Contents. 



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PAGES 



On the Edge- Partington Album of Polynesian Ethnology. By 



A. Hamilton .. ., .. .. .. .. 438 



Exhibit of Hypertrophied Incisor Teeth of Rabbit, by 0. Smith 438 

 On the Anatomy and Egg of a Slick Insect. By Professor Ben- 

 ham .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 488 



On Jane Austen. By Miss Marchant . . . . . . 438 



On Witchcraft in Fiji. By Mr. Oarew .. .. .. 438 



Remarks ou Te Puohu's Raid. By P. R. Chapman . . . . 439 



On a Curious Pendant Ornament. By A. Hamilton . . . . 439 



On Maori Fish-hooks. By A. Hamilton . . . . . . 4.39 



Notes on New Species of Marine Algse. By Crosby Smith . . 439 

 On a Tasmanian Rock resembling Leucite Syenite Porphyry. 



By Professor Ulrich . . . . . . . . . . 439 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 440-441 



Election of Officers for 1900.. .. .. .. .. 441 



On Federation. By F. R. Chapman . . . . . . 441 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



On the Sun and the Moon, with a Descriptive Account of the late 

 Total Eclipse of the Sun. By the President 



On Hawke's Bay Fisheries. By W. Dinwiddie 



On Exploration. By J. Caughley 



On the Evidences of Darwinism. By W. Dinwiddie 



On Evolution. By H. Hill . . 



On Development by Creation as opposed to Development by 

 Evolution. By the President 



On Flowers in relation to Insects. By T. C. Moore, M.D 



Round the South Sea Islands. By Dr. Milne-Thomson 



Abstract of Annual Report . . 



Election of Officers for 1900. . 



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WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report . , 

 Election of Officers for 1900. 



445 

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NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Notes on the Instruments used in the Magnetic Survey of the 



New Zealand Coasts. By C. Coleridge Farr, B.Sc. .. 446 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 447 



Election of Officers for 1900 . . . . . . . . 447 



