viii. Contents. 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



PAGES. 



Seventeenth Annual Beport. . .. .. .. .. 407 — 408 



Accounts.. .. ., .. .. .. .. 408 



PEOCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Notice of an Ancient Maori Kite . . . . . . . . 411 



Notice of Helix hochstetteri .. .. .. .. 411 



Notice of an Auriferous Pinolite . . . . . . . . 411 



Notice of Occurrence of a Bonita and Turtle . . . . . . 411 



Old Books exhibited . . . . . . . . . . 411 



Notice of a Geological Collection from Kaikoura, made by Mr. 



McKay .. .. .. .. .. .. 411 



Portrait of Manihera exhibited, and remarks . . . . . . 411—412 



Presentation to Mr. John Buchanan, F.L.S. . . . . . . 412 



Suggestion as to Uniformity of Expression in the Transactions. 



By A. de B. Brandon . . . . . . . . . . 412 



Notice of a Trout caught in the Silverstream . . . . . . 413 



Nomination of Member to vote in election of Governors of N.Z. 



Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 



On the Coniferous Plants in the Botanic Gardens at Wellington. 



By J. Buchanan, F.L.S. .. .. .. .. 414 



Notice of a Trout caught in the Hutt Biver . . . . . . 414 



Notice of Fourcroya longceva . . . . . . . . . . 414 



Notice of Geological Collection from the Bounty and Antipodes 



Islands and Campbell Island . . . . . . . . 414 



Notes on an Ancient Map of New Zealand . . . . . . 414 



Abstract of Annual Beport . . . . . . . . . . 414 



Beport of the Microscopic Section . . . . . . . . 415 



Journey to Murimotu and Ascent of Buapehu. By J. Park . . 415 



Election of Officers for 1886 . . . . . . . . . . 415 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Anniversary Address by the President . . . . 416 — 419 



New Species of Carabidce By Captain T. Broun . . . . 419 



Objections to the Theory of Evolution. By J. Buchanan . . 41-9 



Notice of the Death of Mr. J. T. McKelvie . . . . . . 419 



The Sphyginograph. By J. Murray Moore, M.D. . . . . 420 



Prehistoric Weapons. By J. Martin, F.G.S. .. .. .. 420 



The Influence of the Means of Transit on the Social Condition of 



the People. By S. Vaile . . . . . . . . 420 



The Minerals of the Cape Colville Peninsula. By J. A. Pond . . 421 



Notice of Maori Carved House in the Museum . . . . 421 



Keference to a new Volcano in the Friendly Islands. By W. S. 



Lane.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 421 



The Survival of the Fittest. By E. A. Mackechnie . . . . 422—423 



Abstract of Beport for 1885 



Election of Officers for 1886 . . . . . . . . 423 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTEBBURY.. 



Letter from the Widow of Dr. von Hochstetter . . . . 424 



Lucretius. By Professor Haslam . . . . . . . . 424 



Buddha and his Philosophy. By G. Hogben . , , . , , 424 



