f v - TRANSACTIONS 



AND 



PBOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1894 



VOL. XXVII. 



(Tenth of New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OP THE BOARD OP 

 GOVERNORS OP THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S. 



Director 



Issued May, 1895 





WELLINGTON 



SAMUEL COSTALL, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



TRUBNER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, E.C. 



