1. "Note on the Discovery of Moa Remains at Awitu," by A. Mactier.

Abstract.

The remains in question, consisting of a pair of tibiæ and metatarsi, together with a few phalanges of the foot, were stated to have been found while deepening a drain running through a small swamp of about 200 acres in extent, situated immediately behind the sand-hills on the West Coast, and about six miles to the south of the entrance to the Manukau Harbour. The bones were embedded in a blue sandy clay, about six feet from the surface. The swamp was stated to have been partly drained by the Maoris at some remote period, for the lines of their old drains could still be traced in some places.

Mr. Cheeseman said that the bones appeared to be referable to Professor Owen's Dinornis giganteus.

2. “Notes on a Deposit in the Shaft of the Pumping Association, Grahamstown, Thames,” by G. Black. (Transactions, p. 456.)

A long discussion then ensued, in which Messrs Stewart, Goodall, J. B. Russell, and Dr. Purchas took part.