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Election of Officees for 1880: — President — E. Dobson, C.E. ; Vice- 

 presidents — Professor Julius von Haast, P.E.S., the Kev. J. W. Stack ; 

 Council — Professor Bickerton, E. W. Fereday, J. Iiiglis, A. D. Dobson, G. 

 Gray, J. S. Lambert ; Ho7i. Treasurer — W. M. Maskell ; Hon. Secretary — 

 Nelson K. Clierrill. 



Twelfth Meeting. 2Qth Novvviber, 1879. 



E. Dobson, C.E., President, in the chair. 



Neiv Members. — Thos. Gordon, James Hamilton, C. Blakewell, Edwin 

 Eayner, Mrs. P. Hanmer. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Professor Julius von Haast for the very ahle manner in 

 which he had expended, at Sydney, the fund which had been placed at his disposal, as 

 shown hy the very fine collection of Ceramic Art before the meeting. 



1. "Description of a (?) new Species of the ¥ oxaily LeucanidcB, and a 

 (?) new Species of the Genus (?) Chlenias," by E. W. Fereday, C.M.E.S.L. 

 (Transactions, p. 267.) 



2. " Notes on Ziphius (Epiodon) novce-zealandice , von Haast, Goose- 

 beaked Whale," by Professor Julius von Haast, Ph.D., F.E.S., Director of 

 the Canterbury Museum. [Transactions, p. 241.) 



3. Professor von Haast then explained to the meeting the special points of interest 

 connected with the collection of Ceramic and Industrial Art Specimens which he had 

 brought from Sydney, and read a letter from Japan, descriptive of the mode of manu- 

 facture adopted to produce the various styles of porcelain. 



