560 Proceedings. 



Sixth MsETiNa. 28th August, 1877. 

 E. Gillies, Vice-president, in the chair. 

 Dr. Hocken gave a lecture on tlie Hot Springs of New Zealand. 



Seventh Meeting. 11th September, 1877. 



The Eight Eev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair. 



Neiv Member. — J. C. Hoyte. 



" Notes on some Changes in the Fauna of Otago," by E. GiUies. 

 [Transactions, p. 306.) 



Eighth Meeting. I^th September, 1877. 

 The Eight Eev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair. 

 New Member. — H. S. Fish, junr. 

 Professor Sale save a lecture on Eeligion and the Drama. 



Ninth Meeting. Wi October, 1877. 

 W. N. Blair, Vice-iDresident, in the chair. 



1. Professor Hutton exhibited a specimen of Eudyptes schlegeli, Finsch, obtained by- 

 Mr. E. Gillies, at Brighton, last March. This specimen, -which was moulting, ans-wered 

 well to Dr. Finsch's description, except that it had no yellow line round the mandible. 



2. " On a new Species of Trap-door Spider from New Zealand," by the 

 Eev. 0. P. Cambridge, A.M., C.M.Z.S., Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst. (Transactions, 

 p. 281.) 



3. " Description of Trap-door Spiders' Nests from CaHfornia and from 

 Western Australia in the Christchurch Museum," by E. Gillies, F.L.S. 

 (Transactions, p. 301.) 



4. " Contributions to the Conchology of New Zealand," by Professor 

 F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 293.) 



5. " Experiments on the Lifting Power of Inchned Planes in Aerial 

 Transit," by H. Skey. (Transactions, p. 170.) 



6. "On the Introduction of the Tension Wheel in Aerial Transit," by 

 H. Skey. (Transactions, p. 173.) 



7. "On the Introduction of the Principle of the Gyroscope in Aerial 

 Transit," by H. Skey. (Transactions, p. 176.) 



