Ninth Meeting, October 5, 1870.
Dr. Haast, F.R.S., President, in the chair.

The following new members were elected:—A. Lean and Lancelot Walker.

The Secretary laid on the table several donations of books, which were acknowledged with thanks.

It was agreed that the Committees on Lectureships and Grasses be requested to present their Reports at next meeting.

1. “On a New Species of Apteryx,” by Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S. (See Transactions.)

2. “On the Changes in the Nomenclature of the New Zealand Ferns,” by J. D. Enys. (See Transactions.)