![Thumbnail: [Volume 3, 1870 page 53]](/journals/rsnz/images/rsnz_03/thumbnails/rsnz_03_00_0072_0053_ac_02.gif)
Third Meeting. May 4, 1870.
Dr. Haast, F.R.S., President, in the chair.
The following new members were elected: — Alex. Lean, Joseph Exall, and E. G. Griffiths.
The Ordnance Map of London and its environs, and a Map of the United States, were presented by Mr. Nottidge.
The Rev. James Wilson moved:—
“That a committee be appointed to take into consideration the subject of arboriculture, with a view to encourage the prosecution of the art according to the best methods and latest colonial experience; the committee to consist of His Honor the Superintendent, His Worship the Mayor, Messrs. W. Wilson, C. Davie, A. F. Armstrong, and the mover.”
The motion was seconded by Mr. Justice Gresson, supported by Dr. Haast, Mr. Davie, and others, and carried.
![Thumbnail: [Volume 3, 1870 page 54]](/journals/rsnz/images/rsnz_03/thumbnails/rsnz_03_00_0073_0054_ac_02.gif)
1. Dr. Powell read a paper “On a Venomous Spider, known to the Natives as Katipo.” (See Transactions.)
2. Mr. W. B. Bray read a paper “On the Currents, Temperature, and Saltness of the Ocean.”
Dr. Haast exhibited a cast of the egg of the Epiornis, and compared it with specimens of eggs of the kiwi, emu, ostrich, and black swan.