1§4 HEPORt OP MfcfeTINGS FOR 190? 



Dinner was served punctually to a party of twenty-four 

 under the Presidency of Mr Henry Rutherfurd, 

 Club who on the occasion exhibited two bones {femur 



Dinner. and tibio-tarsus) of the Moa, a wingless New 



Zealand native, now extinct. The enormous 

 length of the former (27 inches) at once suggested the gigantic 

 proportions of this ostrich-like bird, which up to the middle of 

 the 18th centui-y supplied part of the "big game" sport of 

 the Maoris. 



Nominations in favour of Captain Edward Henry Trotter, 

 Grenadier Guards, Charterhall, Duns, and Mr 

 Nomina- Arthur George Leather-Culley, Aydon Gardens, 

 tions. Alnwick, were dulv intimated. 



