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IV. — Miscellaneous. 



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Art. Lin. Our Earliest Settlers. By R. C. Barstow . . . . . . 421—432 



LIV. Historical Traditions of the Taupo and East Coast Tribes. By 



Samuel Locke . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 — 459 



LV. The Origin of the Boomerang. By W. D. Campbell, F.G.S. . . 459—460 



LVI. On the Importance of Forestry. By D. McArthur, Inspector of 



Forests.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 461—463 



LVII. The Surface Features of the Earth and Local Variations in the Force 



of Gravity. By T. B. Wakelin, B.A. . . . . . . 463—467 



LVIII. Hawaii-nei and the Hawaiians. By F. B. Hutchinson, L.R.C.P. . . 467—472 



LIX. The Effects of School Life on Sight. By B. Schwartzbach, M.D. . - 472—477 



LX. On the Constitution of Comets. By the Rev. P. W. Fairclough . . 477—484 



LXI. Macquarie Island. By John H. Scott, M.D., F.R.S.E. . . . . 484—493 



LXII. Is New Zealand a healthy Country? An Enquiry. By Alfred K. 



Newman, M.B., M.R.C.P., with Statistics by F. W. Frankland. . 493—510 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Fourteenth Annual Report of the Board of Governors . . . . . . 513- 



Aceounts of the New Zealand Institute 1881 — 82 



Reports on Museum, Geological Survey, Publications, Libraries, Meteorology, 



Observatory, and Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . 514 — 520 



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PBOCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Does Morality depend on Free Will ? By the Rev. H. Vere White, M.A. 



Notes on the Katipo, a Venomous Spider of New Zealand. By C. H. Robson 



On the Search for Concealed Coal in New Zealand. By J. C. Crawford, F.G.S 



Manufacture of Granolithic Cement. By J. C. Crawford 



On suitable Hedge Plants for New Zealand. By J. C. Crawford 



On harvesting Crops independent of Weather. By J. C. Crawford . . 



On Ensilage. By J. C. Crawford 



On Comet Seeking. By Mr. Tebbutt 



On Weather, Health, and Forests in Mauritius. By Dr. Meldrum 



Occurrence of a Triple Meteor. By M. Chapman 



Presentation of Awards for Wool shown by the Colony in England . . 



On the Thames Gold Fields, and the Laws which govern the Distribution of the 

 Gold. By S. H. Cox, F.G.S. 



On a Waterspout which occurred in Cook Straits. By J. W. A. Marehant 



Exhibit of Pottery and Glassware 



On the Decline of the Hawaiian Race and the peculiar Forms of Disease pre 

 valent among them. By Dr. F. B. Hutchinson 



Remarks on some Bones lately discovered by Mr. H. T. Wharton in Caves at 

 Highfield, Canterbury. By Dr. Hector 



Remarks on the Great Comet of 1882. By Dr. Hector 



Catch of Dajus forsteri and Betropinna osmeroides in the Hutt River 



On Ancient Science. By the Rev. T. Le Menant des Chesnais 



Remarks upon Mr. Travers' Paper on Sand-fixing. By J. C. Crawford, F.G.S 



Remarks on a Trout caught by the Natives at Wanganui. By Messrs. Field and 

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