TRANSACTIONS 



PROCEEDINGS 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



18 8 



VOL. XIII. 



EDITED AND PtTELISHED UNDKB THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF 

 GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE 



JAMES HECTOE, C.M.G., M.D., F.E.S. 



Ibstjed April, 1881. 



WELLINGTON. 



i'TON & BLAIE, PRINTEES, LAMBTON QUAY. 



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