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Mountain railways, Steep-grade inclines on. R. Wilson . . . . 462 



Mount Cook glacier-motion. J. H. Baker . . . . . . 153 



Museums as a means of popular instruction, The improvement of. 



Report of Committee . . , . . . . . . . 538 



Music, A short history of vocal. G. F. Tendall . . . . . . 574 



National art as applied to the colony. Kenneth Watkins. . . . 423 



Naturalists, Systematic training of juvenile. A. F. Robin . . 194 

 Nepheline-bearing rocks in New Zealand, The occurrence of. Prof. 



G. H. F. Ulrich .. .. ., .. .. ..127 



New Zealand, Account of the earliest explorations in. T. M. 



Hocken . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 254 



New Zealand beaches. Drift-material of, and their effect on harbour- 

 works and rivers. C. Napier Bell . . . . . . . . 479 



New Zealand, Exploration of south-vyestern Otago . . . . 270 



New Zealand narrow-gauge railways: On working them with light 



traffic. J. P. Maxwell . , . . . . . . . . 450 



New Zealand, Occurrence of rare minerals in. J'. Park . . . . 150 



New Zealand, On the sanitary defence of. W. E. Hacon.. .. 408 



New Zealand, Origin and character of winds of. J. T. Meeson 72, 78, 593 



New Zealand, Progress of science in. Sir J. Hector . . . . 5 



Nomenclature in biology, Suggestions for securing greater uni- 

 formity of. Prof. T. J. Parker .. .. .. ..193 



Otago, Exploration of south-western. 'F. R. Chapman . . . . 270 



Oysters and oyster-culture in Australasia. W. Saville-Keut . . 551 



Partial dissociation, Possible causes of low temperatures of. Prof. 



A. W. Bickertou . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 



Physical science and its application. Advances in. Prof. Lyle .. 22 

 Polynesians, Notes on the geographical knowledge of the. S. Percy 



Smith .. .. .. .. .. .. ..280 



Polynesia, Old stories of. E. Tregear . . . . . . . . 351 



Rabbit-suppression in New Zealand. Coleman Phillips . . ... 194 

 Railway gauge as a factor in the profitable working of locomotive 



railways. E. Dobson .. .. .. .. .. 495 



Railways, Narrow-gauge : On working them with light traffic in New 



Zealand. J. P. Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . 450 



Railways, Steep-grade inclines on mountain. R. Wilson , . . . 462 



Rainfall and forest, The relation between. J. T. Meeson . . . . 310 



Registration of disease. I. de Zouche . . . . . . . . 407 



Reservoir-walls, Graphical method for the design of. R. W. Chapman 491 



Rust in wheat. Report of Committee . . . . . . . . 547 



Sanitary defence of New Zealand. W. E. Hacon .. .. 40S 



Sanitation among the people. The advancement of. Hon. A. Camp- 

 bell .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .395 



Sanitation in Sydney, House. W. 11. Cook . . . . . . 400 



Seismological phenomena in Australasia. Report of Committee . . 505 

 Sewerage question, On the, and the desirability of introducing the 



pneumatic system of Captain Liernur. B. Backhouse . . 408 



