ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XV11. 



the natives of Hawaii on that memorable 14th of February, 1779, 

 stunned him with a club. Mr. Maiden, on his recent visit to 

 England, saw at Shrigley Hall near Macclesfield, a club stated to 

 be the identical one by which Captain Cook met his death. He 

 shewed photographs of the club and of its label. The club was 

 given by Admiral John Hunter (a Governor of New South Wales) 

 to Thomas Leigh Esquire, of Lyme Hall, and a brief account of 

 the same was furnished by Sir Joseph Banks. It is about three 

 feet long and of iron wood. The club has been at Lyme Hall and 

 Shrigley Hall (within five miles of each other) for nearly a century 

 and there is no reason to doubt its authenticity. Mr. Maiden 

 also exhibited copies of a mural tablet and of a gravestone in the 

 middle aisle of the church of St. Andrew the Great, Cambridge, 

 to commemorate the family of the great circumnavigator, three 

 members of which are buried in the church. The existence of 

 these monuments appears to be scarcely known in Australia. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, JULY 3, 1901. 



The General Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at the 

 Society's House, No. 5 Elizabeth-street North, on Wednesday 

 evening, July 3rd, 1901. 



Henry Deane, m.a., m. inst. c.e., in the Chair. 



Fifty-five members and thirteen visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. W. A. Dixon and J. Palmer were appointed Scrutineers, 

 and Mr. F. B. Guthrie deputed to preside at the Ballot Box. 



The certificates of four candidates were read for the third time, 

 and of three for the first time. 



b— July 3, 1901. 



