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be sold, Manihera went up and got Hapuka to agree to it. When the 
Hau Hau fanaticism and the King movement spread to the Wairarapa, 
Manihera used his influence to pacify the Natives with success. The 
Hon. Mr. W. B. D. Mantell, M.L.C., said he had held Manihera in very 
high esteem, but suggested that his portrait would find a more fitting 
place in the corridor of the House of Assembly. Dr. Hector differed 
from this opinion, remarking that in its present place the general public 
would have the benefit of being able to see it. 
Before concluding Dr. Hector stated that Mr. John Buchanan, 
K.L.S., who has been connected with the Geological Survey for over 20 
years as a botanist, draughtsman, and explorer, was about to leave the 
Government service to retire on a well-earned pension, and he expressed 
in feeling terms how much the Society would lose in Mr. Buchanan. 
He referred at length to the valuable services rendered to the Society 
during the past 18 years by that gentleman by his execution of the 
illustrations and diagrams, as well as by his numerous papers. Dr. 
Hector then referred to his personal acquaintance with Mr. Buchanan, 
and related how, when he left for New Zealand in 1861, Sir Joseph 
Hooker gave him the name of John Buchanan as that of a remarkable 
botanist, stating that if the services of the latter were secured in 
connection with the geological survey, a great benefit would be rendered 
to science. A few months after landing, the speaker made his. 
acquaintance, and they had been together ever since. They had under- 
gone many hardships together, having on one occasion spent five or six 
months in the dingy cabin of a little schooner when exploring the West 
Coast Sounds, with rain falling steadily for six weeks at atime. He 
spoke of Mr. Buchanan’s ability at designing diagrams, maps, and. 
exploring, or any work requiring the finest artistic touch or taste, in 
very high terms. At the close of his remarks Dr. Hector handed to 
Mr. Buchanan an illuminated diploma of life membership, signed by 
the President, Vice-Presidents, and Council of the Philosophical Society, 
as a small token of the esteem in which his services were held. The 
diploma was accompanied by a present of several valuable books, chosen 
by the Council. Mr. Buchanan was quite taken by surprise, and was in 
consequence too much moved to answer at any length. 
LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Sydney, 24th June, 1885.—Professor W. J. Stephens, M.A., 
F.G.8., President, in the chair. 
New Member.—Rev. T. J. Hyder. 
Papers.—(1) ‘‘ Rough Notes on the Natural History of the Clare- 
mont Islands,” by Gervase F. Mathew, R.N., F.L.S. Mr. Mathew gives © 
an interesting account of the fauna and flora met with on these Islands, 
in which he enumerates 23 species of birds, and 20 species of Lepidoptera, 
of which 2 Lycaene are probably new. He also gives some notes on the 
habits of each species enumerated. 
(2) “An afternoon among the Butterflies of Thursday Island,” by 
Gervase F’, Mathew, R.N., F.L.S. Mr. Mathew gives an account of a 
few hours ramble on Thursday Island, resulting in the capture of 48 
species of Diurnal Butterflies. He gives a detailed description of the 
larva of Ornithoptera pronomus. He also makes brief mention of the 
Flora and Physical Geography of the Island. 
