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Contents. 



Description of the Extinct Gigantic Bird of Prey, Hokioi. By a Maori ; com- 

 municated by Sir G. Grey, K.C. B., Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst. ... 435 



Observations on tbe Comparative Anatomy of the Penguin. By F. J. Knox, 



L.E.aS.E. ... ... ... ... ... 436 



Further Notice of Bones of a Fossil Penguin [Palcteudyptes antarcticus, Huxley) 



By Dr. Hector ... .. ... ... ,. 438—439 



Notice of a Parrot-fish {Odax vittatus). By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. ... 439 



Abstract Report of Council for 1872 ... ... ...439—440 



Election of Office-bearers for 1873 .. ... ... ... 440 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report ... ... .. ... 441 — 442 



Election of Officers for 1872 ... .. ... ... 442 



Anniversary Address of the President, Theophilus Heale .. ... 442 — 449 



On the Occurrence of the Sprat and Anchovy at the Thames. By Captain 



Hutton, F.G.S. ... ... ... ... ... 449—450 



On the Occurrence of the Clover Dodder [Cuscuta trifolii) in the Waikato 



District. By Major W. G. Mair ... ... ...450—451 



On the Rate of Growth of Native Trees under Cultivation, By J. Baber, C.E. 451 — 452 



On the Cultivation of Native Trees. By D. Hay ... ... 452 — 455 



On Shells collected North of the Auckland Isthmus. By T. B. Gillies . . . 455 



On a New Mode of compiling Tables of Logarithms. By R. J. Pearce . . . 455 



On the Introduction of Trout to New Zealand, By T. B. Gillies ... 456 



On the Mud-fish {Neochanna apoda), being extracts from letters written by 



G. G. Fitzgerald and S. E. VoUams ; communicated by W. C. Roberts ... 456 — 457 



On a Remarkable Instance of Refraction of the Hakarimata and Taupiri* 



Ranges. By Maj or W. G . Mair ... ... . , / 457—458 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



Anniversary Address of the President, His Honour Mr. Justice Gresson ... 459 — 465 



On Darwin's Provisional Hypothesis of Pangenesis. By Dr. A. C. Barker ... 465 



Note on the Size and Weight of the Smallest Particles visible to the Highest 



Powers of the Microscope. By LI, Powell, M,D. ... ... 465 



On the Practical Uses of an Observatory. By W. M. Maskell ... ... 467 



Annual Report ... ... ... ... .., 467 — 468 



Election of Officers for 1873 ,., .,. ... ... 468 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report ... ... ... ... 469—470 



Election of Officers for year ending 30th June, 1873 ... ... 470 



Anniversary Address of the President, His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman . . . 470 — 480 



On a Fish of the genus Bovichthys, caught near Dunedin. By J. S. Webb ... 480 



On a Supposed Hybrid. By A. C. Purdie ... ... ...480 — 481 



On Recent Additions to the Museum. By A. C. Purdie ... ... 481 



Description of a Submarine Boat for Gold-mining under Water. By M. Villaine 481 



Remarks on Kiwis captured near Dunedin. By R. Gillies ... ... 482 



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NELSON ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE 



AND INDUSTRY. 

 On the Mineral Resources of Nelson Province. By J. Tatton ... ... 484 



Election of Officers for 1873 ... ... ... ... 485 



On the Cultivation of Sugar-beet in New Zealand. By T. Mackay, C.E. ... 485 — 487 



