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Contents. 



PAOKS 



LXXI. Did the great Cook Strait River flow to the North-West or to the 



South-East? By J. C. Crawford, F. G. S. ... ...448—451 



Some further Proofs as to the ancient Cook Strait Eiver, and the 



Harbour of Wellington as a Freshwater Lake ; also, a Considera- . 



tion of the Date at which the Islands were united. By J. C. 

 Crawford ... ... ... ... ... 451 — 453 



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LXXII. On the Wanganui Tertiaries. By C. W. Purnell ... ... 453—457 



LXXIIL Descrintion of three new Tertiarv Sheila in the Otacm Mnsenm. 



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458 



LXXIV. Notes on the Microscopic Structure of certain Igneous Rocks sub- 

 mitted by the Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand. 

 By Richard Daintree, F.G.S., Agent-General for Queensland. 

 Communicated by Dr. Hector ' ... r .. ...458 — 460 



LXX V. Deep Sinking in the Lava Beds of Mount Eden. By J, C. Firth . . . 460— 4C4 



PROCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Anniversary 



... 467—487 



On Ergot in Rye Grass. By Dr. Hector, F .R. S . ... ... ... 488—489 



Notice of Ceratodus fosteri, Krefft, or Barramunda, of the Queensland Rivers. 



By Dr. Hector ... ... ... ... ... ...490—491 



Account of Soundings taken by the " Challenger " Expedition. By Dr. 



Hector ... ... ... ... ... ... 491—492 



Notice of the New Zealand Avocet and Procellaria hssoni. By Dr. Hector ... 492 



ihe Position of Sulphocyanogen among the Elements, with Notes upon the 



Series of double Sulphocyanides discovered by the Author in 1868. By W. 

 Skey .. 



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Memorandum on the Longitude of Wellington Observatory. By Captain 

 Nares, of H.M.S. "Challenger" with enclosing letter bv Dr. Hector. 



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... 502—507 



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Vn tiie Occurrence of Lepifayia preissii, J 

 New Zealand. By T. Kirk, F. L. S. 



Abstract Keport of Council for 1874 



Election of Officers for 1875 



Notes on Hutton's Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand. By Dr. 

 Ed. von Martens. Communicated by Dr. Hector ... 



Note on Rallus modestus. Bv W. L. Bulh 



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 511 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



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. 513—519 



Anniversary Address. By T. Heale 



On Trees suitable for Streets and Avenues. By D. Hay ... ... 519—520 



On Street Planting. By R. W. Dyson ... ... ..* ... 521 



Note on Danais berenice. By T. B. Gillies, M. H. R . . . . ... ... 523—524 



Note on the Habits of Gerygone flaviventris. By T. B. Gillies ... ... 524 



Abstract of Annual Report 

 Election of Officers for 1875 



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 525 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBU 



On WoWa. By LL 



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527 



Results of Excavations and Researches in and near the Moa-hone Point 



Cave, Sumner Road (Postscript). By Julius Haast, Ph. D. , F. R. S. ... 528—530 



EXP ^!^ 7 f m A P ei ?? n T i Remarks made in Mr. Potts' Paper on the Birds 



of *ew Zealand, part IV., Trans. N.Z. Inst. VoL VL By Julius Haast 530-531 



