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Thirteenth Meeting. 30th October, 1872. 

 Capt. F. W. Hutton, F.G.S., in the chair. 



N^ew member. — J. Monteith. 



Meteorological Records from Batavia, Java, and the Koyal Dutch Meteoro- 

 logical Institute were laid on the table. 



1. " On the Life and Times of Te Rauparaha," Chapter VL, by W. T. L. 

 Travers, F.L.S. (See Transactions, p. 73.) 



Capt. Hutton pointed out the value of this paper, not only from an 

 historical point of view, but on account of the mention it made of the 

 introduction of animals and plants into the colony. He also stated that 

 Captain Cook planted potatos in Queen Charlotte Sound, but the natives not 

 caring to cultivate them, they were not propagated. Captain Cook also let 

 out fourteen pigs in Queen Charlotte Sound, and four in the North Island, 

 near Cape Kidnappers. 



Mr. Travers thought the pig introduced by Captain Cook was a different 

 kind from that now found wild. 



Mr. Nicholl said that in 1842, when the early settlers landed in Nelson, 

 wild pigs were very abundant. 



Capt. Hutton explained that Captain Cook brought pigs from Polynesia as 

 well as from the Cape of Good Hope, and that therefore he probably introduced 

 two species. 



Mr. Brogden read a calculation, according to which ten pigs, half of them 

 being females, would produce fifty-two millions of pigs in ten years. 



2. "On the Skeleton of an Aboriginal Inhabitant of the Chatham Islands," 

 by F. J. Knox, L.B.C.S.E. (See Transactions, p. 304.) 



Fourteenth Meeting. 6th November, 1872. 



Dr. Hector, F.B.S., President, in the chair. 



New member. — J. Barley man. 



The nomination for the election of honorary members of the New Zealand 

 Institute was made, in accordance with Statute lY. 



1. " On the Influence of Change of Latitude on Ships' Compasses," by 

 Commander B. A. Edwin, B.N. (See Transactions, p. 128.) 



The President remarked on the great practical importance of the subject, 

 and hoped the author would be able to suggest some practical steps to be 

 taken for the protection of the public. With the late Mr. Balfour he had 



