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Contents. 



LXXI. Did the great Cook Strait Kivcr (low to the North-West or to the 

 South-East? By J. C. Crawford, F.G.S. 



Some further Proofs as to the ancient Cook Strait River, and the 

 Harhour of Wellington as a Freshwater Lake ; also, a Considera- 

 tion of the l)ato at which the Islands were united. By J. C. 

 Crawford 



LXXII. On the Wanganui Tertiaries. By C. W. Pumell 



LXXIII. Description of three new Tertiary Shells in the Otago Museum. 

 By Captain F. W . Hutton, F. G. S. , C. M. Z. S. 



LXXIV. Notes on the Microscopic Structure of certain Igneous Eocks sub- 

 mitted by the Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand. 

 By Richard Daintree, F.G.S., Agent-General for Queensland. 

 Communicated by Dr. Hector 



LXX V. Deep Sinking in the Lava Beds of Mount Eden. By J. C. Firth . . . 



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PROCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Anniversary Address of the President, Charles Knight, F.R.C.S. ... ... 467 — 487 



On Ergot in Rye Grass. By Dr. Hector, F.R.S. ... ... ...488—489 



Notice of Cera todus foster i, Krefft, or Barramunda, of the Queensland Rivers. 



By Dr. Hector ... ... ... ... ... ...490—491 



Account of Soundings taken by the "Challenger" Expedition. By Dr. 



Hector ... ... ... ... ... ... 491—492 



Notice of the New Zealand A vocet and Procc?/an*a ?esso?ii. By Dr. Hector ... 492 



On the Position of Sulphocyanogen among the Elements, with Notes upon the 

 Series of double Sulphocyanides discovered by the Author in 1868. By W. 

 Skey .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 502 



Memorandum on the Longitude of Wellington Observatory. By Captain 

 Nares, of H.M.S. "Challenger," with enclosing letter by Dr. Hector. 

 Communicated by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary ... ... 502 — 507 



On the Occurrence of Lepilcena preissii, Muell., and Carex chlorantliaf Br., in 



New Zealand. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. ... ... ... ... 508 



Abstract Report of Council for 1874 ... ... .. ...508—509 



Election of Officers for 1875 ... ... ... ... ... 509 



Notes on Hutton's Catalogue of the Marine MoUusca of New Zealand. By Dr. 



Ed. von Martens. Communicated by Dr. Hector ... ... ... 610 



'iH otc on li alius viodcstus. By W: L. Buller, Sc.D,, F.L.S. ... ... 511 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Anniversary Address. By T. Heale ... ... ... ... 513—519 



On Trees suitable for Streets and Avenues. By D. Hay ... ... 519 — 520 



On Street Planting. By R. W. Dyson ... ... ... 521 



'S oic on Danais Icrenke. By T. B. Gillies, M.H.R. ... ... ... 523—524 



1>1 oto on the llahiia oi Oeryfjoncjlavhrntris. By T. B. Gillies ... ... 524 



Abstract of Annual Report ... ... ... .. ... 525 



Election of Officers for 1875 ... ... ... ... ... 525 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 

 On Woljfia. By LI. Powell, M.D. ... ... ... ... 527 



Results of E.xcavations and Researches in and near the Moa-l)one Point 



Cave, Sumner Road (Tostscript). By Julius llaa.st, Ph.D., F.R.S. ... 628—530 



Explanation of some personal Remarks made in Mr. Potts' Paper on the Birds 



of New Zealand, part IV., Traus. N.Z. List. Vol. VL By Julius Haast 530—531 



