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Election of Officers for 1874 390 
On - m. De олы of р — Timber, with Suggestions for its Pueri 
On a 3 езе ко ‘By C. Rous Marten F. M.S — 
AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 
Abstract Report of the Council e. iue Ree ; a 393 
Election of Officers for 1873 <a 393 
Ex Address of the President, His Bur T. B. Gillies . 394 —399 
and Analysis = ns Water with which it is proposed to Supply 
P Shortland and Graham From the Colonial es Comm 
cated by His Honour the "Superintendent 399 
Remarks on Dr. Bastian's recent Work on the Se idus of Life. Бү. Heals 400—401 
On Cosmography. By J. Leith 401 
On Induction and Necessary Truth. ву the Rev. R. Kidd, В. р. = 402 
Remarks on Mr. Leith's Paper on Cosmography. Ву T. Heale 402 
Report on Pur oe of Stone from the Tokatea Tunnel. By Dr. — F.R. 8. 
Comm y His Honour the Superintendent . 402—404 
Abstract fot of ihe Council ies i m --» 405—406 . 
Election of Officers for 1874 ivi ^ s eve 406 
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 
_ Anniversary Address of the President, Henry J. Tancred x . 407—415 
On the Desirability of geri to the People of New корыр? Tut Are of 
round, assimilating to the Village Greens of England. F. E. Wright 415—416 
Résumé of the Characters of the Family Epeiride. By Ll. ir M.D. 417 
Note upon recently-described New Zealand Coleoptera. By C. M. Wakefield 417 
Further Notes on recently-described New Zealand Coleoptera. By С. М 
akefield Sis сз а z = 418 
Abstract Report of the Council ds © a as 418 
Election of Officers for 1874 Ў Т M “© 419 
Exhibition of a Skeleton of Aptornis ы Dr. Нас sse 419 
Anniversary Address of the President, Julius Haast, Ph.D., Е. R. S. ... 419—432 
OTAGO INSTITUTE. 
Remarks on the Whale Fishery in the South Seas 
A TT to et District, бек Peninsula, and а brief Deseription of 
me of its more prominent Nat Features. Ву Peter Thoms 
On i Skull of a Grampus killed by the Maoris at the Heads. By A. ps Purdie 435—486 
ger parce in New астан Ву W. Lauder Lindsay, T 
, Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst д a 
ы is 7 Sem for 1874 439—440 
a be o and nous of the Maori in N ew аш. = the Rov. 
440 
"ined bera of he President X iyi аа, F.R.G. 8. +» 440—446 
Maori Traditions in the Native E Lond e. Ву the Rev. F. H. Wohlers € 446 
On some Naturalized Plants of Otago. Ву G. M. Thomson  . ‚ 446—447 
Remarks on — eres by но Bw and Mr. Kirk. By 
Dr. S. Berggren 447 
Note on a Sea Trout caught in Otago Harbour. By — Е. УУ, Hutton, 
F.G.S. 447 
