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the lecture-room into a library for the use of the society. The balance-sheet showed the 

 total receipts for the past year to have been £316 15s. 7d., including balance from last 

 year's accounts of £105 14s. 7d., and the expenditure to have been £171 13s. Sd., leaving 

 a balance of £145 Is. lid. in hand. 



The report and balance-sheet were adopted. 



Election of Officees foe 1884 : — President — Dr. Buller, C.M.G., 

 F.R.S. ; Vice-presidents— A. K. Newman, M.B., M.R.C.P., E. H. Govett ; 

 Councils- James Hector, M.D., S. H. Cox, F.G.S., F.C.S., T. King, W. T. 

 L. Travers, F.L.S., F. B. Hutchinson, M.B.C.S., G. W. Grabliam, M. D. 

 Lond. etc., Martin Chapman ; Secretary and Treasurer — B. B. Gore ; 

 Auditor — H. Logan. 



The new President, Dr. Buller, then delivered an address. 



1. " On new Species of Plants," by J. Buchanan, F.L.S. (Transactions, 

 p. 394.) 



2. " Botanical Notes," by J. Buchanan. (Transactions, p. 397.) 



3. " Non-Euclidean Geometry vindicated," being a reply to F. W. 

 Frankland, by W. Skey. 



4. " On the Lichenographia of New Zealand," by Dr. Knight. (Tran- 

 sactions, p. 400.) 



5. " On Campbell Island Plants," by J. Buchanan. (Transactions, 

 p. 398.) 



6. "On Sunset Glows," by Dr. Hector. 



ABSTRACT. 



This paper gave an account of what has been observed of this curious phenomenon 

 in other parts of the world, as recorded in " Nature " and other periodicals recently 

 received. These mainly showed that all the phenomena to which he had directed the 

 attention of the Society had been seen in every part of the world. 



7. " Notice of Discovery of Amphibrotnus in New Zealand ; " with 

 Description of a new Species, by T. Kirk, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 374.) 



8. " Description of new Plants from Stewart Island," by T. Kirk. 

 (Transactions, p. 371.) 



9. "Notes on Carmich(dia, , ' with Descriptions of new Species ; by. T. 

 Kirk. (Transactions, p. 378.) 



10. " On New Zealand Ichthyology," by Dr. Hector. (Transactions, 

 p. 322.) 



