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Contents. 



PAGES 



Remarks on Cork grown at the Hutt. By Dr. Hector . . . . . . 528 



Remarks on the Rev. Mr. Green's Ascent of Mount Cook. By Dr. Hector . . 528 



Abstract of Report for 1882 . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 



Election of Officers for 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Additions to the Geodephaga of New Zealand. By Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. 530 



New Species of Pselaphida. By Captain T. Broun . . . . . . 530 



Notes on the Origin of Language. By H. G. Seth Smith . . . . . . 530 



On a Harmonograph, an Instrument for producing Harmonic Curves. By H. 



G. S. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 



New Genera and Species of Heteromera. By Captain T. Broun .. .. 530 



New Genera and Species of Curculionidce. By Captain T. Broun . . . . 531 



The University of New Zealand ; its History, Constitution, and Objects. By 



the Right Rev. W. G. Cowie, D.D. . . . . . . . . 531 



New Species of Coleoptera. By Captain T. Broun . . . . . . 531 



Shakspeare and Euphuism. By J. Murray Moore, M.D. . . . . . . 531 



New Species of Coleoptera. By Captain T. Broun . . . . . . 531 



The Visionary Faculty of Mind. By E. A. Mackechnie .. .. .. 531 



Imaginary Quantities. By H. G. Seth Smith . . . . ■ . . . . 532 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 



Election of Officers for 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



On Earthquake Phenomena. By J. D. Enys . . . . . . . . 533 



On Specimens from the Weka Pass Rock Paintings, showing Stalagmite. Bv 



Prof. F. W. Hutton . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 



Further Notes on the Rock Shelter of Weka Pass. By Prof. J. von Haast, F.R.S. 535 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 



Election of Officers for 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 



On the Early History of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. By Prof. 



J. von. Haast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Exhibition of Preparations preserved by the Glycerine Jelly Process. By Prof. 



T. J. Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 — 539 



Annual Address by the President . . . . . . . . . . 539 



Election of Officers for 1883 .. .. .. .'. .. .. 539 



WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report 

 Election of Officers for 1883 



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HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. 



Election of Officers for 1882 



Abstract of Report for 1881 



Address to the Memory of Dr. Darwin. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. 



On " Macaulay's New Zealander." By W. Colenso 



On some Teeth and Bones of a Mammal, found at Glenross 



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