viii. Contents. 



PAGES. 



LXV. Polynesian Folk-lore : " Hina's Voyage to the Sacred 



Isle." By E. Tregear, F.E.G.S. .. .. 486—504 



LXVI. Notes on Antigone, 2-6. By Francis Haslam, M.A., 

 Professor of Classics, Canterbury College, Christ- 

 church .. .. .. .. .. 504—506 



LXVn. A Note on Latin Place-Names. By Henry Belcher, 



LL.D., Eector of the High School, Otago (Boys).. 507—510 

 LXVIII. Transcendental Geometry : Remarks suggested by Mr. 

 Frankland's Paper, " The Non-Euclidian Geo- 

 metry Vindicated." By George Hogben, M.A. . . 510—515 



LXIX. On "The Whence of the Maori." By W. H. Blyth ..515—549 

 LXX. Notes on Blasting at Ahuriri Bluff, Napier, in connec- 

 tion with the Construction of the Breakwater. 

 By John Goodall, M. Inst. C.E. . . . . 549—552 



LXXI. The Aryo- Semitic Maori. By A. S. Atkinson ..552—576 



LXXII. Kahikatea as a Building Timber. By L. J. Bagnall 577—580 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Eighteenth Annual Report . . . . . . . . . , 583—585 



Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 



PROCEEDINGS 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Note on the Occultation of Jupiter and its Satellites, 16th April, 



1886, as observed at Petone, N.Z., by Dr. Hector . . . , 589 



Additional Information concerning the Eruption at Rotomahana. 



By Dr. Hector . . . . . . . . . . 690 



Fish Exhibited . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 



Note on the Prime Causes of the Phenomena of Earthquakes and 



Volcanoes. By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. . . . . . . 590 



On Tree Blight. By W. M. Maskell, F.R.M.S. .. .. 592 



Salmon-trout from Hutt River .. .. .. .. 592 



Earthquakes at Charleston . . . . . . . . . . 592 



Fossils from Otago . . . . . . . . . . 592 



On a Common Vital Force. By Coleman Phillips . . . . 592 



Additions to Museum . . . . . . . . . . 593 



Abstract of Report for 1886-87 . . . . . . . . 593 



Election of Office-bearers for 1887-88 . . . . . . 593 



New Method of UtiUzing Silk Cocoons. By F. W. Pennefather, 



LL.M. .. .. .. .. .. .. 594 



Geological Specimens exhibited . . . . . . . . 594 



On Trimorphism in Flowers of New Zealand Fuchsia. By T. Kirk, 



F.L.S. 594 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Anniversary Address. By the President .. .. .. 695 — 602 



On Primitive Property. By Dr. Posnett . . . . . . 602 



On Volcanic Dust. By Professor A. P. Thomas . . . . 602 



Journey to Rotomahana and Tarawera. By Professor Thomas . . 602 



