'^ TEANSACTIONS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF Tia'x. 



I 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1892 

 VOL. XXV. 



(Eighth of New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OP THE BOAKD OF 

 GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



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



Director 



Issued May, 1893 



WELLINGTON 



SAMUEL COSTALL, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



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