

TEANSACTIONS 



AND 



PEOCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1896 



VOL. XXIX. 



(Twelfth of New Series) 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OB" 

 GOVERNORS OP THE INSTITUTE 



BY 



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

 Director 



Issued Junk, 1897 



WELLINGTON 

 JOHN. MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



KEQAN, PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNEK, & CO., PATERNOSTER HOUSE, 

 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON 



