Contents. 



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APPENDIX. 



Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1872 ... 

 Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1872 

 Comparative Abstract for 1872 and Previous Years 

 Notes on tlie Weather during 1872 ... 



By Captain F. W. Hutton, 



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XXV — xxxiv 

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Lecture on the Formation of Mountains. 



F.as,, C.M.Z.S. ... 



On the Influence of Temperature on Infant Mortality. By Dr. Deck xxxv 



Observations on the Zodiacal Light, tending to show its Connection with the 



Sun's Motion in Space. By H. Skey ... ... xliii — xlvii 



Notes on the Zodiacal Light. By J. S. Webb ... ... xlvii — xlix 



On the Work of the Past Year in Astronomy and Celestial Physics. By 

 J. S. Webb 



List of Members 



1 — Iviii 

 lix — Ixv 



Preface 



Addenda et Errata ... ... 



Contents ... 



List of Plates 



Board of Grovernors of the. New Zealand Institute 



Abstracts of Pules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute ... 



List of Incorporated Societies 



List of Officers and Extracts from the Rules of Incorporated Societies 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate I. Hector. — Skulls of Clymenia obscura and Electra clancula ... 158 



11. ,, ^\v^& oi Delpliiniis for steri 3a\dL Clymenia nov(Jb-zealandke ... 158 



III. ,, Dolichodon layardii, lower jaw and tooth; Electra clancula; 



DelpJiinus forsteri ... ... .. 162 



IV. ,, Shnll oi Epiodon chatJiamiensis ... .. ... 166 



V. ,, Lower jaw and teeth of .£^. chathamiensis ... ... 166 



VI. ,, Tympanic bones — la. &b. Neohalcsna marginata ; 2. Euha- 



Icena australis ; 3a. & b. Megaptera novce-zealandim ; 

 4a. & b. Mesoplodon hnoxi ; 5a. &b. Berardius arnuxii 170 



VII. Hutton. — Scorpis hectori, Chilodactylus spectahilis, Mendosoma Uneata 262 



VIII. ,, Sebastes percoides, Scorpcena cruenta, Neptomenus hilineatus, 



Dltrema violacea ... . . ... ... 262 



IX. ,, Cyttiis traversi, Eleotris radiafa, Clinus ruhrum, Mugil 



cephalotus ^ ... ... .. ... 264 



X. ,, Ctenolahrus hioxi, Labrichthys bothryocosmus, L. psittacula 264 



XI. ,, Calloptilum punctatum, Ammotretis guntheri, Rhombusolea 



leporina .... ... ... ... 268 



XII. ,, RJiombosolea tapirina, Clupea sprattus var. anUpodum, 



Geotria chilensis, G. australis ... ... ... 271 



XV. ,, Lepidotrigla brachyoptera, Eleotris gobioides, Trypterygimn 



conipressum, Clinus Jlavescens, Photicthys argenteus, 

 Scopelus parviriianus ... ... ... 268 



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