﻿CONTENTS, 
  

  

  TRANSACTIONS. 
  

  

  I. 
  — 
  Miscellaneous. 
  

  

  Pages. 
  

   Art. 
  I. 
  On 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Terms 
  used 
  in 
  Political 
  Economy. 
  By 
  John 
  

  

  Carruthers, 
  M. 
  Inst. 
  C.E. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  3—31 
  

  

  II. 
  On 
  Antarctic 
  Exploration. 
  By 
  G. 
  W. 
  Purnell 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  31—38 
  

  

  in. 
  On 
  the 
  Cleansing 
  of 
  Towns. 
  By 
  J. 
  TurnbuU 
  Thomson, 
  C.E., 
  

  

  F.E.G.S.,F.E.S.S.A., 
  Surveyor-General 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  .. 
  38—70 
  

  

  IV. 
  The 
  Maori 
  Canoe. 
  By 
  E. 
  C. 
  Barstow 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  71—76 
  

  

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

  

  W. 
  Colenso, 
  F.L.S. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  77—106 
  

  

  VI. 
  On 
  the 
  Ignorance 
  of 
  the 
  Ancient 
  New 
  Zealanders 
  of 
  the 
  Use 
  of 
  

  

  Projectile 
  Weapons. 
  By 
  W. 
  Colenso 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  106—118 
  

  

  VII. 
  On 
  Temporary 
  and 
  Variable 
  Stars. 
  By 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Bickerton, 
  F.C.S., 
  

  

  Associate 
  of 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  School 
  of 
  Mines, 
  London 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  118 
  — 
  124 
  

  

  VIII. 
  Partial 
  Impact 
  : 
  A 
  possible 
  Explanation 
  of 
  the 
  Origin 
  of 
  the 
  Solar 
  

   System, 
  Comets, 
  and 
  other 
  Phenomena 
  of 
  the 
  Universe. 
  By 
  

   Prof. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Bickerton 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .'. 
  125—132 
  

  

  IX. 
  On 
  the 
  Calculation 
  of 
  Distances 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  Eeciprocal 
  Vertical 
  

  

  Angles. 
  By 
  C. 
  W. 
  Adams 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  132—140 
  

  

  X. 
  A 
  Description 
  of 
  inexpensive 
  Apparatus 
  for 
  measuring 
  the 
  Angles 
  of 
  

   Position 
  and 
  Distances 
  of 
  Double 
  Stars, 
  and 
  the 
  Method 
  of 
  

   using 
  it. 
  By 
  James 
  H.Pope 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  141 
  — 
  144 
  

  

  XL 
  Deflection 
  of 
  Shingle-bearing 
  Currents 
  and 
  Protection 
  of 
  Eiver 
  Banks 
  

  

  by 
  Douslins's 
  Floating 
  Log 
  Dams. 
  By 
  H. 
  P. 
  Macklin 
  . 
  . 
  144 
  — 
  146 
  

  

  XII. 
  On 
  Beach 
  Protection. 
  By 
  W. 
  D. 
  Campbell, 
  A.I.C.E. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  146—149 
  

  

  XIII. 
  How 
  New 
  Zealand 
  may 
  continue 
  to 
  grow 
  Wheat 
  and 
  other 
  Cereals. 
  

  

  By 
  James 
  C. 
  Crawford 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  149 
  — 
  153 
  

  

  XIV. 
  On 
  the 
  Eock 
  Paintings 
  in 
  the 
  Weka 
  Pass. 
  By 
  A. 
  Mackenzie 
  

  

  Cameron. 
  Commiinicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  von 
  Haast, 
  Ph.D., 
  F.E.S. 
  154 
  — 
  157 
  

  

  XV. 
  Barat 
  or 
  Barata 
  Fossil 
  Words. 
  By 
  J. 
  TurnbuU 
  Thomson, 
  F.E.G.S., 
  

  

  F.E.S.S.A., 
  etc. 
  . 
  . 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  157—185 
  

  

  II. 
  — 
  Zoology. 
  

   XVI. 
  On 
  some 
  Coccidce 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  By 
  W. 
  M. 
  Maskell 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  187 
  — 
  228 
  

  

  XVn. 
  On 
  a 
  Hymenopterous 
  Insect 
  parasitic 
  on 
  Coccidce. 
  By 
  W. 
  M. 
  

  

  Maskell 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  ., 
  .. 
  228—230 
  

  

  XVm. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Crustacea, 
  with 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  Species. 
  

   George 
  M. 
  Thomson 
  

  

  XIX. 
  Description 
  of 
  new 
  Crustacean 
  from 
  the 
  Auckland 
  Islands. 
  

   George 
  M. 
  Thomson 
  

  

  XX. 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Isopodous 
  Crustacean. 
  By 
  Ge 
  

   M. 
  Thomson 
  

  

  XXL 
  On 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Entomostraca. 
  By 
  George 
  M. 
  Thomson 
  

   XXII. 
  On 
  Desis 
  robsoni, 
  a 
  Marine 
  Spider 
  from 
  Cape 
  Campbell. 
  By 
  

  

  Llewellyn 
  Powell, 
  M.D., 
  F.L.S. 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ..863—268 
  

  

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