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Rh to their condition at the time of the Maori invasion, would be found in a pamphlet, now very scarce, published by Dr. Dieffenbach, the naturalist to the New Zealand Company, about the year 1840.

2. "Notes on the Influence of Atmospheric Changes in the Hot Springs and Geysers in the Rotorua District," by Capt. Gilbert Mair. (Transactions, p. 27.)

3. Dr. Hector exhibited photographs of a reported Moa head, found near Tauranga, which proved to be the head of a Goosebeak Whale (Epiodon chathamensis), or a closely-allied species.

4. He also drew attention to a fine collection of stone implements from the Copenhagen Museum, which had been presented to the Colonial Museum by Captain Rowan, of Taranaki.

5. The President exhibited a species of Gordius, or Hair-worm, obtained by Capt. Mair in the Lake District.