Election of Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 29, 1896, Page 612

It was notified that Major-General Schaw, C.B., R.E., a member of the Society, had been elected a Governor of the New Zealand Institute for the current year, and that Professor Horatio Hale, of Ontario* Unfortunately, news has been received that Professor Hale had actually died before the election was made, and it was, consequently, void; and Professor Langley has been elected instead. (nominated by the Society), together with Mr. Richard Lydekker, of the British Museum, had been elected honorary members of the New Zealand Institute. Papers.—1. “On some Tick-parasites of the Kiwi,” by W. M. Maskell. (Transactions, p. 290.) In answer to questions, the author stated that the genus of ticks which in other countries infested animals, as in Queensland and elsewhere, affected birds in New Zealand. There was, he thought, a chance of these ticks going on to cattle in this country. He did not think the Queensland tick would come here, as it seemed only to thrive in the tropics. The difference between ticks and insects was that the insect had six legs while the tick had eight. Sir James Hector pointed out the importance of such a paper as that read, which was one of the first attempts to deal scientifically with the tick-pest. The President also referred to the value of the investigations by Mr. Maskell. 2. “Further Notes on Coccids, with Description of New Species,” by W. M. Maskell. (Transactions, p. 293.) The President said it was gratifying to know that Mr. Maskell was still investigating these injurious insects; the work was most valuable, and entailed a great deal of labour and close application.