Official List of Analyses reported by William Skey. 



Coals and mineral oils 

 Metallic ores 



Special for gold and silver ores 

 Rocks and minerals 

 Waters (mineral, &c.) 



Miscellaneous (soils, manures, adulterations, Customs Depart 

 ment, Fiscal Department) 



12,416 



Of these analyses more than ten thousand were performed by Skey. 



The Report on the Mineral Exhibits in the New Zealand Exhibition, 

 1865 (Hector and Skey, Appendix, pp. 371-452) also contains a large 

 amount of chemical work of great value to the colony which was per- 

 formed by Skey. 



Papers contributed to the New Zealand Institute by William 



Skey. 



Absorption of Alkaloids by Silicates, V., 375. 



of Co r per, IV., 332. 

 Alkalinity of Carbonate of Lime, II., 150 ; IV., 323. 



of Salts and Minerals, IV., 325. 

 Alkalies, Solubility of, in Ether, VIII.. 338. 

 Allotropic Form of Zinc and Cobalt Sahs, XIII., 387. 

 Analogy of Cyanogen to Oxygen. VII., 379. 

 Anthraconite, or Stinkstone, XXV., 379. 



Approximate Composition of Winslow's Soothing-syrup, IX., 637. 

 Arseuic ai d Antimony, Absorption of, VIII. . 337. 

 Argentic Su'phide, Electric Deportment of, VIII., 345. 

 Auriferous Alloys by Wet Processes, V., 370. 

 Awaruite — New Mineral, XVIII., 401. 



Bismuth in Gold at the Owen River, XIX., 459 ; XX., 453. 



Cause of the Deposition of Camphor cowards Light, XII., 411. 

 Chromes, Artificial Preparation of, XXL, 359. 

 Crystalline Phosphates and Arseniates, II.. 146. 

 Coprosma Bark tested for Alkaloids, II., 152. 



Decomposition r f Argentic Oxide by Mercury, XII., 414. 



Desilvering Argentiferous Gold, I., 103 ; n.e. I., 47. 



Dimo'phism of Magnes a, XIII. , 389. 



Dr. Dudgeon's Experiments regarding the Temperature of the Breath, 



XIII., 437. 

 Electric Conductivity, New Forms of, XXIX., 581. 

 Electro capillary Theory, Fallacy of, XXI., 363. 

 Electro-motive Power of Metallic Sulphides, III., 232. 



and Electrolytic Phenomena, IV., 313. 



Order of Metals, VII I., 334. 

 Examination of Manganese-ores for Cobalt, X., 448. 

 Existence of Hydro-carbons in Fats and Oils, XI., 527. 



