TRANSACTIONS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1904 

 VOL. XXXVII. 



(Twentieth of New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY' OF THE BOARD OF 

 GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



A. HAMILTON 



Issued June, 1905 



WELLINGTON 

 JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



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

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



