CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



(INCLUDING MINUTES OF MEETINGS, ANNIVERSARY ADDRESSES, ABSTRACTS OF PiiPERS, 

 VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS, ETC. ) 



NEW' ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



PAGES 



Anniversary Addi'ess of the President, Sir George F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. ... 1 — 7 



First Annual Eeport by the Governors ... ... ... 9 — 10 



Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1868-69 ... ... ... 11 



Second Annual Report by the Governors ... ... ... 11 — 14 



Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1869-70 ... ... ... 14 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Abstract Keport of Council ... ... ... ... 15 



Election of Office-bearers for 1870 ... ... ... ... 15 



Description of a Specimen of Berardius Arniixii. By F. J. Knox, L.P.C.S.E. 15 — 16 



Geological Structure of the Kaimanawa Bange. By J. Hector, M.D., F.R.S. 16 — 17 



Anniversary Address of the President, the Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S. ... 17 — 24 



Notice of a Meteor observed from Wellington. By E. Stowe .... ... 24 



Meetings for Discussion on Flax ... ... ... ... 27 — 35 



Notes on Specimens of Adipocere. By J. Hector, M.D., F.R.S. ... 73 



Notice of a Meteor observed from Wellington by Mr. Hardy ... ... "76 



Results of Observations taken for Longitude by Meridian Transits of the Moon, 

 taken at the Hutt Observatory. By Henry Jackson, Chief Surveyor 



Province of Wellington. (Abstract. ) ... ... ... 82 — S3 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract of Annual Report ... ... ... ... 39 



Anniversary Address of the President, Rev. A. G. Purchas, M. R. C. S. E. ... 39 — 46 



On certain changes in the Habits of Rats, at Raglan. Letter from Captain 



Johnstone to Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. ... ... ... 47 



On a supposed Native Rat, observed at Whangarei. Extract from a letter 



from Mr. J. Martin to Captain Hutton ... ... ... 88 



On certain projected Street Improvements in Auckland. By R. W. Dyson ... 90 — 91 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



Interim Report of the Grass Committee, with Schedule of Queries and List of 



Native Grasses with regard to which information is specially desired ... 51 — 52 



Resolutions passed respecting desirability of Establishing Schools of Mines in 



New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... 92—93 



Draft Petition to House of Representatives on Establishment of Schools of 



Mines ... ... ... * ... ... ... 94 



