Contents, vii. 
IV.—MISCELLANEOUS. 
PAGES 
Arrt. LITI. Our Earliest Settlers. By R. C. Barstow .. 421—432 
LIV. Historical Traditions of the Tanpo and East. Coast Tribes. Bys 
Samuel Locke .. 483—459 
LV. The Origin of the dt: “By W. D. Casapball F.G. s. .. 459—460 
LVI. On as Saportas of pomy: Pe: D. Mert Hep of ca 
LVII. The Sues Featars of ie Barth s x Local Variations in p Force 
By T. B B.A. 
LVIII. iua nei ad the indie. e F. B 3. Hotelinsón, L. R. AR us . 461—472 
LIX. The Effects of School Life on Sight. By B. Schwartzbach, M.D. .. 472—477 
LX. On the Constitution of Comets. By the Rev. P. W. Fairclough .. 477—484 
LXI. Macquarie Island. By John H. —— M.D,E.SE  . .. 484—493 
LXII. Is New Zealand a healthy Count An Enquiry. By Alfred K 
Newman, M.B., M.R.C.P., vit) Statistics by F. W. Frankland.. . 493—510 
NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 
Fourteenth Annual Report of the Board of cibis i. ng . 513—514 
Accounts of the New Zealand Institute 1881—82 . 514 
Reports on Museum, Geologieal Survey, Pabiiestions, Libraries, Meteorology, 
Observatory, pe Laboratory . 514—520 
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PROCEEDINGS. x 
WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL pr 4 A 
Does Morality depend on Free Will? By the Rev. H. Vere White; : 593 
Notes on the Katipo, a Venomous Spider of New Zealand. By C. H. E 523 
On the Search for Concealed Coal in New Zealand. By J. C. Crawford, F.G. s. 523 
Manufacture of Granolithie Cement. By J.C. Crawford .. _ k 524 
On suitable Hedge Plants for New Zealand. By J. C. Crawford E ix 594 
On harvesting Crops independent of Weather. By J. C. Crawford .. +a 524 
On Ensilage. By J. C. Crawford ae v i v 524 
On Comet Seeking. By Mr. Tebbutt AA we 2 e 524 
On Weather, Health, and Forests in Mauritius. By Dr. Meldrum  .. si 524 
Occurrence of a Triple Meteor. By M. Chapman T vs 524 
Presentation of Awards for Wool shown by the Colony i in Tug nd .. 524 
On the es qug Gold Fields, and the Laws which eovem the Mec of the 
Gold. By S.H. Cox, F.Q. 525 
Ona Gack which Brille in 5 Ok: Straits. By J. W. * Median. T 525 
Exhibit of Pottery and Glassware 525 
On wes Decline of the Hawaiian Race an ni the dits fori of Disease pre- 
ent among them. By Dr. F. B. Hutchinson 526 
uh on some Bones ner discovered by Mr. H. T. Wharton i in Caves at 
Highfield, Canterbury. By Dr. Heoto 
Remarks on the Great Comet of 1882, By Di: iiis os s . 526—527 
Catch of Dajus forsteri and Retropinna osmeroides in the Hutt Dive: m 
On Ancient Seience. By the Rev. T. Le Menant des Chesnais 527 
Remarks upon Mr. Travers’ Paper on Sand-fixing. By J. C. Go. F.G. 8. 528 
anm eo a Trout caught by the Natives at Wanganui. By Messrs. Field and i 
