X Contents. 



NELSON PHILOSOPPIICAL SOCIETY. 



On tlie Snowy Owl {Nijctca scandiaca) and the Great Horned pages 



0\\\(BiLhovirgLnianus). By Dr. Coleman .. .. 555 



On the Difference of Temperature at the Surface of the Earth 



and above it. By Dr. Hudson . . . . . . . . 55() 



An Evening with the British Association. By tlie Bishop oi 



Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . 55G 



Abstract of Annual Report .. .. .. .. .. 55G-557 



Election of Officers for ISiJO. . . . . . . . . . 557 



Alaska and the Mammoth. Bv T. Blake-Huffam .. .. 557 



APPENDIX. 



Meteorological Statistics for ISS'.) 



Notes on the Weather for 18R0 



Rainfall Table for 18GG-80 . . 



Rainfall for 1889.. 



Earthquakes reported in New Zealand in 1889 



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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 5G2 

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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 



Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rules 



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xiii 

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 xvi-xix 



