By Ll. Powell, M.D. Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., President, in the chair. New member.—Rev. C. Turrell. 1. “On the Occurrence of Hœmatococcus sanguineus on the Wool of a dead Sheep,” by Swen Berggren, Ph.D.; communicated by the President. (Transactions, p. 369.) 2. “On Wolffia, the smallest flowering Plant known, discovered by Baron F. von Mueller in Mount Emu Creek, in Australia,” by L1. Powell, M.D. 3. “On the Occurrence of Lamna cornubica, the Porbeagle Shark, in New Zealand,” by Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S. (Transactions, p. 237.) The President remarked on a new method of preserving Lepidoptera, invented in Paris, and exhibited specimens. The President also exhibited some “Message-sticks” of the natives of Western Australia, presented to the museum by his Excellency Governor Weld.
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 7, 1874, Page 527
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