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AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Anniversary Address by the President. (Abstract) 



On a new Genus of Silphida. By Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. 



Our Water Supply. By Mr. Justice Gillies 



Descriptions of some new Species of Beetles of the Genus Sagola. By Captain 

 T. Broun 



The Law of Tolerance. By E. A. Mackechnie 



Comparative Philology and its relation to Polynesia. By Prof. T. G. Tucker 



New Species of Carabiihc. By Captain T. Broun .. 



A Visit to Lord Howe's Group, Central Polynesia. By G. H. Moore 



Psychological Investigations. By W. D. Campbell, F.G.S. . . 



New Species of Coleoptera. By Captain T. Broun 



The Spell of the Supernatural. By E. A. Mackechnie 



New Species of Coleoptera. By Captain T. Broun 



The Citizenship of Women. By Dr. Wallis 



The New Zealand Railways. By S. Vaile 



Abstract of Annual Beport 



Election of Officers for 1884 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OP CANTERBURY 



The Small Birds Question. By M. Murphy 



On the Artesian Water Supply of Christchurch. By G. Gray 



On the Economic Limit to the Use of Reservoirs. By E. Dobson 



Notes on the Fertilization of Red Clover. Ry J. B. Armstrong 



A Visit to the Central Alps of New Zealand. By Dr. R. von Lendenfeld 



The Germ Theory of Disease, with special reference to the Infectiveness of Con 

 sumption. By Dr. R. H. Bakewell 



On the Hot Winds of Canterbury. By F. Barkas 



Abstract of Annual Report 



Election of Officers for 1884 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 

 Embryos of Callorhynchus antarcticus described. By Dr. T. J. Parker 

 The Nationalization of Land. By F. R. Chapman . . 

 The Lower Harbour and Bar of Otago. By G. M. Barr, C.E 

 Skeleton of Porbeagle Shark exhibited. By Dr. Barker 

 Technical Education. By Prof. Mainwaring Brown 

 New Species of Coprosma. By D. Petrie 

 Abstract of Annual Report 

 Election of Officers for 1884 

 Science and Ordinary Knowledge. By A. Montgomery 



WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 

 Abstract of Annual Report 



HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 

 Election of Officers for 1883 

 Abstract of Annual Report for 1882 

 Contributions towards a better Knowledge of the Maori Race. Part V. On the 



Hawaiki of the Maoris and the Greenstone Legends. Division I, By 



W. Colenso, F.L.S. ..... 



The Indigenous Vegetable Products of the Country. By W. Colenso 



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