



CONTENTS 



TRANSACTIONS. 



I. — Miscellaneous. pages 



Art. XII. Early Visits of the French to New Zealand. 



By Dr. Hocken, F.L.S. . . . . 137-153 



XIII. The Passing of the Maori : An Inquiry into 

 the Principal Causes of the Decay of the 

 Race. By Archdeacon Walsh . . . . 154-175 



XV. Maori Forest Lore : Being some Account of 

 Native Forest Lore and Woodcraft, as also 

 of many Myths, Rites, Customs, and Super- 

 stitions connected with the Flora and Fauna 

 of the Tuhoe or Ure-wera District : Part I. 

 By Elsdon Best . . . . . . 185-254 



XXXI. On Isogonal Transformations : Part II. By 



Evelyn G. Hogg, M.A. . . . . . . 333-339 



Right-sidedness. By Joshua Rutland '. . 339-340 



D'Urville's Exploration of 

 in 1827. Translated by S. 



XXXII 

 XL 



XLII. 

 XLVI. 



XLIX. 



Captain Dumont 



Tasman Bay 



Percy Smith, F.R.G.S... .. ..416-447 



Metre. By Johannes C. Andersen . . . . 466-485 



The Struggle for Foreign Trade. By H. W. 



Segar, M.A. . . . . . . . . 520-533 



A Preliminary Note of a Metaphysical Research. 



By Maurice W. Richmond, "B.Sc, LL.B. .. 538-540 



II. — Zoology. 



VII. Recent Observations on New Zealand Macro- 

 lepidoptera, including Descriptions of New 

 Species. By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S. . . 104-107 



VIII. Description of a New Ophiuroid. By H. Far- 



quhar . . . . . . . . 108 



IX. A Heteropterous Hemipteron of New Zealand. 



By G. W. Kirkaldy . . . . . . 109 



XVI. Additions to the New Zealand Molluscan 



Fauna. By W. H. Webster, B.A. . . 254-259 



XVII. The Bipolar Theory. By H. Farquhar . . 259-261 



XVIII. Notes on the Destruction of Kumaras from the 

 Friendly Islands (Tonga), caused by an 

 Imported Weevil, with Descriptions of the 

 Larva, Pupa, and Perfect- Insect, &c. By 

 Major T. Broun, F.R.E.S. . . . . 262-265 



XIX. Notice of the Occurrence of the Lesser Frigate- 

 bird (Fregata ariel) in the North Auckland 

 District. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. . . 265-266 



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