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Contents. 



Aet.LXVI. The Date of the Extinction of the Moa. By H. C. pages 

 Field .. .. .. .. .. 560-568 



LXVII. Note on a curious Maori Flute in the Collection of 

 the late Dr. Shortland. By Sir Walter L. BuUer, 

 K.C.M.G., F.R.S. .. .. .. .. 568-569 



LXVIII. Note on a Remaikable Maori Implement in the Hun- 

 terian Museum at Glasgow. By Sir Walter L. 

 Buller .. .. .. .. .. 570-572 



LXIX. The Story of Papaitonga ; or, A Page of Maori His- 

 tory. By Sir Walter L. Buller . . . . 572-584 



LXX. Te Kuri maori (the Dog of New Zealand) : A Reply 



to the Rev. W. Colenso. By Taylor White . . 585-600 

 LXXI. Spiders as Engineers. By Coleman Phillips . . 600-603 



LXXII. On a Common Vital Force. By Coleman Phillips . . 604-619 

 LXXIII. Public Ferneries : A Suggestion. By the Rev. Philip 



Walsh .. .. .. .. .. 619-623 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Twenty-fifth Annual Report .. .. ,. ..627-628 



Accounts for 1892-93 . . . . . . . . . . 628 



Memorandum regarding the New Zealand Institute : being an 



addition to the Annual Report presented 19th July, 1893 . . 629-631 



PEOCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Address by the President, Major-General Schaw, C.B., R.E. . . 635-649 

 Remarks on a Fiji Snake imported with Bananas. By Sir J. 



Hector .. .. .. .. .. .. 650 



Remarks on a Tame Kea. By A. McKay . . . . . . 652 



On Peripatus iiova-zealandicc . By Sir J. Hector . . . . 653 



On Ossiferous Clay found at Queen Charlotte Souud. By E. 



Tregear . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 



Remarks on Aptcryx maxima. By E. O'H. Canavan . . . . 654-655 



Exhibits described . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 



Description of Rock-paintings at Albury. By F. Huddleston . , 657-658 



On Mental Operations in Sleep. By R. C. Harding* . . . . 658-659 



Exhibit of Minerals from Cheviot. By Sir J. Hector . . . . 659 



Note on Phytomyza affmis, Fallen. By W. M. Maskell . . 663 



Exhibits collected by Sir J. Hector in Tasmania . . . . 665 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 665 



Electionof Officers for 1894.. .. .. .. '. . 665 



* See also pages 687-688. 



