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these two papers, I knew very well what we should get from 

 our friend Mr. Brown. I was not quite sure in the other case 

 but I was very deeply interested, for I had previously heard a 

 great deal from a friend who lived in that district, something of 

 the character of these terraces, and of their sad destruction in 

 1886, but I had not heard what I have this evening, any such 

 account of the way of getting to these places and the difficulties 

 in the transit. There is not a district in the world which I 

 have longed so much to see, and I don't think anything could 

 have been more interesting than the details brought before us. 

 To call them novel would be speaking of them in a most 

 contemptuous way. I second very cordially indeed the vote of 

 thanks to our young friend. 



The President — I esteem it a privilege to be in the chair 

 and in that capacity to welcome Mr. Cleaver. After what has 

 fallen from others I cannot help saying that I have one fault to 

 find with his paper, that it was too short. I think the vote 

 passed by this meeting is greatly enhanced by the fact that it 

 has been seconded ably and eloquently by a gentleman of the 

 eminence of Dr. Redfern, a gentleman whom to know is to 

 appreciate, and whom to appreciate is to love and admire. 



Mr. Cleaver — I am exceedingly pleased at the very courteous 

 way in which you have received my humble effort to give you 

 an incomplete outline of my travels in New Zealand. I feel 

 deeply indebted for the kind and flattering manner in which 

 Mr. Shillington and Professor Redfern have spoken of my 

 paper. I am only sorry that time would not allow me to go 

 into the subject in greater detail. It is one which cannot be 

 passed over quickly ; it must be studied carefully and closely, 

 the country is so full of interest in every respect. 



Mr. Young — I have great pleasure in moving that the very 

 best thanks of this Society be given to the American Govern- 

 ment for their contribution of valuable books ; to the Botanical 

 Institution, of Edinburgh, for the record of their proceedings 

 of 1893 ; and also to the Smithsonian Institute and the Nova 

 Scotia Institute of Science. 



