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AN 1 1 



uji LIBRAk 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THB: 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1898 



VOL. XXXI. 



(Fourteenth of New Series) 



KDITBD AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THK BOARD OI' 

 GOVBRNORS OF THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



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



Director 



Issued Junk, 1899 



WELLINGTON 



JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



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

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



