Contents. 



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PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



On the Metallurgy of the Economic IMinerals. By J. B. Stansell 



Resolution regarding the late 5Ir. T. H. Potts 



On the Goldfields of New Zealand. By Professor Hutton 



Abstract of Annual Report and Accounts 



Election of Officers for 1889 . . 



The Restoration of Philosophy. By Professor Haslam 



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OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



On the Economic Position of New Zealand. By Professor J 



INIainwaring Brown 

 Additions to the IMuseum 



Plemarks on Election of Professor Parker as F.R.S. 

 On the Early History of Otago. By Dr. Hocken 

 On J\Iethods of mounting Animals. By Professor Parker 

 On the Conservation and Extension of the Amenities of Dunedin 



and its Neighbourhood. By Alexander Bathgate . . 

 On some Nepheline-bearing Rocks (Nepheline-Phonolites) from 



the Neighbourhood of Dunedin. By Professor L'lrich 

 On the Early History of Otago. By Dr. Hocken 

 Description of New Zealand Plants. By D. Petrie, M.A. 

 Descriptions of new Species of Nev.' Zealand Aranece. By P 



Goyen 

 On Gasteracantha ocellata. By P. Goyen 

 On Specimens of Birds mounted for the INIuseum. By Professor 



Parker 

 On a Specimen of Dinornis casuarinus. By Professor Parker 

 Abstract of Annual Report and Accounts 

 Election of Officers for 1889 . . 

 On an Ancient Cosmogony. By A. Wilson, M.A. 



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WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report and Accounts 

 Election of Officers 



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HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



Remarks on Exhibits 



The jNIoa and its Hunters. By L. Moore 



Pope, the English Poet. By W. Colenso, F.R.S. 



Exhibits of Specimens from the Kermadec Islands 



On Experiments in Fish-hatching. By ]\Ir. Balfour 



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NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Remarks on Exhibits 



The Royston Cave, Hertfordshire, its Historj-, Origin, and Use, 



by R. J. Kingsley 

 Abstract of Annual Report and Accounts 

 Election of Officers for 1889 

 On Germs, their Baneful and Beneficent Influence on the Human 



Organism. By the Bishop of Nelson 

 Remarks on Exhibits 



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