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Barbados, our earliest tropical Colony. By the Hon. J. W. 



Fortescue . . . . . . . . . . . . 447—448 



On some deep-seated Fallacies. By W. W. Carlile, M.A. . . 448—449 



Notice of a Discovery of Illuminating Gas. By J. C. Crawford, 



F.G.S. .. .. .. .. .. .. 449 



On the Korotangi, or Stone Bird. By Major Wilson ; communi- 

 cated by Mr. Tregear . . . . . . . . . . 450 



On Bed Deer and their Ways. By the Hon. J. W. Fortescue . • 450 



On Earthquakes in New Zealand. By Sir J. Hector . . . . 450 — 452 



Probable Discovery of the Physical Causation of Gravitation. By 



T. Wakelin, B.A. .. .. .. .. .. 452 



On the Occurrence of Bismuthic Gold at the Owen Goldfields. By 



William Skey . . . . . . . . . . . . 453—454 



On the General Association of Grains of Gold with Native Copper. 



By William Skey . . . . . . . . . . 454 



On the Formation of Bismuthic Iodides of the Alkaloids. By 



William Skey . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 



Complimentary Resolution to the President, Dr. Hutchinson . . 455 



Annual Report and Accounts . . . . . . . . 455 — 456 



Election of Officers . . . . . . . . . . 456 



Some Moot Points in Mental Science. By W. W. Carlile, M.A. . . 456—457 

 On the Occurrence of Morchella esculenta. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. . . 457 



On the Hessian Fly. By W. M. Maskell, F.R.M.S. .. .. 457 



On Bladder Fluke in Rabbits. By Sir J. Hector . . . . 457 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Description of a Collection of Maori Articles bequeathed to the 



Museum by Mr. C. 0. Davis. By T. F. Cheeseman . . 458 



On two new Species of Metaglymma. By Captain T. Broun . . 458 



New Experiments on the Nature of Colour. By B. W.'Betts . . 45s 



Pauperizing the People. By E. A. Mackechnie .. .. 458 



The Extraction of Metals from their Ores. Ry Professor F. D. 



Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 



Notes on Hot Springs at Great Barrier Island. By C. P. Winkel- 



mann .. .. .. .. .. .. 459 



On the Nature of Government, with Special Reference to Property 



in Land. By J. Buchanan . . . . . . . . 459 



Foods and Beverages. By J. A. Pond . . . . . . 459 



New Genera and Species of Plant-eating Colcoptcva. By Captain 



T. Broun . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 



Personal Representation : a Modification of Hare's System. By 



Professor Aldis . . . . . . . . . . 459 



Brains and Character. By Dr. Bond . . . . . . 459 



New Species of S Up hidde. By Captain T. Broun .. .. 460 



On the Age of the Deposits in Kent's Cavern, as an Index of the 



Age of Ethnological and Zoological Remains. By the Rev. 



Mr. Tebbs 

 The Whence of the Maori. By W. H. Blyth. . 

 New Species of Pselaphidce. By Captain T. Broun 

 Abstract of Annual Report 

 Election of Officers for 1888. . 



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 460—461 

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PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



Election of a Councillor .. .. .. .. .. 462 



Note on two Volcanic Rocks from near Westport. By Professor 



F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. .. .. .. .. .. 462 



On Reason and Instinct. By the President . . . . . . 462 



