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CONTENTS 



TEANSACTIONS. 



I. — Miscellaneous. pages 



Art. I. The Bird as the Labourer of Man. By W. T. L. 



Travers, F.L.S. .. .. .. ..1-11 



II. The Cultivation and Treatment of the Kumara by 



the Primitive Maoris. By Archdeacon Walsh .. 12-24 



III. Foot tracks of Captain Cook. By H. D. M. Haszard 24- 32 



IV. Following the Tracks of Captain Cook. By Russell 



Duncan .. .. .. .. .. 32- 45 



V. Food Products of Tuhoeland: being Notes on the 

 Food- supplies of Non-agricultural Tribes of the 

 Natives of New Zealand ; together with some 

 Account of various Customs, Supsrstitions, &c, 

 pertaining to Foods. By Elsdon Best . . . . 45-111 



VI. Notes on a Bone Pendant in the Form of a Lizard (?), 

 found on the Sandhills at Wainui ; and on some 

 other Bone Objects. By A. Hamilton .. .. 111-113 



VII. On a Stone Relic found at Orepuki, Southland. By 



A. Hamilton.. .. .. .. .. 113-116 



VIII. Remarks on the Trade and Public Debt of New Zea- 

 land. By H. W. Segar, M.A., Professor of Mathe- 

 matics, University College, Auckland . . . . 117-122 



IX. The Flood of Gold. By Professor H. W. Segar . . 122-139 

 X. Nature's Efforts at Sanitation. By R. H. Makgill, 



M.D., D.P.H. .. .. .. .. 139-152 



XI. Technical and Scientific Training. By H. Hill, B. A., 



F.G.S. .. .. .. .. .. 153-168 



XII. The Maoris To-day and To-morrow. By H. Hill . . 169-186 

 XIII. An Account of the Fiji Fire-walking Ceremony, or 

 Vilavilairevo, with a Probable Explanation of the 

 Mystery. By Robert Fulton, M.B., CM., Edin. 187-201 

 XIV. The Adjustment of Triangularis by Least Squares. 

 By C. E. Adams, B.Sc. (Honours), A. I. A., late 

 Engineering Entrance Scholar and Engineering 

 Exhibitioner, Canterbury College ; late Senior 

 Scholar in Physical Science, New Zealand Uni- 

 versity . . . . . . . . . . 201-208 



XV. The Travelled Goat: a Great Lexicographer, a Cele- 

 brated Painter, and a Distinguished Botanist. 

 By Taylor White .. .. .. .. 209-210 



XVI. The Horse : a Study in Philology. By Taylor White 211-219 

 XVII. The Fight against Tuberculosis in the Australian 

 Colonies and New Zealand. By John P. D. 

 Leahy, M.B., D.P.H... .. .. ..220-225 



XVIII. Malaria and Mosquitos. By Ernest Roberton, M.D. 225-239 

 XIX. Chips from an Ancient Maori Workshop. By Captain 



G. Mair, N.Z.C. .. .. .. ..240-242 



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