viii. Contents. 



PAGES. 



Election of Governor of New Zealand Institute . . . . . . 431 



On the Relation between the Pitch-stones and Quartz Porphyries of Mount 



Sumner District, Canterbury, By S. H. Cox, F.G.S. .. .. 432 



Abstract Eeport of Council . . . . . . . . . . 482 



Election of Officers for 1881 . . . . . . .... 483 



Address by the retiring President, M. Chapman . . , . . . 433 



Alpine Plants of Otago. By T. Buchanan, F.L.S. . . . . . . 484 



Notes on New Zealand Cetacea, Recent and Fossil. Neohalana marginata, 

 Kogia hreviceps, Orca gladiator, Balanoptera and Kekenodon onamata. 

 By Dr. Hector . . . . . . . . . . 434—436 



Notes on New Zealand Fishes. By Dr. Hector . . . . . . 436 



Description of Maori Comb and Arrow Heads. By T. W. Kirk . . . . 486 



Notes on Dr. Dudgeon's Experiments regarding the Temperature of the Breath. 



By W. Skey . . . . ,. . . . . . . 437 



Remarks on New Zealand Olives. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. . . .. .. 437 



On the Occurrence of Friodia in New Zealand. By T. Kirk . . . . 437 



A Revision of the New Zealand Lepidia, with Description of new Species. By 



T. Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 



Notes on Plants recently added to the New Zealand Flora. By T. Kirk . . 487 



Notes on Plants from Campbell Island. By T. Kirk . . . . . . 437 



Exhibition of Gold Quartz from Te Aroha and Terawhiti ; Coal from Wairarapa ; 

 Galena and Zinc Blende from Tararua Mountains, and Description of 



Locality in which the Terawhiti Specimen was found. By Dr. Hector., 487 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Lecture on Afghanistan and Central Asia. By the Right Rev. W. G. Cowie, 



D.D. .. .. .. .. .. .. 438 



Lecture on Chromatics. By J. Martin, F.G.S. . . . . . . 438 



Lecture on Edgar Allen Poe, a Study in Morbid Psychology. By E. A. Mae- 



kechnie . . . . . . . . . . . . 4S8 



Opening Address. By Dr. Purchas . . . . . , • . . 438 



On Art and Literature. By Albin Martin . . . . . . . . 439 



Exhibition of Group of Birds of Paradise . . . . . . . . 439 



Lecture on Russia and the Turkomans. By Hon. Col. Haultain . . . . 439 



On Runes. By Neil Heath, F.G.S. .. .. ,. .. 439 



Lectm'e on Explosives. By J. A. Pond . . . . . . . . 439 



Additions to Museum and Library . . . . . . . . 440 



Names of Places, and their Origin and Meaning. By the Rev. J. Bates . . 440 



On the Spontaneity or Self-action of the Will, as opposed to all doctrines of 



necessity. By the Rev. S. Edgar . . . . . . . . 440 



Lecture on the Exodus of Israel. By R. S. Barstow . . . . . . 441 



Lecture — A day on the Ice around Mount Blanc. By Neil Heath, F.G.S. . . 441 



Remarks on Dr. Curl's paper on the Growth of Sugar-beet in New Zealand. 



By R.R.Hunt .. .. .. .. .. 441 



On Heredity. By E. A. Mackeclmie . . . . . . . . 443 



Abstract of Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . 444 



Election of Office-bearers for 1881 . . . . . . . . 444 



