TEANSAOTIONS 



PEOCEEDINGS I*Iubraryi 



OF THE . :^iM^^^S^ 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1893 



VOL. XXYI. 



(Ninth of New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OP THE BOARD OF 

 GOVERNORS OP THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



SIE JAMES HECTOE, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.E.S. 

 Director 



Issued May, 1894 



WELLINGTON 



SAMUEL COSTALL, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



TRUBNER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, E.G. 



