Index. 



747 



Moa-bones, Notes regarding the 



First Discovery of, 468 

 IMoa Gizzard-stones, 172 

 Moas of New Zealand, History and 



Classification of the, 93 

 Mollusca of New Zealand, 270, 279, 



283 

 Mollusca wrongly attributed to New 



Zealand, 281 

 Moth-destruction, G30, 699 

 Muscicapa grisola, 710 



N. 



Nelson, Note on Boulders at, 365 

 Nelson Philosophical Society, xix., 



723, 724, 739 

 Nephrite, On the Working of, by the 



Maoris, 479 

 Nesonetta auchlandica, 705 

 New Plants from Port Nicholson, 



423 

 New Zealand and South America, 



On the Ancient Relations be- 

 tween, 431 

 New Zealand Botany, Thoughts and 



Notes on, 400 

 New Zealand Institute, Governors 



of, xiii. 

 New Zealand Institute, History of, 



681 

 New Zealand Institute, Honorary 



Members of, 730 

 New Zealand Institute, Incorpo- 

 rated Societies of, xvi. 

 New Zealand Institute, Ordinary 



Members of, 731 

 New Zealand Institute : Report, 679 

 New Zealand Institute, Rules of, 



xiii. 

 New Zealand, The Native Dog of, 



540 

 New Zealand, Views of Old, 691 

 Ngauruhoe Volcano, 603 

 Nott, J. T., M.A., 305 



0. 



Orchids of Australia in New Zea- 

 land, 425 

 Otago, Foliated Rocks of, 359 

 Otago Institute, xvii., 712, 715, 736 



Park, J., F.G.S., 380, 384, 386 

 Parker, Professor T. J., F.R.S., 712, 



713, 714 

 Pasteur, Koch, and their Work, 706 

 Phillips, Coleman, 630 



Pinckney, Mr., 721 

 Plants, New, 887, 409, 429 

 Platyccrcus erythrotis, 190 

 Political Economy, The Rise and 



Development of, 715 

 Proceedings of Societies, 685 



R. 



Railway to Rotorua described, 591 

 Regalecus, On a Species of, 192 

 Reserves for Native Birds, 703 

 Rotorua, Geyser-action at, 579 

 Rotorua Railwaj^ and District, De- 

 scription of, 591 

 Ruahine Mountains : their Influence 

 on the Rainfall of Hawke's Bay, 

 721 

 Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe described, 

 603 



S. 



Salmon attacked by Cancer, 201 



Salmon caught at Aparima, 688 



Sand-dunes, On the Shifting of, 

 561, 690 



Scott, Professor, 201 



Seals of New Zealand, 198, 710 



Sea-bear, On the Anatomy of a, 

 198 



Sea-fishes, Notes on, 202 



Ships, The Stability of, 653 



Shrewsbury, Hugh, M.A., 366 



Silver, Occurrence of Native, at 

 Thames, 386 



Southland Institute, xviii. 



Spencer, Dr., 721 



Spiders, 220, 230, 253 



Stability of Ships, 653 



Status quo : An Explanation regard- 

 ing the First Discovery of Moa- 

 bones, 468 



Steamers, Description of Proposed 

 Appliance for Better Handling of, 

 641 



Stereo-chemistry, 697 



Stewart, J., C.E., 591 



St. John, The late Lieutenant- 

 Colonel, 478 



Stuart, Right Rev. Dr., 721 



Suter, H., 270, 279, 281, 283, 286 



Suter, Right Rev. Dr., 723 



Swordfish, Fossil, 713 



Thames, Occurrence of Native Silver 



at, 386 

 Thames, Occurrence of Native Zinc 



at Hape Creek, 384 



