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Annual Report ... ... ... ... ... 96—97 



Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the ProAnncial Government 



on the Institution of Lectureships in connection with the Museum ... 97 



Report of the Committee appointed to obtain information as to Native and 



other Grasses ... ... ... ... ... 97 — 98 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Note on Coastal Whaling Stations, and the probability of their being instru- 

 mental in the destruction of the young of the Whale. By J. S. Webb ... 55 — 56 



On Modern Methods of Geometry. By D. Brent. (Abstract.) ... 59—60 



On the Moon and the Weather. By J. S. Webb. (Abstract.)... ... 62—64 



On the Discovery of New Zealand. By A. Eccles, F. R. C. S. (Abstract.) ... 65 



Abstract of Report ... ... ... ... ... 67—68 



Election of Office-bearers ... ... ... ... 68 



Report on the Whale Fisheries. By the Honorary Secretary ... ... 68 — 70 



On a (supposed) New Species of Bittern, from the Lake District. By 



A. C. Purdie. (Abstract.) ... ... ... ... 99—100 



On the Skeleton of a Bird (supposed to be a Swan) found in Dunedin. By 



A. C. Purdie. (Abstract.) ... ... ... ... 100 



On Central Forces, — especially as regards Force varying directly as the distance. 



By R. Wilding. (Abstract.) ... ... ... ... 101 



NELSON ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND 



INDUSTRY. 



On Technical Education. By Mr. Mackay. (Abstract. ) 

 Election of Of&ce-bearers 



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TRANSACTION^ S. 



Zoology. 

 Art. I. On the New Zealand Rat. By Walter BuUer, F.L.S., F.G.S. 



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III. 



IV. 



V. 



A List of the Lizards inhabiting New Zealand, with Descriptions. 

 By Walter BuUer 



Critical Notes on the Ornithological portion of "Taylor's New 

 Zealand and its Inhabitants." By Walter BtiUer ... 



Notice of a Species of Megapode, in the Auckland Miiseum. 

 Walter BuUer 



By 



On Zosterojn lateralis in New Zealand, with an Account of its 

 Migrations. By Walter BuUer 



VI. On the Structure and Habits of the Huia {Heteralocha Gouldi). By 

 Walter BuUer 



VII. 



On the Katipo, or Venomous Spider of New Zealand. 

 BuUer 



By Walter 



VIII. Notes on the Genus Delnacrida in New Zealand. By Walter BuUer 



IX. Further Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. By Walter 

 BuUer 



Note to Art. II. — BuUer's List of New Zealand Lizards 



X. On Latrodectus (Katipo), the Poisonous Spider of New Zealand. By 

 LI. Powell, M.R. C.S.St. A. 



XI. On the Birds of New Zealand (Part II.) By T. H. Potts 



XII. Notes on an Egg of Alca. Impennis, Linn., in the Collection of the 

 writer. By T. H. Potts 



XIII. On the Nests and Eggs of some Species of New Zealand Birds not 

 previously described. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. 



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