Election of Professor Parker on Council

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 13, 1880, Unnumbered Page

The President announced that Professor Parker had been elected to the vacant seat on the Council, in place of Mr. J. S. Webb, resigned. 1. “On the Flora of Stewart Island,” by D. Petrie, M.A. (Transactions, p. 328.) Mr. Geo. M. Thomson corroborated most of the statements made by the writer of the paper as to the barrenness of the soil over large tracts of country at the head of Paterson Inlet and round Port Pegasus. He also pointed out the fact that several of the recently discovered plants from the Island were allied to forms occurring in the mountains of Tasmania. Mr. R. Gillies challenged the opinion that the Island was unsuited for agricultural settlement; he considered that it was well suited for small holders, and would yet carry a considerable population, when its fisheries were properly developed. 2. “On Donatia novœ-zœlandiœ, with a revision of the New Zealand Stylidœ,” by Geo. M. Thomson, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 289.) 3. “On New New Zealand Plants,” by Dr. Berggren, taken from the “Journal of Botany,” communicated by the Hon. Secretary. (Transactions, p. 290.)