f-^V^ TEANSACTIONS 



AND 



PEOGEEDINGS 



OP THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1903 



VOL. XXXVI. 



(Nineteenth of New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHOBITY OF THE BOARD OF 

 GOVBRNOBS OF THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



A. HAMILTON 



Issued August, 1904 



WELLINGTON 



JOHN MAGKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



KEQAN, PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNEE, & CO., PATERNOSTER HOUSE, 

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



