448 Proceedinijs. 



Fourth Meeting. 1st Sejyteitiher, 1879. 

 Dr. Purclias, President, in the chair. 

 Neiv Members. — J. A. 0. Gibbes, E. Porter, C. H. Street. 



1. " Concerning Alcohol," by E. A. Mackechnie. 



2. "Notes on the Else and Progress of Ai'chitecture and the Fine Arts 

 generally," by Albin Martin. 



Fifth Meeting. 29th Septemher, 1879. 

 Dr. Purclias, President, in the chair. 

 New Member. — K. AVatkins. 



1. A long discussion toolc place on Mr. Mackechnie's paper on "Alcohol," read at the 

 last meeting. 



2. "On the Distress in England; its Causes and Kemedies, being a 

 Eeply to Mr. Firth's Paper on the same Subject," by the Kev. S. Edgar. 



Mr. Firth replied at some length in defence of his paper. 



Sixth Meeting. 21th October, 1879. 

 Dr. Purclias, President, in the chair. 

 Neio Member. — W. W. Taylor, 



1. The President read a letter from Mr. B. S. Booth giving some interesting infor- 

 mation respecting the American " Horned Frog" ( Phrynosoma blainvillU). 



2. " Description of the Larva of PericojAus truncatus, with Observations 

 as to Habitat," by Captain T. Broun. {Transactions, p. 288.) 



3. " On Landscape Art in the Province of Auckland," by K. Watkins. 



4. Mr. Cheeseman exhibited and made some remarks on some specimens of Lejoido- 

 siren and other fishes lately added to the Museum collections. 



Annual General Meeting. 16th February, 1880. 



The Kev. A. G. Pui'chas, President, in the chair. 



Neiv Members.— J. E. Macdonald, A. G. Murray Moore, M.D., H. A. 

 Watt, J. L. Wilson, W. S. Wilson. 



The minutes of last annual general meeting, held 17th February, 1879, were read and 

 confirmed. 



ABSTRACT OF ANNUAL REPORT. 



Twenty-two names have been added to the register during the year, but there is only 

 a shght increase in the total number of members. Six meetings have been held during 

 the session, at wliich fifteen papers were read. The attendance was fair considering the 

 difficulty experienced in obtaining a full supply of papers for reading. 



