CONTENTS. 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



MINUTES OP MEETINGS, 1868. 



Inaugural Meeting 



Eeply by Mr. Fox to the President's Inaugural Address 



On recent Earthquakes and Wave Phenomena. By Dr. Hector 



Valedictory Address by the Governors of the Institute to Sir G. Grey, K.C.B. 



Address on the Moa (abstract). By the Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S. 



Inaugural Address of the President, H.E. Sir George F. Boweu, G.C.M.G. 



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9—15 



TRANSACTIONS. 



Art. I. — On Boulders and Travelled Blocks in the WelHngton Province. By 



J. C. CraM'ford, F.G.S. ... ... ... ... ... 19—20 



Art. II. — On the Measurements of Dlnoniis Bones. By Julius Haast, Ph.D., 



F.R.S. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21—30 



Art. III. — On Hybridization, with reference to Variation in Plants. By W. T. 



L. Travers, F.L.S. ... ... ... ... ... ... 31—35 



Art. IV. — On the recent Earthquakes and Wave Phenomena observed in New 

 Zealand. By James Hector, M.D., F.P.S., Director of the Geological 



Survey of New Zealand .... ... ... ... ... 35 — 40 



Second Communication on the same subject. By Dr. Hector ... 40 — 42 



Third Communication on the «ame subject. By Dr. Hector ... 42 — 47 



Art. V. — On a new Mode for the direct Desilvering of Argentiferous Gold. By 

 Wilham Skey, Analytical Chemist to the Geological Survey of New 



Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 47—48 



Art. VI.— Notes on Herr Finsch's Review of Mr. Walter BuUer's Essay on New 



Zealand Ornithology. By the Author ... ... ... ... 49 — 57 



Art. VI. A. — Notes on Mr. Walter BuUer's Essay on the Ornithology of New 



Zealand. By Dr. Otto Finsch, Bremen. Translated from the German 58 — 73 



Art. VII.— On the Celtic Origin of the English Vowel Sounds. By the Right 



Reverend C. J. Abraham, Bishop of Wellington ... ... ... 73 — 75 



Art. VIII.— On the Island of Rapa. By Captain John Vine Hall ... ... 75—83 



Art. IX. — Notes on Plants observed during a Visit to the North of Auckland. 



By T. Kirk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 84—88 



Art. X.— On the Botany of the Great Bai-rier Island. By T. Kirk ... ... 88—99 



Catalogue of Plants found on the South and South-east Coasts of the 



Little Barrier Island. By T. Kirk ... ... ... ... 99—100 



Catalogue of Naturalized Plants observed at Kororarika, Bay of 



Islands. By T. Kirk . ... ... ... ... ...100—101 



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