Contents. ix. 



PAGES. 



River Terraces. By Professor F. W. Hutton . . . . . . 424 



Thought Transference. By R. M. Laing, M.A. . . . . 425 



The Stone Age in Europe. By Professor F. W. Hutton . . 425 



Annual Report 



Election of Officers for 1886 . . . . • • • • 426 



The Role af Phosphorus in Nature. By the President. . . . 426 



Moas and Moa-hunters. By Professor J. von Haast, C.M.G., 



Ph.D., F.R.S... .. •• .. •• -. 426 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Protest against the Exportation of Tuataras . . . . . . 427 



On the Preparation of Vegetable Tissues. By G. M. Thomson 



and Professor Parker . . . . . . . . . . 427 



On Explosives. By Professor Scott . . . . . . . . 427 



Description of a new Species of Accena. By D. Petrie, M.A. . . 428 

 On Inebriety, and the Duty of the State with regard to Inebriates. 



By Dr. de Zouche . . . . . . • • • • 428 



Resolution regarding the Publication of a new Handbook of the 



Phanerogamic Flora of New Zealand . . . . . . 428 



On the Preparation of Sections of Bones and Teeth. By Dr. 



Liudo Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . 428 



On the Preparation of Rock Sections. By Professor Ulrich . . 428 



Notice of Trout from Lake Wakatipu. By Professor Parker . . 428 



On the Early History of New Zealand. By Dr. Hocken . . 428 

 Regarding Evolution the Previous Question of Science. By Rev. 



Dr. Macgregor . . . . . . . . . . 429 



Notice of Exhibits for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. By 



Professor Parker . . . . . . . . . . 429 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 429 



Election of Officers for 1886 . . . . . . . . 429 



Abstract of Address by the Retiring President . . .. .. 429—431 



WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 482 



Election of Officers for 1885-86 . . . . . . . . 432 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



On the Rev. J. Pearson's Method of Computing Solar Eclipses and 



Occultations. By J. Harding . . . . . . . . 433 



Notice of Neobalcena nuirginata, Stenorhynchus leptonyx, Hammer 



Shark, and Fossils from Takapau . . . . . . 433 



On the Solar Eclipse. By T. Tanner . . . . . 433 



On the Solar Eclipse. By R. C. Harding . . . . . . 433 



Notices of Phasma, Epiodon, Balmnoptera rostrata, Coronula 



balcenaris, and Conchoderma aurita . . . . .. 433 



On the various Legends and Stories current among the Maoris 



relating to the Sea and Sea Monsters. By W. Calenso, F.L.S. 134 



Notice of a Flying-Fish, and of Fossils from the Upper Mohaka. . 434 

 On the Early Discovery of Moa Bones in New Zealand, and their 



Identification. By Mr. Hamilton . . . . . . 434 



Notice of Moa Bones from the North Island. By W. Colenso, 



F.L.S. .. .. .. .. .. .. 434 



On some other Extinct Birds, more particularly the Dodo and tne 



Great Auk . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 



On the Study of Natural History. By Mr. Hamilton . . . . 435 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 435 



Election of Officers for 1886 . . . . . . . . . . 435 



