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ExtraorLlinary Flight of Beetles ... ... ••• ••• 353 



Descrii)tion of Moriori Canoes. By A. Shancl ... ... ■•. 354 



Notice of' a Meteor observed all over New Zealand. By J. Hector, M. D. , F. R. S. 354—355 

 Anniversary Address of the President, W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. ... 356—362 



Observations on the Kiore, or Indigenous Eat of New Zealand. By F. J. Knox, 



L.R.C.S.E. ... ... ... ... ..• 362 



On the Ocean Currents from New Zealand. Letter from Mr. Eobert Hart ... 362 



Description of Additions to the Collections in Colonial Museum. By J. Hector, 



M.D., F.E.S. ... ... ... ... ... 363 



Description of New Birds and Minerals. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. 364 



Australian C4eography and Topography, vdth some New Zealand Comparisons 



and Contrasts. By J. C. Crawford, F. G. S. ... ... ...364^367 



Great Disturbance of the Electric Telegraph System of the Colony on 13th 



February. By J. Duigan ... ... ... ... 367 



Notes on St. John's Nursery Garden, Wanganui. By Robert Pharazyn, F. R. G. S. 367 — 369 



Note on the Southern Mutton Bird [Puffinus amaurosma). By Captain F. W. 



Hutton, F.G.S. ... ... ... ... ... 369 



Notes on the Presence in Certain Fibres of a substance susceptible of some 



striking Colorific Changes when chemically treated. By W. Skey . . . 370 



On the Microscopic Characters of the Fibres of New Zealand, as distingiiished 



from those of Manilla or Sisal. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. ... 370—371 



On the Wreck of a Vessel found inland on the West Coast. By J. Hector, 



M.D., F.R.S. ... ... ... ... ... 373 



The Results of the Destniction of Forests upon the River Wolga at Astracan. 



By Dr. A Wojeikof, of St. Petersburgh ... ... ...374—376 



Critical Notes on some of the Birds of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. 



Hutton, F.G.S. ... ... ... ... ... 376 



Letter from Professor Agassiz, accompanying a presentation of books ... 377 



Observations on an Albino Eel. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E ... .. 378 



Account of a Cave in which Recent Moa Remains were found. By Dr. Thomson 378 — 379 



Introduction of English Trout into Welling-fcon, and mention of New Fishes. 



By Dr. Hector ... ... ... ... ...379—380 



On the Cause of the Suspension of Clay in Water, and its Precipitation there- 

 from by certain Substances. By W. Skey ... ... ... 380 — 382 



Further Notes on the New Zealand Bats. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. ... 382 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Anniversary Address of the President, T. Heale, C.E. ... ...383-388 



Note on a Tuatara. By Major Mair ... ... ... 338 



On the Use of Vulgar Fractions instead of Decimals in the Compilation of 



Mathematical Tables. By R. J. Pearce ... ... ... 389&392 



On Eclipses. By T. Heale ... ... ... ...389—391 



Description of a simple form of Rain-gauge. By Archdeacon Wilhams ... 392 



On a Mode of Communication between a Station on a Line of Railway and a 



Tram ni Motion on the same Line. By G. Rayner ... ... 394 



Note on a Tomahawk formcriy belonging to Taraia. By Dr. J. L. Campbell ... 396 



Notes on a Thermal Spring near Helens^dlle, Kaipara. By Robert Mair ... 396 



On the Defence of Aucldand Harbour. By S. J. Stratford, M.R.C.S.E. ... 397 



PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



An Inquiry into the Influence of Railway Gauge upon the Constructive Cost 



and Working Expenses of Railways. By E. Dobson, Assoc. Inst. C.E. ... 400 



