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SCHEDULE OF QUERIES REFERRED TO ABOVE. 



1. In what locality found. 



2. Probable altitude. 



3. Soil and subsoil in which found. 



4. Season of iiowering and seeding. 



5. Is it a useful spring, summer, autumn, or winter grass ] 



6. Are there any special circumstances which appear to affect its 



growth ? How does it resist drought 1 



7. What appears to be the comparative value of this grass as food 



for stock 1 Is it much relished by stock ? 



8. How does it resist frost 1 



9. Does it appear to be increasing or diminishing 1 In either case, 



to what do you attribute this result ? 



LIST OF NATIVE GRASSES WITH REGARD TO WHICH INFORMATION IS 

 SPECIALLY DESIRED. 



1. 



Gymnostichum gracilo. 



16. 



Danthonia Buchananh 



2. 



A lopecurus geniculatus 



17. 



Kceleria cristata. 





(native foxtail.) 



18. 



Trisetum antarticum. 



3. 



Hierochloe redolens (tall 



19. 



,, suhspicatum. 





sweet scented.) 



20. 



Poa hrevighmiis. 



4. 



Hierochloe alpina. 



21. 



„ ramosissima. 



5. 



Panicum imhecille. 



22. 



„ foliosa. 



6. 



EcMnopogon ovatus. 



23. 



„ exigua. 



.7. 



DicheXachne crinita. 



24. 



,, ancejys. 



8. 



Agrostis canina. 



25. 



„ australis. 



9. 



,, pern vijiora. 



26. 



,, CoIe7isoi. 



10. 



„ cemulu. 



27. 



,, Lindsayi. 



11. 



„ ^;l^7osa. 



28. 



Festuca duriuscula. 



12. 



„ avenoides. 



29. 



Triticum midtiflorum. 



13. 



,, quadriseta. 



30. 



,, scahi'um. 



14. 



Danthonia Cunninghamii. 



31. 



,, Youngii. 



15. 



,, Raoulii. 







The committee was re-appointed in terms of the request contained in 

 the report. 



The following motion, standing in Mr. Fraser's name, was agreed to 

 unanimously : — 



" That a committee be appointed to communicate with the Provincial 

 Government, with the view to the establishment of an annual course of 

 lectures on natural science, in connection with the museum." 



