Contents. 



IX 



IV. CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. 



Transactions. 



Art. XXVIII. The Composition of some New Zealand Foodstuffs. By John pages 

 Malcolm, M.D., University of Otago . . . . . . 265-269 



XXIX. Montan Wax. By Theodore Rigg, M.Sc. . . . . . . 270-287 



XXX. The Chemistry of Bush Sickness. By B. C. Aston, F.C.S., 



F.I.C. .. .. .. .. .. .. 288-298 



XXXI. Note on the Composition of Nitric Acid. By H. T. M. Fathers 299-300 



XXXII. The Interaction of Iron with the Higher Fatty Acids. By 



Thomas H. Easterfield and Clara Millicent Taylor, M. A. . . 301-303 



Proceedings. 



The Action of Alkyl Iodides on Copper-oxide. By H. G. Denham, M.A., D.Sc, 



Ph.D. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Parti 29-30 



The Nature of Gamma Rays. By Professor T. H. Laby and P. W. Bur- 



bidge, B.Sc. . . . . . . . . . . . . Part I 30-31 



V. MISCELLANEOUS. 



Transactions. 



Art. XTX. Migrations of the Polynesians according to the Evidence of their 



Language. By Professor J. Macmillan Brown, M.A., LL.D. 189-193 



Proceedings. 

 Description of a Multiple- Rainbow. By G. L. Adkin (Abstract) .. Part III 85 



The Methods of Snaring Birds used by the Maoris, with Notes on a Bird 

 known to the Maoris as "Tiaka." By J. Drummond, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 (Abstract) . . . . . . . . . . . . Part III 87 



PROCEEDINGS. 



[Following p. 457.] 



Part I.— Issued 30th August, 1911. 

 II. — Issued 8th January, 1912. 

 III.— Issued 10th June, 1912. 



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