Contents. vii. 



PAGES. 



LVI, On the New Zealand Olives. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. .. . .• 375— 378 



LVII. Notice of the Occurrence of Triodia and Atropis in New Zealand, 



with Descriptions of new Species. By T. Kirk . . . . 378 — 379 



LVIII. A Eevision of the New Zealand Lepidia, with Descriptions of new 



Species. By T. Kirk . . . . . . . . 379—382 



LIX. Notes on recent Additions to the New Zealand Flora. By T. Kirk 382—386 



LX. Notes on Plants from Campbell Island. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. . . 387—389 



IV. — Chemistey. 



LXI. On the Preparation of Spontaneously Inflammable Phosphine. By 



T. A. MoUet . . . . . . . . . . 391—392 



LXII. On a new Form of Burette. By T. A. MoUet . . . . 392—393 



LXIII. Notes on Eefrigeration. By Professor A. W. Bickerton . . 391—397 



LXIV. On the supposed Paraffin Deposit at Waiapu. By William Skey, 



Analyst to the Geological Survey Department . . . . 397—399 



LXV. On a Search for the Poisonous Principle of Brachyglottis repanda 



and B. rangiora. By W. Skey . . . . . . 400 — 402 



LXYI. On a new Theory of the Mode by which Photographic Effects are 



produced with Silver Salts. By WiUiam Skey . . . . 403—404 



LXVn. On the Percentage of Citric Acid obtained from Limes grown in 



Auckland and Tahiti. By J. A. Pond , . . . . . 405—406 



V. — Geology. 



LXVIII. On the Formation of Lake Wakatipu. By "William Stuart . . 407—408 



LXIX, Description of new Tertiary Fossils. By T. W. Kirk, Assistant in 



the Colonial Museum . . . . . . . . 409 



LXX. On a Deposit of Moa Bones near Motanau, North Canterbury. By 



Alexander McKay, of the Geological Survey Department . . 410 — 414 



LXXI. Further Notes on the Thermal Springs in the Hanmer Plains, Pro- 

 vincial District of Nelson. By Julius von Haast, Ph. D., F.E S. 414—417 



LXXII. Notes on the Mineralogy of New Zealand. By S. Herbert Cox, 



F.C.S., F.G.S., Assistant Geologist . . . . . . 418- 450 



LXXIII. On Crystalline Eocks. By W. D. Campbell, F.G.S. . . . . 450—457 



LXXI V. Notes on a Pseudomorphous Form of Gold. By W. D. Campbell . . 457—458 



Miscellaneous — (Continued) . 



LXXV. A Study of the Causes leading to the Extinction of the Maori. By 



Alfred K. Newman, M.B., M.E.C.P. . . . . . . 459—477 



LXXVI. On the fine Perception of Colours possessed by the ancient Maoris 



(Addendum to Art. III.). By W. Colenso, F.L.S. . . . . 477—484 



LXXVII. On the Origin of the New Zealand Flora — being a Presidential 



Address to the Otago Institute. By George M. Thomson, F.L.S. 485 — 502 



LXXVin. Origin and Early History of the Canterbury Museum ; being the 

 Annual Address. By Professor Julius von Haast, Ph.D., F.E.S., 

 President of the PhilosojDhical Institute of Canterbury . . 503 — 516 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Thirteenth Annual Eeport of the Board of Governors . . . . . , 519 — 520 



Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1880-1 . . . . . . 520 



Eeports on Museum, Geological Survey, Publications, Meteorology, Observatory, 



Laboratory, and Library . . . . . . . . . . 521 — 527 



PEOCEEDINGS. 



WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 

 Address by the President, Dr. Hector (abstract) . . . . . . 531 



Description of Additions to the Museum. By Dr. Hector . . . . 531 — 532 



Do, do, do, do. ,. ... 533 



