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ings, for of the whole colony I estimate that one-twentieth 

 came back to the laboratory — the old position of the hive. 

 On the other hand, I moved a hive similarly but opened it 

 after dark, and then next day no bees came back to the old 

 position of the hive, because, I suppose, when the first few 

 came out at daylight they did not fly off to work at once, but 

 took short flights round the hive and so recognised their new 

 location. 



Art. LX. — List of Papers on the Geology of Neio Zealand. 



By A. Hamilton. 



[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 18th March, 1903.] 



In this list of papers on subjects relating to the geology of 

 New Zealand I have endeavoured to bring together in a con- 

 venient form for reference the titles of the various reports, 

 papers, essays, and stray notes not only directly and purely 

 geological, but those which contain information on subjects 

 such as mining and mineralogy, petrography and palaeon- 

 tology, which must of necessity be considered by a practical 

 geologist. 



The chief store of information is, of course, the series of 

 reports by Sir James Hector, Director of the Geological Sur- 

 vey of New Zealand, from 1862 to date ; and it is hoped that, 

 failing an elaborate and costly index to these reports, such 

 as that published for the reports of the Geological Survey of 

 Canada, the present list, arranged under the names of the 

 various officers of the Survey and other writers, will have 

 some value to those in search of information on any par- 

 ticular district or subject. The other publications which 

 have been searched are the "Transactions of the New Zea- 

 land Institute," so far as published papers are concerned, 

 extracts having been made from the Proceedings in only a 

 few special cases, the " Quarterly Journal of the Geological 

 Society" of London, the "Geologist," and sundry other 

 publications in various parts of the world. 



In some subjects, such as earthquakes, gold and coal 

 mining, ironsand-w r orking, many additions could be made to 

 the fist by those specially interested. I am in hope, however, 

 that some one with leisure will not only greatly extend this 

 list, but will rearrange the entries under headings similar to 

 those in the annual " Geological Eecord," thereby making 

 reference more easv. 



