TRANSACTIONS 



PEOCEEDINGS 



luj i L I 5 n A R Y 



/ 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1896 



VOL. XXIX. 



(Twelfth of New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHOKITY OF THE BOARD OF 

 GOVERNORS OP THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S. 



D I K E C T O E 



Issued June, 1897 



W E L L I N Cx T N 

 JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OB^FIOE 



.KEGAN, PAUL, TKENCH, TRUBNEK, & CO., PATEIiNOSTER HOUSE, 

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



