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'^TRANSACTIONS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS 



OP THB 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1900 



VOL. XXXIII. 



(Sixteenth op New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OP THE BOARD OP 

 GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



SIE JAMES HECTOE, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.B.S. 



Director 



Issued July, 1901 



WELLINGTON 



JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



KEGAN, PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER, & CO., PATERNOSTER HOUSE, 

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



