JULY, 1891. 



THE 



22 AUG. 91 



No. 4, Vol. I. (New Issue.) 



NEW ZEALAND 





DEVOTED TO THE FURTHERANCE OF 

 PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE THROUGHOUT THE COLONY. 



Judiiio perpende : et si tibi vera videntur 



Dede manus : aut si fcdsum est, adciwjere contra. \< 



CONTENTS : 



The Parliament of New Zealand in its relations to Science 



Source of the Gold at the Thames. Capt. F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. ... 



The remarkable hailstorm at Owaka, in January last. J. T. Bryant 



The Geographical Distiibution of the fresh-water Mussels. H. von Jhering ... 



On the Great Oar-Fish. H. O. Fohbes 



Vegetation of Lord Howe Is'and. W. Botting Hemsley 



The Botany of the Snares. T. Kirk 



Recent additions to the Feni Flora of New Zealand ... ... 



General Notes — 



Removing Tassels from Corn — Souring of Milk during thunder-storms— 

 Transmission of Hereditary Characters— Auckland Institute— Theory 

 of the Structure of the Placenta — Humble-bees in the North Island 

 — T. W. Kirk, F.L.S. 



Meetings of Societies 



Otago Institute— Philosophical Institute of Canterbury— Auckland Institute 

 — Linnean Society of New South Wales— Royal Society of New 

 South Wales — Roy.-.! Society of Victoria. 



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