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Resolutions regarding the Sumner Cave Exploration 



Election of Officers for 1875 



Abstract Report of the Council ... 



Protest by Dr. Haast against Minutes of the Board of Governors of the New 



Zealand Institute ... ... ... ... ... 534 



Further Resolutions regarding the Sumner Cave Exploration 



Extract from the Minutes of a Meeting of the Board of Governors of the New 



Zealand Institute, held 21st Dec, 1874... ... ... ... 533 



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OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



tarks on a Paper by G. Thomson on the Naturalized Plants of Ofcago. By 

 T. Kirk, F.L.S. ... 



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Notes on rare Ferns. By P. Thomson 



Letter from Dr. Gray containing Notes on a Finner Whale 



On some common Causes of Consumption in Otago. 



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By Robert H. 



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Bakewell, 



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Notes on the Moa. By W. H. S . Roberts ... 



Comparison of the Marine Mollusca of South Australia with those of New 

 Zealand. By W. Beddnal. Communicated by Captain Hutton 



Communication from the Superintendent of Otago with regard to the Phila- 

 delphia Exhibition 

 Annual Report 



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Anniversary A ddress by the President, J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S.... 



Election of Officers for IS 75 



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NELSON ASSOCIATION. 



Election of Officers for 1875 



Notice of a Whale. By the Bishop of Nelson 



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Sixth Annual Report by the Board of Governors 

 Accounts of the New Zealand Institute 



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APPENDIX. 



Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1874 



Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1874 



Comx^arative Abstract for 1874 and previous years 



Notes on the Weather during 1874 



Notes on the word "Mm" in the Poetry of the New Zealanders. By 

 the Rev. James W. Stack 



Abstract of Meteorological Observations, taken at Delanasau, Bay of 

 Islands, Bua, Fiji, for the year ending 31st Dec, 1873. By R. L 

 Holmes, F.M.S. 



Observations on the Growth and Reproduction of the red Corpuscles of 

 the Blood. By Robert H. Bakewell, M.D. Commui ' ' " 



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Induction and Necessary Truth. By the Rev. R. Kidd, LL 

 On Probability (Part I.). By the Rev. R. Kidd 

 What is Science ? By the Rev. R. Kidd 

 Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute 



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