TKANSACTIONS 



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PEOGEEDINGS !■-.! library^ 



OP THE ^\ ' -.Q^ 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1899 



VOL. XXXII. 



Fifteenth of New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OP THE BOARD OP 

 GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



SIE JAMES HECTOE, K.O.M.G., M.D., F.E.S. 



DiKECTOK 



Issued June, 1900 



WELLINGTON 

 JOHN MACK AY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



KEGAN, PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNEK, & CO., PATERNOSTER HOUSE, 

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



