CONTENTS. ' VU 



Section E.— Geogeaphy. 



PAGES 



Address by G. S. Griffiths, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., President of the 



Section .. .. .. .. .. 232-250 



1. Antarctic Exploration. By C. W. Purnell . . . . 250-254 



2. Some Account of the Earliest Explorations in New Zealand. 



By Dr. T. M. Hocken . . . . . . . . 254-270 



3. The Exploration of South-western Otago. By F. R. Chap- 



man .. .. .. .. .. .. 270-271 



4. Some Notes on the Meteorology and Steam Routes of the 



Southern Oceans. By Captain Crutchley, R.N., F.R.G.S. 271-280 



5. Notes on the Geographical Knowledge of the Polynesians. By 



S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S. .. .. .. 280-310 



6. A Natural Method of teaching the Elements of Geography and 



Map-drawing. By Professor A. W. Bickerton . . . . 310 



7. On the Relation between Rainfall and Forest. By J. T. 



Meeson, B.A., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law 310-323 



Section F. — Economic and Social Science. , 



Address by the Hon. G. W. Cotton, M.L.C., South Australia, Pre- 

 sident of the Section, on " A State Bank of Issue the only 

 Solution of the Domestic-currency Question " . . 324-341 



1. Australian Political Achievements and Aspirations. By E. 



Nesbit.. .. .. .. .. .. ..341 



2. A Plea for Woman's Rights. By ]\Iary A. Clark . . . . 341 



Section G. — Anthropology. 



Address by A. W. Howitt, F.G.S., President of the Section 342-351 



1. Old Stories of Polynesia. By E. Tregear, F.R.G.S. . . 351-353 



2. Graphic Symbols. By R. Coupland Harding . . 358-359 



3. A Chapter from Maori Mythology. By John White . . 359-364 



4. A Song from Maugaia, Hervey Group, South Pacific. By the 



Rev. William Wyatt Gill, LL.D. . . . . . . 364-366 



5. Notes on " Maori Literature." By the Rev. James W. Stack, 



Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 360-394 



Section H. — Sanitary Science and Hygiene. 



Address by the Hon. Allan Campbell, M.D., M.L.C., Adelaide, 

 President of the Section, on " The Advancement of Sanita- 

 tion among the People " '.. .. .. 395-399 



1. House Sanitation in Sydney. By W. E. Cook, M.C.E. Melb. 400-401 



2. Remarks on the Christchurch District in connection with its 



Drainage and the Disposal of the Sewage. By Courtney Ned- 

 will, M.D., and Edwin Cuthbert, M.Inst.C.E., Engineer to 

 the Christchurch Drainage Board . . . . 401-407 



3. On the Registration of Disease. By Isaiah de Zouche, M.D. 407-408 



4. On the Sanitary Defence of New Zealand. By W. E. Hacon, 



L.R.C.P. Lond. . . . . . . . , . . 408 



5. Demography of South Australia. By Thomas Borthwick, 



M.B.Ed. .. .. .. .. .. ..408 



