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Contents. 



Art. LXV. The Effect of Current Electricity upon Plant-growth, pages 

 By H. N. McLeod . . . . . . . . 479-482 



LXVI. Notes on some Bone Combs for dressing the Head of 



a Maori Chief, found in Otago. By A. Hamilton 4S3-4S6 

 LXVII. Notes on some Old Flax Mats found in Otago. By 



A.Hamilton.. .. .. .. .. 486-488 



LXVIII. On Two Bone Pendants found in the South Island of 



New Zealand. By A. Hamilton . . . . 489-491 



LXIX. Notes on Maori Necklaces. By A. Hamilton . . 491-495 



LXX. Discovery of Maori Implements at Takaka, Nelson. 



By R. I. Kingsley . . . . . . . . 494-495 



LXXI. Observations on Mr. T. White's Paper " On the 



Native Dog of New Zealand," Transactions of 



the New Zealand Institute, Vol. xxiv., Art. 57. 



By W. Colenso, F.R.S., P.L.S. (Lond.), &c. . . 495-503 



JjXXII. On Remains of the Moa in the Forest. By Taylor 



White .. .. .. .. .. 504-505 



LXXIII. After-images. By Miss K. Browning . . . . 50G-509 



LXXIV. Analogy between Light and Sound : Are they Con- 

 vertible ? By Miss Annette Wilson . . . . 510-514 



LXXV. National Melodies. By Miss Morrison . . . . 514-515 



LXXV1. Notes regarding Icebergs at the Chatham Islands. 



By A. Shand . . . . . . . . 516-517 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Twenty-fourth Annual Report, 1891-92 

 Accounts for 1891-92 



521-522 

 522 



PEOCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Notes'on a Kapu, or Carved Funnel, and a Kaea, or Maori War- 

 trumpet. By Sir W. Buller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. . . . . 527-528 



Notes on Exhibits . . . . . . . . • • • • 528 



Notes on an Albino Sparrow. By Sir W. Buller . . . . 532 



Remarks on Articles made of Taranaki Ironsand. By E. M. 



Smith, M.H.R. . . . . . . . . . . 532-533 



On the Antiquity of the Moa. By Captain G. Mair . . . . 534-535 



Note on the Occurrence of the Hedge-sparrow (Accentor modu- 



laris) in New Zealand. By Sir W. Buller . . . . 535 



Note on a White Tern (Gi/gis alba) from the Kermadec Islands. 



By Sir W. Buller . . . . . . . . . . 535 



Exhibit of Pottery and Nails found at Lyall's Bay. By J. Capper 537 



On the Blue-necked Crested Shag (Phalacrocorax nycthemerus) 



from Antipodes Island. By Sir W. Buller . . . . 537 



Remarks on Blights . . . . . . . . • . 539' 



On Acclimatised Salmon and Trout. By Sir J. Hector . . 539 



Notes on Guano from the Islands. By Sir J. Hector . . . . 541 



Notes on Supersulphate of Soda. By Sir J. Hector . . . . 542 



