Contents. 

 PEOCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Resolution regarding the late Hon. R. Pharazyn, M.L.C., and 

 the late Mr. C. R. Carter 



On the Brunner Mine Disaster. By Sir J. Hector 



List of Exhibits 



Exhibit of Drawings of Lejndoptera. By G. V. Hudson 



Notes on Moabones in Gold-drift. By Sir J. Hector . . 



Notes on the Vegetable Caterpillar. By C. Fitton. Communi- 

 cated by G. V. Hudson . . . . . . . . 608-609 



Nomination of Elector of Governors of the New Zealand Institute 610 



Nomination of Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute 610 



Congratulations to Mr. Tregear 



Election of a Governor of the New Zealand Institute . . 



Election of Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute 



Remarks on the Preservation of Ancient Maori Records. By 

 Sir J. Hector . . 



Remarks on a Specimen of Osmium-iridium from Parapara 

 By Sir J. Hector 



Note on a Rain of Blood in Australia. By Sir J. Hector 



Abstract of Annual Report . . 



Election of Officers for 1897 



On Volcanic and Seismic Phenomena. By H. C. Field 



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AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



On Fluorescence. By Professor F. D. Brown . . . . 616 

 Notice of the Occurrence of Diadema nerina in the Waikato. 



By S. T. Seddon . . . . . . . . . . 616-617 



On South Africa. By F. G. Ewington . . . . . . 617 



On Carlyle. By Professor C. W. Egerton . . . . . . 617 



The Narcissus : Its History, Varieties, and Cultivation. By 



Professor A. P. Thomas, F.L.S. . . . . . . . . 618 



A Month with the Maori. By Professor H. W. Segar . . .. 618 



On Anti-toxins. By Dr. S. Roberton .. .. .. 618 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 618-621 



Election of Officers for 1897 . . . . . . . . 621 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



List of Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 



The Historical Development of Domestic Art. By S. Hurst 



Seager, A.R.I.B.A. .. .. .. .. .. 622 



On the Sulphur in the Christchurch Gas. By Dr. W. P. Evans 623 



The French Miracle Plays. By Professor Michell-Clarke . . 623 

 The Behaviour of Solids under High Intensity of Stress. By 



Professor R. J. Scott, M.A. . . . . . . . . 623 



Water Filtration. By Dr. W. H. Symes . . . . . . 623 



The Improvement of Wild Flowers by Artificial Selection. By 



L. Cockayne . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 



Synonymic List of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By R. W. 



Fereday .. .. ,. .. .. .. 624 



Order in the Irregularity in the Periodic Law. By Professor 



Bickerton . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 



On the Cosmic Importance of Helium and other Light Gases. 



By Professor Bickerton . . . . . . . . 624 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 624-625 



Election of Officers for 1897 . . . . . . . . 625 



Presidential Address : On some Recent Progress in Biology. By 



Professor Dendy . . . , . . . . . . 625 



