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"" TRANSACTIONS 



PROCEEDINGS 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



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VOL. X. 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDEB THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOABD OF 

 GOVEENOES OF THE INSTITUTE. 



BY 



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



IsatTED May, 1878. 



WELLINGTON: 



LYON & BLim, PEINTEES, LAMBTON QUAY. 



TKUBNER & CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, 



