Contents. vii 



Art. XLV. Description of a New Genus of Graminctr. By pages 



T. Kirk, F.L.S. .. .. .. .. 497 



XLVI. Remarks on Paratrophis heterophylla, Bl. By 



T. Kirk . . . . . . . . . . 498-500 



XLVII. On Carmichaelia, Corallospartmm, Huttonella, and 



Notospartmm. By T. Kirk . . . . . . 501-509 



XLVIII. Notes on the Botany of the East Cape District. By 



T. Kirk . . . . . . . . . . 509-532 



XLIX. On the History of Botany in Otago. By T. Kirk . . 532-540 



IV. — Geology. 



L. The Moas of the North Island of New Zealand. By 

 Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the 

 Canterbury Museum . . .. .. .. 541-557 



LI. On the Leg-bones of Mcionornis from Glenmark. 



By Captain F. W. Hutton . . . . . . 557-560 



LII. On Two Moa- skulls in the Canterbury Museum. 



By Captain F. W. Hutton . . . . . . 561-564 



LIII. On Alterations in the Coast-line of the North Island 



of New Zealand. By C. F. Maxwell . . . . 564-567 



LIV. On Artesian Water Prospects in Poverty Bay and 



Gisborne. By H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. .. ..567-571 



LV. On a Volcanic-dust Shower in Napier. By H. Hill 571-572 



V. — Chemistry. 



LVI. On the Bromine Method of Estimating Sulphur in 



Gaseous Compounds. By Dr. W. P. Evans . . 573 



LVII. Refraction and Reflexion of a;-rays. By Dr. W. P. 



Evans .. .. .. .. .. 573-574 



LVIII. On the Position that Cyanogen holds in Relation to 

 the Simple Radicals, and its Inability to combine 

 directly with Silver or Gold. By William Skey, 

 Analyst to the Department of Mines . . . . 574-576 



LIX, Further Results showing that Free Cyanogen docs 

 not dissolve or even attack Gold. By William 

 Skey .. .. .. .. .. 576-58] 



LX. On the Conductivity of certain Substances hitherto 

 supposed to be Non-conducting for Voltaic Elec- 

 tricity. By William Skey . . . . . . 581-582 



LXI. On the Oxidation of Mercury in Air and Water; also 



of Iron in Alkaline Solution. By William Skey 582-588 

 LXII. Notes on some Experiments with Chemical Manures. 



By W. F. Worley . . . . . . . . 588-590 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Twenty-eighth Annual Report . . . . . . . . 593-595 



Accounts for 1895-96 . . . . . . . . . . 595 



