Contents. 



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Art. XLI. Note on the Wandering Albatros {Diomedea exiilans). 

 By Sir Walter Buller, K.C.M.G., D.Sc, F.R.S.. . 

 XLII. On the Assumed Hybridity between the Common 

 Fowl and the Woodhen {Ocydromus) . By James 

 Murie, M.D., LL.D., F.L.S. : communicated by 

 Sir W. Buller 

 XLIII. Parasitic C;^pc/)odaof New Zealand, with Descriptions 

 of New Species. By George M. Thomson, 

 F.L.S. 



PAGES 



340-342 



842-353 



353-37G 



III. — Geology. 



XLIV. On the Eelatives Ages of the New Zealand Coalfields. 



By Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. . . . . 377-387 



XLV. Note on the Geology of the Country about Lyell. 



By Professor F. W. Hutton . . . . . . 387-390 



XLVI. On the Conformable Relations of the Different Mem- 

 bers of the Waitemata Series. By James Park, 

 F.G.S. , Lecturer Thames School of Mines . . 391-399 

 XLVII. A Theory on the Formation of Gold into Specks and 



Nuggets. By H. P. Washbourne .. .. 400-405 



XLVIII. Origin of the Loess Deposit of the Timaru Plateau. 



By J. Hardcastle . . . . . . . . 406-414 



XLIX. On Certain Rare Minerals associated with the Tin-ore 

 of Stewart Island. By William Skey, Analyst 

 to the Geological Survey of New Zealand. With 

 Notes on their Mode of Occurrence, by Alex- 

 ander McKay . . . . . . . . 415-422 



L. Descriptive Geology of the District between Napier 

 and Ruapehu Mountain via Kuripapanga and 

 Erehwon. By H. Hill, B.A. . . . . . . 422-429 



LI. Artesian Wells : No. 2. By H. Hill, F.G.S. . . 429-438 



IV. — Botany. 



LII. Descriptions of New Native Plants. ■ By D. Petrie, 



M.A., F.L.S. 

 LIII. Description of a New Species of Cehnisia. By F. R. 



Chapman 

 LIV. On the Occurrence of a Variety of Mitrasacmc m.on- 

 tana, Hook, f., in New Zealand. By T. Kirk, 

 F.L.S. 

 LV. Description of a New Species of Chcnopodiimi — C. 



buclmnani. By T. Kirk 

 LVI. Notice of the Discovery of Asplenium japonicum, a 

 Fern new to the New Zealand Flora. By T. F. 

 Cheeseman, F.L.S., Curator of the Auckland 

 Museum . . 

 LVII. A Description of Two Newly-discovered Indigenous 

 Cryptogamic Plants. By \V. Colenso, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., &c... 

 LVIII. A Description of some Newly-discovered Indigenous 

 Cryptogamic Plants. By W. Colenso. . 

 LIX. A Description of some Newly-discovered Phsenogamic 

 Plants, being a Further Contribution towards 

 the making-known the Botany of New Zealand. 

 By W. Colenso 

 LX. Notes on some New Zealand Ferns. By A. 

 Hamilton . . 



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449-452 

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