CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS. 



I. — Miscellaneous. 



PAGES 



Art. I. On tlie Variation of the Declination of the Magnetic Needle in the 

 Southern Portion of the Middle Island, and Remarks on the 

 Desirability of establishing Magnetic Observatories ia New 

 Zealand. By A. H. Ross ... ... ... 3—9 



II. On Observed Irregularities in the Action of the Compass in Iron 



Steam Vessels. By A. H. Ross ... ... ... 10—14 



III. Description of the Patent Slip at Evans Bay, Wellington, and of 



the Mode of Erecting or Constructing the same. By J. Rees 



George, C.E. ... ... ... ... 14—25 



IV. On a Smokeless and Self -feeding Furnace for Lignites and other 



Fuels, and the Utilization of the Waste Heat. ByH. Skey... 25—32 



V. On the Most Economic Mode of Felting Steam Boilers. By J. C. 



Firth ... ... ... .. ... 32—34 



VI. On the Probability of a Water Supply being obtained for the City 



of Auckland from Mount Eden. By John Goodall, C.E. ... 35—40 



VII. Notes on the Proposition to supply Auckland with Water from 



Mount Eden. By James Stewart, C.E. ... ... 40—42 



VIII. On the Reclamation of Sand Wastes on the Coast, and the Preven- 

 tion of their Inland Advance. By James Stewart, C. E . ... 42 — 45 



IX. Notes on the Plants best adapted for the Reclamation of Sand 



Wastes. ByT. Kirk, F.L.S. ... ... ... 45—54 



X. Notes on Indigenous Materials for the Manufacture of Paper. By 



T. Kirk, F.L.S. ... ... ... ... 55—57 



XL On the Prediction of Occultations of Stars by the Moon. By 



T. Heale ... ... ... . ,., 57—61 



II. — Zoology. 



XII. On HarjMgornis, an Extinct Genus of Gigantic Raptorial Birds of 

 New Zealand. By Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., Director of 

 the Canterbury Museum ... ... ... 62 — 75 



XIII. On Cnemiornis calcitrans, Owen, showing its Affinity to the Lamel- 



lirostrate Natatores. By James Hector, M .D. , F. R. S. ... 76—84 



XIV. 'Notes on Delphinus for steri. By James Hector, M.D., P.R.S. ... 85 



XV. Notice of a Variation in the Dentition of Mesoplodon hectori, Gray. 



By James Hector, M.D., F.R.S. ... ... ... 86—87 



XVI. List of Seals, Whales, and Dolphins of New Zealand. By J. E. 



Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst. ... ... 87—89 



XVII. Notice of the Skeleton of the New Zealand Right Whale {Macleayius 



australknsis). By J. E. Gray, Ph. D. , F. R. S . ... ... 90—92 



