Contents. ix 
a 
APPENDIX. 
Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1872... ns Six xix 3st 
arthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1872 ia an xxi 
Comparative Abstract for 1872 and Previous Years Je : Hdi 
Notes on the Weather during 1872 ... xxiii—xxiv 
Lecture on the Formation of Motin By La F. W. Hutton, ; 
F.G.S,, C.M. Z.S. XXV—XXXİV 
On the Influence of A ERA on Tati Mortality. By Dr. De ck xxxv—xlii 
Observations = nf (Shia Light, tending to show its Connection with the 
Sun’s Motion in Spa By H. Skey a a xliii—xlvii 
Notes on the Sodien ys By J.S 1 Webb je xlvii—xlix 
On = Work of the Past Year in ge gems se üt Celestial Physics E 
J. S. Webb 1—Iviii 
List of Members me a P sae .. lix—lxv 
Preface... ree a de re ‘od iii 
Addenda et Errata FA as = st sts iv 
Contents ... ced pate m Ta Se v—ix 
List of Plates a ay ix—x 
Board of Governors of the New Zealand fae: ac i xi 
Abstracts of Rules and Statutes of the New Pisin Institute .., .. Xi—Xxiii 
List of Incorporated Societies ai xiv 
List of Officers and Extracts from the ‘Telia of ee oiin .. Xiv—xvi 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Puate I. Hector.—Skulls of Clymenia obscura and Electra clancula 158 
ay Skulls of Delphinus forsteri and Clymenia SPEE E SE 158 
HE sy Dolichodon aes owes jaw and tooth; Electra data: 
Delphinus fors 162 
IV. Sy Skull of Zpiodon a ae vas 5 ae 166 
y. ee Lower jaw and teeth of E. chathamiensis ; 166 
VI se 7 bones—la. &b. Neobalena ronan a ey A Euba- 
ena australis; 3a. & b. Megapte æ-zeala andiæ ; 
; 2 & b. Mesoplodon knoxi; 5a.& k pe ardius arnuxii 170 
VIL Hutton. —Scorpis hectori, Chilodactylus spectabilis, Mendosoma lineata 262 
VIII. ap Sebastes nae iA orgie: Ne oe SURON 
Dit 
262 
Ix. m Cyttus traversi, a radiata, Tuna ville Mugil 
cephalotu 264 
x. ji Ctenolabrus ka idivichthys awa, A mak 264 
PAR ra et ea T ingen Ammotretis lganda Smaart 
; 268 
XII. 5 Rhombosolea tapirina, lupe sprattus var. antipodum, 
eotria chilensis, G. australis 271 
XV. a Pen sate brachyoptera, n Poida, PORS 
ressum, Clinus flavescens, Photi Ton Te 
Scopelus parvimanus 268 
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