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Contents. 



II.- Botany. PAGES# 



Art.XXII. Notes on the Three Kings Islands. By T. F. Cheese- 

 man, F.L.S. .. .. .. .. 141—150 



XXIII. On the Flora of the Kermadec Islands ; with Notes on 



the Fauna. By T. F. Cheeseman . . . . 151—181 



XXIV. On the Naturalized Dodders and Broom-rapes of New 



Zealand. By T. Kirk . . . . . . 182—185 



XXV. Description of a new Species of Vncinia, Persoon. By 



D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S. . . . . . . 185—186 



XXVI. Kate of Growth of Transplanted Trees. By J. Baber, 



C.E. .. .. .. .. .. 186—187 



XXVn. On new Phasnogarnic Plants of New Zealand. By 



William Colenso, F.E.S., F.L.S., etc. .. ..188—211 



XXVIII. On newly-discovered and imperfectly-known Ferns of 

 New Zealand, with Critical Observations. By W. 

 Colenso .. .. .. .. .. 212—234 



XXIX. On new Indigenous Cryptogams, of the Orders Lyco- 



podiacece, Musci, and Hepaticce. By W. Colenso.. 234 — 254 

 XXX. Botanical Notes. By J. Buchanan, F.L.S. . . . . 255 



III. — Geology. 



XXXI. On some Kailway Cuttings in the Weka Pass. By Pro- 

 fessor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. . . . . . . 257—263 



XXXII. On the Greensands of the Waihao Forks. By Pro- 

 fessor F. W. Hutton . . . . . . . . 264—267 



XXXIII. On some Fossils lately obtained from the Cobden 



Limestone at Greymouth. By Professor F. W. 



Huttop .. .. .. .. .. 267—269 



XXXIV. On some ancient Ehyolites from the Mataura District. 



By Professor F. W. Hutton . . . . . . 269—271 



XXXV. On a Leucophyre from the Selwyn Gorge. By Pro- 

 fessor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S., and G. Gray, F.C.S., 

 Lecturer on Chemistry at the School of Agricul- 

 ture, Lincoln . . . . . . . . 271—274 



XXXVI. On the Oxford Chalk Deposit, Canterbury, New Zea- 

 land. By Henry Wilson, B.A. . . . . 274—276 



XXXVII. The Tarawera Eruption, 10th June, 1886 : a Criticism 

 of Professor Hutton's (and others') Explanations 

 of the Causes of the Eruption. By J. Hardcastle 277—282 

 XXXVIII. On the Artesian Well System of Hawke's Bay. By H. 



Hill, B.A., F.G.S. .. .. .. .. 282—293 



XXXIX. Pumice : its Geological Distribution on the East Coast 

 of the North Island of New Zealand, extending 

 from Tologa Bay (38° 20' S. lat.) to Cape Turn- 

 again (40° 30' S.). By H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. . . 293—306 

 XL. Notes on the Volcanic Rocks of the Taupo District and 

 King Country. By Professor A. P. W. Thomas, 

 M.A., F.L.S. .. .. .. .. 306—311 



XLI. Notes on the Hocks of the Kermadec Islands. By 

 A. P. W. Thomas, M.A., F.L.S., Professor of Natu- 

 ral Science in the Auckland University College . . 311 — 315 

 XLII. Notes on the Physiography and Geology of the King 



Country. By Laurence Cussen . . . . 316 — 332 



XLIII. Geological Notes on the Kermadec Group. By S. Percy 



Smith, F.R.G.S. .. .. .. ..333—344 



XLIV. Minerals at Nelson. By H. P. Washboume. . . . 344—352 



