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Contents. 



SOUTHLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Eeport 



On Sound. By A. Ireland 



On the Geology of the Bluff District. By W. S. Hamilton 



On Optical Illusions. By G. Baker. . 



On Romance and Sensationalism. By Rev. H. Stoeker 



On Respiration. By D. Macpherson . . 



On Encrinites and Crinoids. By E. Webber 



On Blood, and the Circulation. By Dr. CIoss 



On Population. By A. Ireland 



Election of Officers for 1886. . 



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NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Abstract of Annual Report.. .. .. .. •• 437 



Election of Officers for 1885-86 .. .. .. •• 437 



A Rain Chart for the Year. By the Bishop of Nelson . . . . 437 



Nomination of a Member to vote for a Governor of the New 



Zealand Institute . . . . . . . . • • 437 



On Telegraphy. By J. C. Lockley . . . . . . • • 437 



Description of the Stalactite Caves at Collingwood. By J. S. 



Browning . . . . . . . . . • • • 437 



APPENDIX. 



Meteorological Statistics for 1885 



Notes on the Weather during 1885 



Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1885 



Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute 



Ordinary Members of the New Zealand Institute 



List of Institutions and Individuals to whom this Volume is 



presented 

 Alphabetical Index 



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Preface 



Contents 



List of Plates 



Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute 



Abstract of Rules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute 



List of Incorporated Societies 



Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rules 



