CONTENTS. 



TEAKSACTIONS. 



I. — Miscellaneous . 



PAGES 



Art. I. The Mythology and Traditions of the Maori in New Zealand. By 



the Rev. J. F. H. Wohlers, of Euapuke, Southland ... 3 — 53 



II. Researches and Excavations carried on in and near the Moa-bone 

 Point Cave, Sumner Road, in the year 1872. By Julius Haast, 

 Ph.D., F.RS., President ... ... ... ... 54—85 



III. Notes on an ancient Native Burial Place near the Moa-bone Point, 



Sumner. By Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., Director of the 

 Canterbury Museum ... ... ... ... 86 — 91 



IV. Notes on the Moa-hunter Encampment at Shag Point, Otago. By 



Julius Haast, Ph. D., F.R.S., etc. ... ... ... 91—98 



V. On the Identity of the Moa-hunters with the present Maori Race. 



By Alexander McKay, of the Geological Survey Department . . . 98 — 105 



VI. On the Hot Winds of Canterbury. By Alexander McKay ...105-107 



VII. Observations regarding the Hot Winds of Canterbury and Hawke 



Bay. ByT. H. Cockbum-Hood, F.G.S. ... ...107—112 



VIII. Notes upon the probable Changes that have taken place in the 

 Physical Geography of New Zealand since the arrival of the 

 Maori. By T. H . Cockburn-Hood, F. G. S. ... ...112—120 



IX. Notes on Maori Traditions of the Moa. By J. W. Hamilton ... 121—122 



X. Description of the Moa Swamp at Hamilton. By B. S. Booth. 



Communicated by Captain Hutton ... ... ... 123 — 138 



XI. Notice of the Earnscleugh Cave. By Captain F. W. Hutton, 

 F.G.S. With Remarks on some of the more remarkable Moa 

 Remains found in it. By Professor Millen Coughtrey, M.D. ... 138—144 



XII. On the Discovery of a cut Stump of a Tree, giving Evidence of 

 the Existence of Man in New Zealand at or before the Volcanic 

 Era. By John Goodall ... ... ... ... 144—146 



XIII. Description of a Wreck found at the Haast River. From a Report 



to his Honour J. A. Bonar, Superintendent. By Thomas Turn- 

 bull, Chief Harbour-master of Westland. Communicated by 

 W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. .. ... ... ...146—148 



XIV. Notes on the reported Collision of Biela's Comet with the Earth's 



Atmosphere. By Henry Skey ... ... ... 148 — 149 



XV. On the Zodiacal Light, as seen in Southern Latitudes. By Henry 



Skey ... ... ... ... ... ... 150—152 



XVI. On a new Thermometer for Lecture Purposes. By A. W. Bicker- 

 ton, F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry in Canterbury College ... 152 — 154 



XVII. A Scheme of University and General Education. By A. W. 

 Bickerton, F.C.S., Associate Royal School of Mines and Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry in Canterbury College ... ... 154 — 164 



XVIII. On University Education. By the Rev. C. Frazer, M.A. ... 164—167 



