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Contents. 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



On Microbes : Inaugural Address by tbe Vice-president, Dr. Moore 



Science in Cricket. By Neil Heath . . 



Numismatics. By Mr. Lund 



Account of the Waitomo Caves. By T. Humphries 



On Metre in Poetry. By Dr. Innes . . 



On Submarine Telegraphy. By Mr. Cook 



On Weight. By Dr. Lucas.. 



On Coins. By Mr. Lund 



On a Radiant Phenomenon. By the Rev. W. 



F.L.S. 

 On the Power of Attraction on the Earth's Surface. By Mr. 



Lessong 

 On the Native Dog of New Zealand. By Taylor White 

 On the Maori Dog and the Dog Philological. By Taylor White 

 Was the Original Dog of the Aryans of a White Colour ? By 



Taylor White 

 On Submarine Telegraph Cables. By Charles J. Cooke 

 Abstract of Annual Report 



Colenso, F.R.S., 



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NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Election of President . . . . . . . . . . 566 



Resolution regarding resignation of the late President, Bishop 



Suter . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 566 



Exhibits described. . .. .. .. .. .. 566 



List of presentations . . . . . . . . . . 567 



Criticism on Mr. E. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian Comparative 



Dictionary. (Part I.) By A. S. Atkinson . . . . 567 



On Islam. By the Rev. W. St. Clair Tisdall . . . . . . 567 



Criticism on Mr. E. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian Comparative 



Dictionary. (Part II.) By A. S. Atkinson . . . . 567 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 567 



Election of Officers for 1893.. .. .. .. ..567-568 



Criticism on Mr. E. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian Comparative 



Dictionary. (Part III.) By A. S. Atkinson . . . . 568 



APPENDIX. 



Meteorological Statistics for 1892 



Notes on the Weather in 1892 



Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1892 



Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute 



Ordinary Members of the New Zealand Institute 



Institutions and Persons to whom this Volume is presented 



Index 



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Contents .. 



List of Plates 



Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute 



Abstracts of Rules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute 



Roll of Incorporated Societies 



Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rule 



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