Report of Society's Meetings. 175 
dian Pinnipedia, Cetacea, Fishes, &c. ; Speech on Public Education in 
New Zealand ; Handbook of New Zealand, with Maps and Plates, (3 
copies) ; New Zealand Court ; Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibits, 
(2 copies); New Zealand, a Field for Emigration; Appendix to the 
Statistics of New Zealand for the year 1884 ; Digest of Information 
on the Growth of Rhea, (2 doz. copies) ; On Rhea- Ramie — China 
Grass, (4 copies) ; Special Catalogue of Exhibits, by the Government 
of India and Private Exhibitors ; Handbook to Fiji and Catalogue of 
the Exhibits ; Newcastle upon Tyne, Mining, Engineering, and Indus- 
trial, &c. ; West Shore ; The Farmer's Advocate. 
Meeting held Jth April.— Henry Kirke, M.A., B.C.L., 
President, in the Chair. 
There were 1 7 members present. 
Ele&ions.— Members : Wm. Aitcheson, Rev. T. B. 
Angold, Rev. W. Lavender. 
Associates : James Winter, W. S. Hunter, 
Kinsell Joseph, D. C. Eraser, E. A. Burgess. 
Mr. B. Howell Jones, who regretted his absence from 
the previous meeting, asked permission to add a few 
remarks on the subjefl of fruit shipments. Soon after 
his first return to the colony, in conjunftion with the 
late Mr. F. O. Luckie, Ice Contractor, he attempted to 
establish a trade in the shipment of limes from this colony 
to America, having a large number of full bearing lime 
trees at Pin. Hope on the East Coast. They tried expe- 
riments in the various modes suggested for packing the 
fruit, viz., wrapped in paper, in well ventilated barrels, 
in dry earth, salt, and sawdust, but by far the greatest 
measure of success was obtained by shipping them in 
I old beer casks full of brine. However, the venture did 
not result in financial success, the net amount of profits 
