﻿Contents. 
  ix 
  

  

  OTAGO 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

  The 
  Science 
  of 
  the 
  Weather. 
  By 
  D. 
  Petrie, 
  M.A. 
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  . 
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  . 
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  . 
  . 
  556 
  

  

  The 
  Fauna 
  of 
  Ne^7 
  Zealand. 
  By 
  Prof. 
  Huttou 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  556 
  

  

  A 
  Plea 
  for 
  the 
  Study 
  of 
  Politics. 
  By 
  the 
  Hon. 
  K. 
  Stout, 
  M.H.E. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  557 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  two 
  new 
  Crabs. 
  By 
  Prof. 
  Hutton 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  557 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Shells 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Voyage 
  an 
  Pole 
  Sud." 
  By 
  Prof. 
  Hutton 
  557 
  

  

  Domestic 
  ^Esthetics, 
  and 
  the 
  Higher 
  Education 
  of 
  Women. 
  By 
  the 
  Bev. 
  A. 
  E. 
  

  

  Fitchett 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
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  . 
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  . 
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  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  558 
  

  

  On 
  Magnetic 
  Dip. 
  By 
  A. 
  H. 
  Boss 
  (abstract) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  558—559 
  

  

  The 
  Mechanism 
  of 
  Voice 
  and 
  Speech. 
  By 
  Prof. 
  Scott 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  560 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Scientific 
  Form 
  of 
  Harbours. 
  By 
  W. 
  G. 
  Jenkins 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  660 
  

  

  Annual 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  560 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  Officers 
  for 
  1879 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  561 
  

  

  Addi-ess 
  by 
  the 
  President, 
  W. 
  N. 
  Blair, 
  C.E. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  561—566 
  

  

  HAWKE 
  BAY 
  PHILOSOPHICAL 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

  A 
  Memorandum 
  of 
  my 
  First 
  Journey 
  to 
  the 
  Euahine 
  Mountain 
  Eange, 
  and 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  Flora 
  of 
  that 
  Eegiou 
  : 
  Part 
  I. 
  By 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  567 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  Officers 
  for 
  1878-9 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  567 
  

  

  Abstract 
  of 
  Annual 
  Eeport 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  567 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Moa 
  [Dinornis, 
  sp.) 
  By 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  568 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  beneficial 
  Eaisiug 
  of 
  Trees 
  suited 
  for 
  Timber 
  and 
  Fkewood. 
  By 
  F. 
  W. 
  

  

  C. 
  Sturm 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  588—570 
  

  

  Memoranda 
  of 
  a 
  Journey 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  succeeded 
  in 
  crossing 
  the 
  Euahine 
  

   Mountain 
  Eange, 
  with 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  local 
  Botany 
  and 
  Topography 
  of 
  that 
  

  

  District 
  : 
  P.art 
  IL 
  By 
  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  570 
  

  

  On 
  certain 
  New 
  Zealand 
  and 
  Australian 
  Barks 
  useful 
  for 
  Tanning 
  Purposes. 
  

  

  By 
  J. 
  A. 
  Smith 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  570—571 
  

  

  New 
  Specimens 
  in 
  Natural 
  History, 
  described. 
  By 
  W. 
  Colenso 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  572 
  

  

  WESTLAND 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

  

  Notice 
  of 
  a 
  Tadpole 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  drain 
  in 
  Hokitika. 
  By 
  F. 
  E. 
  Clarke 
  . 
  . 
  573 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Discovery 
  of 
  Moa 
  Bones 
  near 
  Marsden. 
  By 
  W. 
  D. 
  Campbell 
  . 
  . 
  574 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  Officers 
  for 
  1879 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  574 
  

  

  Abstract 
  of 
  Annual 
  Eeport 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  574 
  

  

  NEW 
  ZEALAND 
  INSTITUTE. 
  

   Tenth 
  Annual 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Grovernors 
  

   Museum 
  

   Meteorology 
  . 
  . 
  

   Time-ball 
  Observatory 
  . 
  . 
  

   Laboratory 
  

   Accounts 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Institute, 
  1877-8 
  

  

  577—578 
  

   578—581 
  

   582 
  

   582 
  

   582 
  

   582 
  

  

  APPENDIX. 
  

  

  Meteorological 
  Statistics 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  for 
  1878 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  xxi^xxhi 
  

  

  Earthquakes 
  reported 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand 
  during 
  1878 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  xxiii 
  

  

  Comparative 
  Abstract 
  for 
  1878, 
  and 
  previous 
  years 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  xxiv 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Weather 
  during 
  1878 
  . 
  . 
  . 
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