Contents. 



XI 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



The State iu Relation to Public Health. By the President 



The Comic in Art. By W. Dinwiddle 



Exhibits. By H. Hill 



The Rivers of the Hawke's Bay Plains. By F. A. Tregelles 



The Geological History of the World. By T. Tanner . . 



A Graphic Method of determining the Azimuth Altitude and 



Hour Angle of a Star when at its Greatest Altitude. By 



C. E. Adams, B.Sc, P.I.A. 

 Phrenology. By W. Dinwiddle 

 Vaccination. By Dr. Leahy 



A Maori Earthwork Fortification, By Taylor White 

 A Maori Stronghold. By Taylor White 

 Are they Old Kumera-pits ? By Taylor White 

 Prehistoric Man and Evolution. By T. Tanner 

 Abstract of Annual Report . . 

 Election of Officers for 1899 



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WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report . , 

 Election of Officers for 1899. . 



751 

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NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Abstract of Annual Report . , 

 Election of Officers for 1899. . 



752 

 752 



APPENDIX. 



Meteorology of New Zealand — 



Comparative Abstract for 1898 and Previous Years 



Average Temperature of Seasons compared with those of the 



Previous Year 

 Remarks on the Weather during 1898 

 Earthquakes reported during 1898 



New Zealand Icstitiite, Honorary Members 



New Zealand Institute, Ordinary Members 



List of Institutions and Persons to whom this Volume is pre- 

 sented by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute 



Index 



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-777 



Corrigenda in Vol. xxx. . . . . . . . . Separate slip. 



Contents .. .. .. .. .. .. .. v.-xi. 



List of Plates .. .. .. .. .. ,.xiii.-xiv. 



Board of Governors and Officers of the New Zealand Institute . . xv. 



Abstracts of Rules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute . . xv.-xvii. 

 Roll of Incorporated Societies .. .. .. .. xviii. 



Officers of 

 Rules 



Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the 



xvni.-xxi. 



