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Election of Officers for 1874 

 On the DuraLility of New Zealand Timber, Avith Suggestions for its Preserva- 

 tion. By John Buchanan ... ... ••■ ••• 390 391 



On Solar and Terrestrial Radiation. By C. Rous Marten, F.M.S, ... 391—392 



AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 



Abstract Report of the Council 



Election of Officers for 1873 



Anniversary Address of the President, His Honour T. B. Gillies 



Report on, and Analysis of, the Water with which it is proposed to Supply 



Shortland and Grahamstown. From the Colonial Laboratory. Communi 



cated by His Honour the Superintendent 



Remarks on Dr. Bastian's recent Work on the Beginnings of Life. By T. Heale 



On Cosmography. By J. Leith 



On Induction and Necessary Truth. By the Rev. R. Kidd, LL.D. 



Remarks on Mr. Leith's Paper on Cosmography. By T. Heale 



Report on Samples of Stone from the Tokatea Tunnel. By Dr. Hector, F.R.S, 

 Communicated by His Honour the Superintendent 



Abstract RejDort of the Council 



Election of Officers for 1874 ... ' 



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PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



Amiiversary Address of the President, Henry J. Tancred ... ... 407 — 415 



On the Desirability of dedicating to the People of New Zealand small Areas of 



Ground, assimilating to the Village Greens of England. By F. E. Wright 415 — 416 



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R6sum6 of the Characters of the Family Epeirida3. By LI. Powell, M. D. 



Note upon recently-described New Zealand Coleoptera. By C. M. Wakefield 



Further Notes on recently-described New Zealand Coleoptera. By C. M, 

 Wakeiield 



Abstract Report of the Council 



Election of Officers for 1874 



Exhibition of a Skeleton of Aptornis by Dr. Haast 



Anniversary Address of the President, Julius Haast, Ph. D. , F. R. S 



OTAGO INSTITUTE. 



Remarks on the Whale Fishery in the South Seas 



A Visit to Sandymount District, Otago Peninsula, and a brief Description of 



some of .its more x^rominent Natural Features. By Peter Thomson 

 On the Skull of a Grampus killed by the Maoris at the Heads. By A. C, 

 Salmon Acclimatization in New Zealand. By W, Lauder Lindsay. 



Purdie 

 M.D., 



F. R. S. E. , Hon. Mem. N. Z. Inst. 



Election of Officers for 1874 



On the Mythology and Traditions of the Maori in New Zealand. Bv the Rev 

 F. H.Wohlers ... ... ... ... 



Anniversary Address of the President, J. T. Thomson, F .R. G. S. 



Maori Traditions in the Native Language. By the Rev. F. H. Wohlers 



On some Naturalized Plants of Otago. By G. M. Thomson 



Remarks on Hepaticic collected by Captain Hutton and Mr. Kirk. By 

 Dr. S. Berggren 



Note on a Sea Trout caught in Otago Harbour. By Captain F. AV. Hutton 

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