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Contents. 



V. — Chemistby. pages 



Art. LXI. Note on the Analysis of a ]\Iineral Water from the 

 Otira Gorge. By George Gray, F.C.S., Lecturer 

 on Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Lincoln . . 495-497 



I. — Miscellaneous — continued. 



LXII. On the Korotangi, or Stone Bird. By Major Wilson 

 communicated by Edward Tregear, F.E.G.S. . . 



499-508 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Twenty-first Annual Report, 1888-89. 

 Accounts for 1888-89 



511-512 

 512 



PEOCEEDINGS 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Inaugural Address by the President, A. de B. Brandon, B.A. . . 515-518 

 On the Occurrence of Fluor-spur at the Baton Goldfields. By 



J. Park, F.G.S. . . . . . . • • • • 521 



Further Evidence re the Korotangi or Stone Bird . . . . 522-527 



Drawings of New Fishes exhibited . . . . . . • • 527 



On the Chinese Settlement in New Zealand and Australia. By 



Coleman Phillips . . . . • • • • • • 527-528 



Remarks on Fossil Plants of New Zealand. By Sir J. Hector . . 529 



Curious Growth of Potato . . . . . . • • • • 529 



Remarks on a Specimen of Gurnard [Trigla vancssa ?) . ■ 530 



On Adulteration in Drugs. By C. Hulke, F.G.S. . . . . 536 



Remarks on Curious Habits of a Spider. By C. Hulke . . 536 



Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet . . • • 536-537 



Resolution regarding Donation of Books by Mr. C. R. Carter to 



N.Z. Institute . . . . . . . . • • • • 537 



Election of Officers for 1890.. .. .. •• •• 537 



On some Maori Implements of Uncommon Design. By T. W. 



Kirk, F.R.M.S. .. .. .. •• •■ 539-540 



Skulls from Chatham Islands exhibited . . • • • • 540 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



On Alloys. By Professor F. D. Brown . . . . • • 541 



Notice of the Discovery of an Old Maori Wooden Comb on Great 



Barrier Island. By H. Winkelmann . . . . . . 541 



On New Zealand Fibres. By J. A. Pond . . . . . . 542 



On the Waitomo Caves. By T. Humphries . . . . . . 542 



The Story of the Waikato River. By Professor A. P. Thomas . . 542 

 The Life and Times of Hartley Coleridge. By E. A. Mac- 



kechnie . . • . • • • • • • • • 542 



