

TRANSACTIONS 



AMD 



PEOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTlTliTE 



1898 



VOL. XXXI. 



(Fourteenth op New Sebies) 



EDITED AND PUBUSHBD UNDER THE AUTHORITy OF THE BOA.BD OF 

 GOVEENOBS OF THE INSTITOTB 



BY 



SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S. 



DiBECTOB 



ISBOBD JONE, 1899 



WELLINGTON 

 JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



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

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



