December.

15.—Intimation published of return of a West Coast exploring party, and of the disappearance of Professor Wainwaring Brown, of the Otago University.

17.—Public meeting at Princess Theatre re Exhibition.

24.—Reported discovery of tin at Stewart's Island.

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27.—Final and ineffectual search for Professor Brown. Discovery of new lake and route to the Sounds.

30.—Visit of the Rev. Dr. James Macgregor, delegate of Presbyterian Church to Jubilee at Victoria.