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  Proceedings. 
  

  

  Cryptomeria 
  japonica, 
  29 
  inches 
  in 
  circumference, 
  or 
  9 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  ; 
  24 
  feet 
  high 
  ; 
  7 
  years 
  old. 
  

  

  Wellinrjtonia 
  gigantea, 
  30 
  feet 
  in 
  circumference, 
  or 
  10 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  ; 
  

   16 
  feet 
  high 
  ; 
  4 
  years 
  old. 
  

  

  Eucalyptus 
  globulus, 
  Blue 
  Gum, 
  3 
  feet 
  10 
  inches 
  in 
  circumference, 
  or 
  1 
  

   foot 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  ; 
  about 
  60 
  feet 
  high 
  ; 
  6 
  years 
  old. 
  

  

  Platanus 
  orientalis, 
  Plane, 
  21 
  inches 
  in 
  circumference, 
  or 
  7 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  ; 
  3 
  years 
  10 
  months 
  old. 
  

  

  Poplus 
  dilatata, 
  or 
  Lomhardy 
  Poplar, 
  3 
  feet 
  7 
  inches 
  in 
  circumference, 
  

   or 
  1 
  foot 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  ; 
  about 
  50 
  feet 
  high 
  ; 
  9 
  years 
  old. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  two 
  sorts 
  were 
  grown 
  out 
  of 
  cuttings. 
  In 
  the 
  measurement 
  of 
  

   the 
  various 
  trees 
  I 
  have 
  omitted 
  fractions. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Ignorance 
  of 
  the 
  Ancient 
  New 
  Zealanders 
  of 
  the 
  Use 
  of 
  

   Projectile 
  Weapons," 
  by 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  {Transactions, 
  p. 
  106.) 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sturm 
  remarked 
  that 
  he 
  personally 
  knew 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  introduction 
  in 
  (the 
  East 
  

   Coast 
  of) 
  New 
  Zealand 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  toy-arrow 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Phillips 
  in 
  his 
  paper, 
  

   which 
  took 
  place 
  at 
  Poverty 
  Bay 
  in 
  1850, 
  where 
  Mr. 
  Sturm 
  was 
  then 
  (and 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  

   previous) 
  a 
  resident. 
  In 
  that 
  year 
  a 
  young 
  man, 
  " 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  great 
  voyager 
  and 
  

   traveller, 
  and 
  who 
  spoke 
  several 
  languages," 
  Joined 
  Captain 
  Harris' 
  whaling 
  station 
  party 
  

   in 
  Poverty 
  Bay, 
  and 
  he 
  first 
  made 
  there 
  this 
  toy-arrow 
  for 
  the 
  Maori 
  lads, 
  and 
  taught 
  

   them 
  its 
  use 
  — 
  as 
  a 
  plaything. 
  The 
  idle 
  Maoris 
  took 
  to 
  the 
  novelty 
  (as 
  they 
  mostly 
  do) 
  

   and 
  made 
  many. 
  Mr. 
  Sturm 
  had 
  not 
  yet 
  seen 
  Mr. 
  Phillips' 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  toy-arrow, 
  

   but 
  fully 
  described 
  the 
  same 
  and 
  its 
  manner 
  of 
  use, 
  offering, 
  indeed, 
  to 
  make 
  some 
  of 
  

   .them, 
  and 
  his 
  whole 
  account 
  closely 
  agreed 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Phillips, 
  

   with 
  one 
  exception, 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Stm'm 
  never 
  knew 
  of 
  any 
  set 
  7nark 
  having 
  been 
  struck 
  

   by 
  it. 
  

  

  8. 
  " 
  Further 
  Notes* 
  on 
  Banais 
  berenice." 
  In 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  

   C. 
  Sturm 
  to 
  the 
  Honorary 
  Secretary, 
  Hawke 
  Bay 
  Philosophical 
  Institute. 
  

   (Transactions, 
  p. 
  805.) 
  

  

  Seventh 
  Meeting. 
  14i/i 
  October, 
  1878. 
  

   The 
  Eight 
  Eev. 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Waiapu, 
  Vice-president, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  1. 
  "Memoranda 
  of 
  a 
  Journey 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  succeeded 
  in 
  crossing 
  the 
  

   Buahine 
  Mountain 
  Eange, 
  with 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  local 
  Botany 
  and 
  Topography 
  

   of 
  that 
  District," 
  (Part 
  11.) 
  by 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close. 
  Dr. 
  Spencer 
  proposed, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Smith 
  seconded, 
  a 
  unanimous 
  vote 
  

   of 
  thanks 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Colenso 
  for 
  his 
  very 
  interesting 
  paper, 
  which 
  was 
  also 
  earnestly 
  

   supported 
  by 
  the 
  Eight 
  Eev. 
  Chairman, 
  and 
  warmly 
  accorded 
  hy 
  the 
  meeting, 
  with 
  a 
  

   further 
  particular 
  wish, 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  should 
  be 
  recorded. 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  On 
  certain 
  New 
  Zealand 
  and 
  Australian 
  Barks 
  useful 
  for 
  Tanning 
  

   Purposes," 
  by 
  J. 
  A. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  Trans. 
  N.Z.I.. 
  Vol. 
  X., 
  p. 
  276. 
  

  

  