﻿CONTENTS 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. 



Anniversary Address of the President, H . E. Sir George F. Bowen, G. C. M. G. 

 Third Annual Report by the Governors 

 Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1870-1 



PAGES 



1—15 



17—18 



19 



THANSACTIONS. 



Miscellaneous. 



Art. I. Ethnographical Considerations on the Whence of the Maori. By 



J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S. ... ... ... 23—51 



II. Notes upon the Historical Value of the "Traditions of the New 

 Zealanders," as collected by Sir George Grey, K.C.B., late 

 Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand. By W. T. L. Travers, E.L S. 51—62 



III. Notes on the Chatham Islands, extracted from Letters from Mr. H. 



H. Travers. By W. T. L. Travers ... ... 63—66 



IV. Moas and Moa Hunters. Address to the Philosophical Institute of 



Canterbury. By Julius Haast, Ph.D., F. U.S. ... ... 66—90 



Additional Notes ... ... ... ... 90—94 



Third Paper on Moas and Moa Hunters ... ... 94 — 107 



V. Some Observations on the Annual Address of the President of the 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. By Ptev. J. W. Stack... 107 — 110 



VI. On Recent Moa Remains in Nev/ Zealand. By James Hector, 



M.D., F.R.S. ... ... ... ... 110—120 



VII. Notes on Moa Remains. By W. D. Murison ... ...120—124 



VIII. On the Occurrence of Footprints of a Large Bird, found at Turanga- 



nui. Poverty Bay. By Archdeacon W. L. Williams . . . 124 — 127 



IX. On the Occurrence of Footprints of the Moa at Poverty Bay. By 



His Honour T. B. Gillies ... .. ...127—128 



X. On the Geographical and other Features of some Little-known Por- 

 tions of the Province of Wellington. ByH.C. Field ...128-135 



XL A Description of the Foundation of the Lighthouse in the Ponui 



Passage. By J. Stewart, Assoc. Inst. C.E. ... ... 135 — 138 



XIL Work for Field Naturalists. By P. Thomson ... ...138—141 



XIII. Descri]3tion of a Simple Contrivance for Economising the Current of 



Large Rivers. By J. T. Thomson, F. R. G. S ...141-145 



XIV. On .Some Experiments showing the Relative Value of N.S. Wales 

 and New Zealand CoaJs as Gas-producing Materials. By J. Rees 

 George ... ... ... .. ... 146—150 



XV. On Experiments made to determine the Value of Different Coals 



for Steam Purposes. By J. Rees George ... ... 151 — 152 



