CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS. 

 I. — Miscellaneous. 



PAGES. 



Art. I. The Forest Question in New Zealand. By A. Lecoy, M.A., LL.B. 



Univ. Paris . . . . . . . . . . 3—23 



II. Influence of Forests on Climate and Kainfall. By Frederick S. 



Peppercorne, C.E. ., .. .. .. 24—32 



III. Notes on Port Nicholson and the Natives in 1839. By Major 



Charles Heaphy, V.C. . . . . . . . . 32—39 



IV. On the Principle of New Zealand Weather Forecast. By Com- 



mander B. A. Edwin, E.N. . . . . . . 40—49 



V. On the Ignorance of the Ancient New Zealander of the Use of 



Projectile Weapons. By Coleman Phillips. . . . . 50 — 63 



VI. OntheMoa. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. .. ,. .. 63—108 



Vn. Contributions towards a better Knowledge of the Maori Eace. By 



W. Colenso . . . . . . . . . . 108—147 



Vin. A few Eemarks on a Cavern near Cook's Well, at Tolaga Bay, 



and on a Tree (Sapota costata) found there. By W. Colenso 147 — 150 



IX. Notes on an Ancient Manufactory of Stone Implements at the 

 Mouth of the Otokai Creek, Brighton, Otago. By Prof. Julius 

 von Haast, Ph.D., F.E.S., Director of the Canterbury Museum 150 — 153 



X. Notes on the Colour-Sense of the Maori. By James W. Stack . . 163 — 158 



XI. Eemarks on Mr. Mackenzie Cameron's Theory respecting the 



Kahui Tipua. By James W. Stack , . . . . . 159—164 



Xn. Notes on the Southern Stars and other Celestial Objects. By J. 



H. Pope ... . . . . . . . . 165—175 



Xni. Partial Impact (Paper No. 3) : On the Origin of the Visible Uni- 

 verse. By Prof. A. W. Bickerton, F.C.S., President of the 

 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury . . , . 175 — 181 



XIV. Partial Impact (Paper No. 4) : On the General Problem of Stellar 



Collision. By Prof. A. W. Bickerton . . . . 181—186 



XV. On the Genesis of Worlds and Systems. By Prof. A. W. Bickerton 187—197 



XVI. On the Birth of Nebulee. By Prof. A. W. Bickerton . . . . 197—205 



XVn. On the Doctrine of Mind-Stuff. By Frederick W. Frankland . . 205—215 



XVIII. A Eeply to Mr. Frankland's Paper on " The Doctrine of Mind- 

 Stuff." By C. W. Eichmond, a Judge of the Supreme Court 

 of New Zealand . . . . . . . . 215—223 



XIX. Pronouns and other Barat Fossil Words compared with Primeval 

 and Non-Aryan Languages of Hindostan and Borders. By J. 

 TurnbuU Thomson, F.E.G.S., F.E.S.S.A.. etc. .. ..223—237 



XX. Moriori Connection. By J. Turnbull Thomson . . . . 237—240 



II. — Zoology. 



XXI. Notes on Ziphius (Epiodon) novts-zealandicB, von Haast — Goose- 

 beaked Whale. By Prof. Julius von Haast, Ph.D., F.E.S., 

 Director of the Canterbury Museum . . . . . . 241 — 246 



XXII. On the Occurrence of the Eed-capped Dotterel (Hiaticula ruji- 

 capilla) in New Zealand. By T. W. Kirk, Assistant in the 

 Colonial Museum . , . . . . . . 246 — 247 



