438 Proceedings. 



statement of the analyses of nine of the N.Z. black sands is given, from 

 which it appears that the Taranati ironsand contains no less than 56 per 

 cent, of metallic iron. 



AjS-ALTSIS. 



Magnetic iron (oxides) ... ... ... 71 "00 



Titanic iron ... ... ... ... 8"00 



Siliceous matter ... ... ... ... 21'00 



100- 

 A very large proportion ; whilst the percentage of titanium is very appre- 

 ciable, being about 1'5 per cent. Whether this quantity is suiEcient to 

 produce all the wonderful effects attributed to it is doubtful. It is certain 

 that remarkably good steel is produced from the ironsand alone, and the 

 only question is, whether it can be economically produced in this country, 

 which will depend chiefly on the supply of fuel obtainable near those places 

 where the sand is found. 



It cannot be doubted that the freight saved would yield a very handsome 

 profit to the manufacturer, and enable him to compete with the European 

 ironmaster here, even if he should not be able to undersell him in his own 

 country. 



Thied Meeting}. 2S^/j July, 1868. 

 J. C. Crawford, F.Gr.S., in the chair. 



The Chairman explained that, during the session, a series of addresses 

 on subjects of interest would be delivered, under the auspices of the 

 Grovernors of the New Zealand Institute ; and that a course of four 

 lectures on the geology of N'ew Zealand would be delivered by Dr. 

 Hector. 



The Chairman also informed the members that since their last meeting 

 steps had been taken to incorporate their Society with the New Zealand 

 Institute, and that a favourable reply had been received. He then explained 

 the privileges they would enjoy as members of the Institute, and the rules 

 to v,'hich they became subject. He urged the members to enter into 

 an honourable rivalry with the other local institutions in the colony, and to 

 show that they were not to be surpassed in the excellence of their papers 

 and lectures on matters of scientific, interest. It was especially desirable 

 that all classes should be enlisted in the interests of science, because a 

 careful observance of facts in different quarters would, if properly reported 

 to the Society, be of great value. Several gentlemen in other provinces had 

 subscribed to their Society, but as they now possessed local institutions of a 

 similar character, it was considered unfair to call upon them to contribute, 

 and it had therefore been proposed to refund their subscriptions. 



