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Abstract Report of Council ae Fe ee se oe 
Election of Officers for 1880 He $$ S P 
Anniversary Address by the President, Dr. Rond zé Se zs 
On Neobalena marginata and Kogia breviceps. By Dr. Hector. .. ae 
Ona ~ of Chalk recently discovered near Oxford in Canterbury. By Dr. 
Hecto: 
On Moa ids By Dr. Hec us 
Further Contributions to the E ot New Zealand. By W. L. Buller, 
C.M.G., Sc.D. S. 
AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 
Address by the President, the Rev. Dr. Purchas s 
Notes on a Disease among Sheep in the Waikato District. By Major W. G. Mair 
On the Mound-builders of North America. By J. Adams, B.A.  .. =. 
Notes on the Growth of Trees on Clay Soils. By W. Atkins 
The possible Pacification of the World by means of a rational International 
Policy. By the Rev. S. Edgar 
The Distress in England: its Causes and iano’. By J. C. Firth. ae 
Note on Spiral Markings on Trenails. By the Rev. Dr. Purchas .. ‘ue 
Concerning Alcohol. By E. A. Mackechnie 
Notes on the Rise and Mn um of ene and the Fine Arts generally By 
Albin Martin 
The rdg ie En gl and: its Causes and Daa: being a Reply to Mr. 
irth’s paper on the same subject. By the Rev. S. E 
pis on the asian Horned Frog ( Phrynosoma xen a “By B. 8S. Booth. 
On Landscape Art in the Province of Auckland. By K. Watkins .. A 
Remarks on Lepidosiren and other Fishes. By T. F. Cheeseman .. så 
Abstract of Annual Report y > = a oe 
Election of Officers for 1880 A me 
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 
On a Universal Code of Signals. By C. W. Adams  .. ve 
On Musical Tones in the Notes of Australian Birds. By C. W. prem oe 
Notes upon the Height of Mount Cook. By C. W. Adams 4* rà 
Abstract of Annual Report i as x ee es 
Election of Officers for 1880 = 
Notes on Ceramic and Industrial Art Hooded. By Prof. von Haast ve 
OTAGO INSTITUTE. 
A Criticism of Herbert Spencer's ** First Principles." By the Rev. Prof. Salmond 
The Unseen Universe. By J. S. Webb x zx ue gn 
Socialism, an Appeal to First Principles. By the Rev. Dr. Roseby n 
The Diptera of New Zealand. By Professor Hutton~ .. oe ee 
On George Eliot’s Poems. By the Rev. J. Upton Davis ve an 
Description of a new Fish. By Professor Hutton . ee es 
Election of Officers for 1880 e. s ee T es 
Abstract of Annual Report ee .. n ae 
WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 
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