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Art.XLIII. Phamogams : A Description of some Newly-discovered pages 

 Indigenous Plants; being a Further Contribu- 

 tion towards tbe making known the Botany of 

 New Zealand. By William Colenso . . . . 324-338 



XLIV. A List of Fungi recently detected and collected in 

 the Bush District, County of Hawke's Bay ; 

 being a Further Contribution to the Indigenous 

 Flora of New Zealand. By W. Colenso . . 338-340 



XLV. Memorandum of a few New Species of Hcpaticce 

 lately detected in the Seventy-mile Bush Dis- 

 trict, as determined by Dr. F. Stephani.of Berlin. 

 By W. Colenso . . . . . . . . 341-342 



III. — Geology. 



XLVI. Artesian-water Prospects at Wanganni. By H. Hill, 



B.A., F.G.S... .. .. .. .. 343-347 



XLVII. Artesian Wells, Wanganui, New Zealand. By 



H. Hill .. .. .. .. .'. 348-350 



XLVIII. Discovery of Artesian Water-supply, Puataniwha 



Plain. By H. Hill . . . . . . . . 350-353 



XLIX. On the Occurrence of Granite and Gneissic Bocks 

 in the King-country. By James Park, F.G.S., 

 Lecturer, Thames School of Mines . . . . 353-362 



L. The Earthquake of the 4th December, 1891 : Notes 



thereon. By George Hogben, M.A. .. .. 362-367 



LI. On an Olivine-andesite of Banks Peninsula. By 



R. Speight, M.A. , B.Sc. .. .. ..367-375 



LII. On a Diatom Deposit nearPakaraka, Bay of Islands, 



Auckland. By A. McKay, F.G.S. .. ..375-377 



IV. — Chemistry. 



LIII. On the Nature of Stinkstone (Anthraconite). By W. 



Skey .. .. .. .. .. 379-380 



LIV. Further Results obtained in support of my Theory as 

 to the Oxidation of Gold in presence of Air and 

 Water. By W. Skey .. .. ..381-384 



V. — Miscellaneous. 

 LV. Causes of Fire on Shipboard and Elsewhere. By J. C. 



Firth .. .. .. .. .. 385-395 



LVI. Maori Nomenclature. By T. H. Smith, formerly a 



Judge of the Native Land Court . . . . 395-412 



LVII. The Extinction of the Moa. By Edward Tregear, 



F.R.G.S., &c. .. .. .. .. 413-426 



LVIII. On a Maori Waiata. By R. C. Bruce, M.H.R. . . 426-428 

 LIX. Remarks on Dr. H. v. Jhering's Paper " On the 

 Ancient Relations between New Zealand and 

 South America." By Dr. Karl Mueller, of Halle, 

 Germany . . . . . . . . . . 428-434 



LX. The Effect of Deer on the New Zealand Bush : A 

 Plea for the Protection of our Forest Reserves. 

 By the Rev. P. Walsh . . . . . . 435-438 



LXI. Unwritten Literature. By R. Coupland Harding . . 439-448 

 LXII. Observations on Rainbows. By R. Coupland Harding 44S-449 

 LXIII. On Rainbows caused by Reflection in Still Water, 

 and on Elliptically-generated Rainbows. By 

 Major-General Schaw, C.B.,R.E. .. ..450-459 



LXIV. Sanitation and Ventilation as required in a Modern 



House. By Edward Withy .. .. .. 459-478 



