Contents. 



IS: 



On the Study of Shakespeare. By E. A. Mackechnie . . 

 On British Influence in South Africa. By C. P. Newconibe 

 Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet 

 Election of Officers for 1891 . . 



PAGES 



619 



GIO 



019-620 



620 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



A New Solution of Euclid I. 47. By Professor Bickerton . . 621 



Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet . . . . . . 62-3 



Election of Officers for 1891 . . . . . . . . . . 023-624 



Annual Address by the President, -J. T. lleeson, B. A. .. .. 624-625 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Arrangements for Meeting in Christchurch of the Australasian 



Association for the Promotion of Science . . . . ... 026 



Notes on the Etymology of the Word " Penguin." By Dr. Belcher 026 



On the Existence of the Cat in Ancient Italy. By Dr. Belcher. . 620 



Exhibit of Cast of yeobalcena marginata . . .. . . 626 



On the Geological Demonstration of the Glacial Extinction of the 



Moa. By the Rev. J. Christie . . . . . . . . 627 



On the Philosophy of David Hume. By Dr. Salmond . . . . 627 



On the Moa, and the Probable Cause of its Extinction. Bv Vin- 

 cent Pyke, M.H.R. . , . . . . . . ' . . 627 



On Two Species of Cumacea. By G. M. Thomson, F.L.S. . . 627 



On the Dramatic Works of Ibsen. By Dr. Belcher . . . . 623 



Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet. . .. .. 623 



Election of Officers for 1891 . . . . . . . . 623 



Remarks on the History of the Otago Institute. By D. Brent . . 628 



WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet 

 Election of Officers for 1891 . . 



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HAWKE'S BAY PHLLOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



Inaugural Address by the President, Dr. W. I. .Spencer, F.L.S. . . 630 



On Two Neck-ornaments or Pendants made of Bone (found iu 



Otago). By A. Hamilton . . . . . . . . 030 



Exhibits of Birds and Eggs from the Kermadec Islands . . 030 



On Health. By Robert C. Lamb . . . . . . . . 030 



On Fish-fungus. By Dr. Spencer . . . . . . . . 630 



On Useless or Injurious Instincts in Insects. B3- Dr. Moore . . 631 



On the Geological Descent of the Horse. By Dr. Spencer . . 631 



On Spiders and their Webs. By Dr. Spencer . . . . . . 631 



Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet . . . . 631-632 



Election of Officers for 1891 . . . . . . . . . . 632 



Observations on Crinum asiaticum and a large Star-fish . . 6-32 



NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Donations to the Museum . . 



Mount Cook and its Glaciers. Bv W. S. Curtis 



Alaska. By T. B. Huffam . . ' 



Abstract of Annual Report . , 



Election of Officers for 1891 . . 



Donations to the Museum exhibited . . 



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