Contents. vii. 



PAGES. 



Art. Llli. Description of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty. By E. C. Gold- 

 Smith .. .. .. .. .. .. 417—427 



LIV. On the Establishment of a Grand Hotel and Sanatorium in the 



Botorua District. By James Stewart, M. Inst. C.E. . . 427 — 435 



LV. Cat's Eye Bay. By Donald Sutherland . . . . . . 435—436 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 

 Sixteenth Annual Eeport of the Board of Governors . . . . . . 439 — 440 



PEOCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Address by the President, Dr. Buller, C.M.G., F.E.S. (abstract) . . . . 443—446 



On a Deposit of Ironstone at Kawakawa, Bay of Islands. By A. McKay . . 446 



On the Geology of Kawhia Harbour and the Mokau Country. By Dr. Hector 447 



On the Suitability of New Zealand White Pine when creosoted for Bailway 



Sleepers. By Dr. Hector .' . . . . . . . . . . . 447 



Notes on an Excursion to the Islands of Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, etc. By J. C. 



Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 



On a Peculiar Form of Gold in Quartz. By Dr. Hector . . . . . . 447 



List of Plants injured by Frost, at Taita, near Wellington. By T. Mason . . 447—448 



Beview of a Paper on the Moa by A. de Quatrefages. By W. M. Maskell . . 448 



Notes on Identity of Minerals from the Wade and Makara. By Dr. Hector . . 448 



On the Kea or Mountain Parrot. By A. McKay (abstract) . . . . . . 449 



On Floating Breakwaters. By E. A. Gibbon . . . . . . . . 449 



Abstract of Eeport for 1884 . . . . . . . . . . ... 449—450 



Election of Officers for 1885 . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 



On Australian Cave Paintings . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 



Eemarks on new New Zealand Birds. By Dr. Buller (abstract) . . . . 450 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Anniversary Address by the President (abstract) . . . . . . . . 451 — 452 



Notes on a Bird called Malau. By the Eev. S. W. Baker (abstract) . . . . 452 



A Decade of new Feroniidm. By Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. . . . . 452 



New Species of PselaphicUz. By Captain Broun . . . . . . . . 453 



The Curse of Charity. By E. A. Mackechnie (abstract) .. .. .. 453—454 



Observations on Geyser Eruptions and Terrace Formations. Part I. By J. 



Martin, F.G.S. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 454 



Buddhism and its Evolution Theories. Part I. By J. Murray Moore, M.D. . . 454 



Geyser Eruptions and Terrace Formations. Part II. By J. Martin, F.G.S. . . 454 



New Species of Goleoptera. By Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. . . . . . . 454 



Buddhism and its Evolution Theories. Part II. By J. Murray Moore, M.D. . . 454 



A successful Litigant. By E. A. Mackechnie . . . . . . . . 455 



Notes on the Fertilization of certain New Zealand Plants. By T. F. Cheeseman, 



" F.L.S 455 



On re-naming New Zealand. By W. H. Blyth . . . . . . . . 455 



Abstract of Eeport for 1884 . . . . . . . . . . . . 455—456 



Election of Officers for 1885 . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTEEBUEY. 



On Earthquakes. By Professor Hutton. . . . . . . . . . . 457 



Technical Education. By D. Blair. . . . . . . . . . . 457 



The Diamond Fields of South Africa. By Professor Hutton . . < . 457 



