NOVEMBEK, 1891. 



Ho. 6, Vol. 1. (Hew Issue.) 



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CONTENTS : 



TAGE 



Earthquakes in New Zealand— What and how to observe. George Hogben, 



M.A., Timaru ... ... ... ... ... ... 241 



On the Classification of the Moa. Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S.... ... 247 



Notes on the Geographical Relations of our Land and Fresh -water Mollusca. 



H. Suteb, Christchurch ... ... ... ... ... 250 



Review — " Introductory Class-book of Botany." ... ... ... 254 



General Notes— ... ... ... ... ... ... 255 



On Moa Bones— Migration of Eels— New Otago Plants— On Disappearance 

 of Spcar-grass— Note on Leucopogon Fraseri, A. Cunn.— History of 

 the Moas. 



Review— "Illustrations of British Fungi." ... ... ... ... 264 



The New Australian Mole-like Marsupial— Notoryctes Typhlops ... ... 265 



Meetings of Societies ... ... ... ... ... ... 267 



Otago Institute— Wellington Philosophical Society — Wellington Field 

 Naturalists' Club— Linneau Society of New South Wales— Field 

 Naturalists' Club of Victoria— Royal Society of Victoria— Royal 

 Society of Tasmania. 



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