extant of a native having killed a 
Moa and taken the skin to Hawaiki. 
Captain Hutton pointed out that the Maoris could possess no traditions of 
the cassowary or emu that would account for their knowledge of the Moa, as 
these birds do not belong to any islands where the race of men from which the 
Maoris are derived are found. 
The Hon. Captain Fraser thought at one time that the destruction of the 
Moa had been accomplished by a race antecedent to the Maoris, which, nine 
years ago, he had described to the Ethnological Society of London as a race 
who grilled their food, in distinction to the Maoris, who bake their food, but 
his recent explorations had convinced him that that view was incorrect. 
Dr. Comrie, H.M.S. “ Dido,” stated, with reference to the remarks about 
leprosy, that it had been introduced into the Sandwich Islands since 1852 by 
Chinese coolies imported to work the sugar plantations, and that it was 
spreading rapidly amongst the natives. One of the greatest authorities on 
such diseases had suggested to him that the peculiar virus might have been 
imported in the dried fish which the coolies carry about with them as food. 
Mr. Carruthers stated that a form of this disease is not uncommon among 
the negros in the American States. 
1. “Note on Colluricincla concinna, Hutton,” by Capt. F. W. Hutton, 
C.M.Z.S. (See Transactions, p. 226.) 
2. “Notes on Parasitic Animals,” by F. J, Knox, L.R.C.S.E. 
This paper was descriptive of certain cases in which parasitic animals had 
been observed in New Zealand in man and the lower animals. 
3. “Note on Ctenolabrus knoxi,” by F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. (See 
Transactions, p. 308.) 
Fourth Meetine. 2st August, 1872. 
Dr. Hector, F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
New members.—W. F. Parsons, R. Collins. 
1. “On the Life and Times of Te Rauparaha,” Chapters I. and Il., by 
W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. (See Transactions, p. 19.) 
