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XLI. Notice of an Undescribed Species of CordyUne. By Thomas Kirk, 



F.L.S. ... , ... ... ... 244—246 



XLII. On the oSTew Zealand Forms of Oheilanthes. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. ... 247—248 



XLIII. On the Spread of Cassinia leptophylla. By W. T. L. Travers, 



F.L.S. ... ... ... ... 248—251 



IV. — Chemistry . 



XLIV, Notes upon the INTiiieral Oils of New Zealand. By William Skey, 



Analyst to the Geological Survey of New Zealand . . . 252 — 259 



XLV, Further Report on the Chemistry of Phormium tenax. By Arthur 

 Herbert Church, M.A.Oxon., Professor of Chemistry in the 

 Koyal Agricultural College at Cirencester, England - ... 260 — 271 



V. — Geology. 



XL VI. On the Geological Structure of the Thames Gold Fields, By Capt. 



F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. ... ... ... 272—283 



XLVIL On the Formation of Mountains ; a Keply to the Rev. O, Fisher. 



By Capt. F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. ... ... 284—290 



XLVIII. ■ Port Nicholson au Ancient Fresh-water Lake. By J. C. Crawford, 



F.G.S. ... ... ... ... 290—294 



XLIX. Notes on the Glacial Period. By A. D. Dobson, C.E. ... 294—297 



L. On the Extinct Glaciers of the Middle Island of New Zealand. 



By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. ... ... ... 297—309 



LI. On the Glacial Action and Terrace Formations of South New 



Zealand. By J. T. Thomson, F. P. G. S. ... ...309-332 



LII. On the Fossil Pi,eptilia of New Zealand. By James Hector, M.D., 



F. R. S. , Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand . . . 333 — 358 



LIIL On the Teeth of the Leiodoru By Charles Knight, F.R.C.S. ... 358—363 



PROCEEDINGS. 

 WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Anniversary Address of the President, Dr. Hector, F.R.S. ... ... 367 — 376 



On the Occurrence of Sden'mm and Tellurium in the Neighbourhood of Welling- 

 ton. By W.S.Hamilton .. ... ... ... 376 



Notes on the Fixing of Sand-hills. ^ By William Keene. Communicated by 



J. C. Crawford, F.G.S. ... ... ... ... 376—377 



Notes respecting the recent Change in the Apex of Mount Cook. By Edmund 



Barff ... ... ... ... ... 379-380 



Notes respecting a Hot Spring in the Bed of the Wataroa River, Westland. 



ByW.H. Ralph ... ... ... ... ... 380 



Notice of the Occurrence of a Red Spider among the Fruit Trees in the South, 



and the Disappearance of the Blight. By James Morton ... ... 380 — 381 



Suggestions for the Conversion of Sawdust into Fuel. Commmiicated by 



J. C. Crawford, F.G.S. ... ... ... ... 381—382 



On a -HQW Lepyrodia. By Baron F. v. Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., Hon. 



Mem. N.Z. Inst. ... ... ... ... ... 384 



Notes of a Visit to White Island, in the course of a Trip made in H. M. S. 



"Basilisk." By the Rev. William Sewell, M. A. ... .. 386-387 



Notes respecting the Moa Cave at Earnscleugh, Otago. By T. H. Cockburn 



Hood, F.G.S. ... ... ... ... ...387-388 



Note on Sporadanthus, a new Genus of Plants from the Chatham Islands. 



By Baron F. v. Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst. ... 389 



Abstract Rcpuvt of Council ... ... ... ... 389 — 390 



