4. Relics of the first New Zealand Printing Press, by R. Coupland Harding. (Transactions, p. 400.)

Mr. Harding said the late Rev. W. Colenso, of Hawke's Bay, had bequeathed to him a quantity of printing material. In going through the material he found two large “cases,” which still had type in them. These cases were the original ones which Mr. Colenso used when he first came to New Zealand. They were made in 1836, but were in excellent preservation. It was his (Mr. Harding's) wish, if the authorities were agreeable, to present the cases and sundry other relics of the first printing-office in New Zealand to the Colonial Museum.

Sir James Hector said that Mr. Harding's gift would be accepted for the Museum with great pleasure.