Conchology Section
Auckland Museum Institute

Membership
We welcome back Mr. Michael Hull, 15 Rongopai Street, Palmeston North. Ph. (06) 359 1487 - email mhull@inspire.net.nz

Lapel badges are now available at $6.50.

Next Meeting: Tuesday 13th April 7:30pm.
This will be held in the Ranfurly Room. Epsom Community Centre. 202 Gillies Ave. Please park at the rear of the Centre - entrance is via Kimberly Rd.
The family Cypraeidae will be our focus and feature this evening. Please bring along any cowrie shells you may have in your collection. Some members will share their interest in this well known world family. Any NZ only collectors may be fortunate in having 1 or 2 cowries that are rarely obtained in our waters. We will have books to support this shell family and can assure you this will be a night too hot to miss.
Door Prizes: there will be two lucky door prizes to be won.

May Meeting (Tue 11th May).
It is our plan to present ideas on how to manage and house your shell collection; catalogue/ticket your collection, tips on how to clean and present your shells; tips and information required to present a shell show exhibit. With the Shell Show planned for October we hope this will assist and inspire us all.

Shell Auction: Sat 29th May, Albany Hall.
This is getting closer. Contributors need to send or bring to Doug Snook on or before our April meeting a typed list of their lots so we can put together a complete schedule to go out with the next newsletter. So far the list looks rather interesting, we look forward to seeing you all at our first big meet of 2004.

The 5th New Zealand Shell Show
This will be held in Auckland on 15-17 October 2004. Information and a registration form is enclosed.

Field Trip to Burgess Island Moko Hinau Islands
Sunday 18th April.

Bits and pieces
Margaret Morley (Ph. 576 8323) would like your assistance on Saturday May 8th for a public field trip to Howick Beach. Meet at 2:30pm.

Poirieria
The Editors advise that the next issue of the journal will be published in April.
Editors Tony and Jenny Enderby, P.O Box 139 Leigh, require articles for future Poirieria issues. All queries: Ph. (09) 422 6127 or email: enderby@enderby.co.nz

Website
Our Website Officer is Peter Poortman (poortman@xtra.co.nz)
Conchology section web site http://nz_seashells.tripod.com

Library news
To borrow any of the Section's books please contact our Librarian Gladys Goulstone - address 38A Church Rd. Mangere Bridge, Auckland - ph. (09) 634 2823. Please contact Gladys regarding books on the list mailed Sept 2001 - she has extra copies of this.
Gladys will deliver book orders to the meeting. If you send her an A4 P.0. handy bag with $2.95 in stamps per book, she will mail the books. Please return books to Matapuna as soon as possible or to Gladys at the next meeting, or return them by mail.

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Subscriptions are due for 2004. Annual subscription is $20.
Please send to: The Treasurer, Conchology Section, Dr. N. Hudson, 4/20 Hayden St. Freemans Bay, Auckland 1, N.Z.

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