﻿5dS 
  Proceedings. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Moa 
  (Dlnoniis, 
  sp.)," 
  by 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  part 
  I. 
  of 
  the 
  author's 
  paper 
  on 
  that 
  extinct 
  genus, 
  comprising 
  (1) 
  the 
  

   original 
  paper 
  ■written 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  1811-42, 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  " 
  The 
  Tasmanian 
  Journal 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  Science," 
  Vol. 
  II., 
  and 
  (2) 
  illustrative 
  notes. 
  

  

  Several 
  very 
  fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  Bones 
  of 
  the 
  Moa 
  from 
  Poverty 
  Bay, 
  in 
  excellent 
  

   preservation, 
  were 
  also 
  exhibited, 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  discussion 
  followed. 
  

  

  Third 
  Meeting. 
  8th 
  Juhj, 
  1878. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  severity 
  of 
  the 
  weather, 
  very 
  few 
  members 
  were 
  present, 
  and 
  so 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  was 
  adjourned 
  for 
  a 
  week. 
  

  

  FouETH 
  Meeting. 
  15th 
  July, 
  1878. 
  

  

  There 
  being 
  but 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  members 
  present 
  no 
  papers 
  were 
  read 
  ; 
  but 
  new 
  Scientific 
  

   Books, 
  Plates, 
  and 
  Specimens 
  were 
  examined. 
  

  

  Fifth 
  Meeting. 
  V2th 
  August, 
  1878. 
  

   T. 
  K. 
  Newton 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  1. 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Genus 
  Callorhynchus, 
  with 
  a 
  Description 
  of 
  an 
  

   undescribed 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Sjpecies," 
  by 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  {Tra?isactions, 
  

   p. 
  298.) 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  Contributions 
  towards 
  a 
  better 
  Knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Maori 
  Eace," 
  by 
  

   W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  {Transactions, 
  p. 
  77.) 
  

  

  This 
  paper 
  was 
  illustrated 
  by 
  many 
  ancient 
  Maori 
  specimens 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  plates 
  in 
  

   Cook's 
  Voyages 
  (original 
  4to 
  edition), 
  by 
  plates 
  in 
  Parkinson's 
  Journal, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  

   sketches 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Colenso 
  when 
  travelling 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Island 
  

   in 
  1837-38. 
  

  

  Sixth 
  Meeting. 
  9th 
  September, 
  1878. 
  

  

  S. 
  Carnell 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  1. 
  "On 
  the 
  beneficial 
  Eaising 
  of 
  Trees 
  suited 
  for 
  Timber 
  and 
  Firewood," 
  

   by 
  F. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Sturm. 
  

  

  I 
  beg 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  few 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  a 
  most 
  necessary 
  

   article 
  of 
  daily 
  want, 
  that 
  is, 
  Firewood 
  and 
  Timber, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  this 
  

   part 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  at 
  least 
  will 
  feel 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years, 
  as 
  our 
  

   indigenous 
  forests, 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  easily 
  approachable, 
  are 
  rapidly 
  disappearing. 
  

   It 
  is 
  therefore 
  necessary 
  that 
  provision 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  guard 
  against 
  

   such 
  a 
  want 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  course 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  a 
  Government, 
  or 
  those 
  to 
  whom 
  

   the 
  management 
  of 
  a 
  State 
  is 
  entrusted, 
  to 
  provide 
  not 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  present, 
  

   but 
  likewise 
  for 
  future 
  generations' 
  wants. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  no 
  easy 
  task 
  for 
  the 
  

   present 
  Government 
  to 
  find 
  blocks 
  of 
  land 
  suitable, 
  and 
  of 
  easy 
  access, 
  near 
  

   the 
  centres 
  of 
  population 
  for 
  such 
  purposes, 
  as 
  nearly 
  all, 
  if 
  not 
  all 
  the 
  

   land 
  in 
  such 
  localities 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  private 
  parties 
  ; 
  if, 
  therefore, 
  

   our 
  large 
  land-owners 
  would 
  assist 
  the 
  Government, 
  and 
  set 
  aside 
  a 
  few 
  

  

  