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ASD 



PEOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1899 



VOL. XXXII. 



Fifteenth of New Sekies) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE ' AUTHOBITY OF THE BOARD OS" 

 GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S. 



DiKECTOK 



Issued June, 1900 



WELLINGTON 

 JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



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

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



