THE NEW ZEALAND 
JOURNAL. OF SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
CONTENTS. 
ARTICLES Pag0 
W. S. LA TROBE. The Functions of the State in Relation to Technical 
Education .. .. .. .. .. .... 129 
H. W. SIMMONDS. Suggestions for Acclimatization of Animals in New 
Zealand .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 132 
G. M. THOMSON. Unutilized Sources of Wealth in the New Zealand Seas .. 135 
E. BEST. A Relic of Neolithic Days .. .. .. .. .. 139 
R. SPEIGHT. New Zealand Timbers and the Borer .. .. .. 142 
C. A. COTTON. River Terraces in New Zealand .. .. .. 145 
C. H. HOLLAND. Note on Extraction of Mercury from its Ores by Sodium 
Sulphide .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 153 
E. PARRY. Surface Friction of Fluids .. .. .. .. .. 154 
M. A. ELIOTT. The Frozen-meat Industry of New Zealand {to be continued) .. 157 
ASTRONOMICALfNOTES .167 
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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS:— 
J. HENDERSON. Notes , on the Geology of the Cheviot District .. .. 171 
J. HENDERSON. Marble in Riwaka-Takaka District .. .. .. 175 
F. REED. A Report on a Coal-dust Explosion at Ironbridge Colliery, Dennis- 
ton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 177 
J. S. MACLAURIN. Industrial Alcohol in New Zealand .. .. .. 180 
REPORTS OF MEETINGS:— 
New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers. -Canterbury Microscopical Society, jp* 
Wellington Philosophical Society •. .. .. .. .. 182 
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REVIEWS AND ABSTRACTS :— 
Electric-power Supply in Great Bri ain. Foaming of Boiler-waters. Investi¬ 
gations regarding Heat-insulating Materials. Fishes of Australia and their 
Technology. Cretaceo-Tertiary Geology in South America. British Ant¬ 
arctic (“ Terra Nova ”) Expedition, 1910: Natural History Report. The 
Mount Hector Track. New Maps .. .. .. .. .. 184 
SPECIFICATIONS OF PATENTS .191 
CORRESPONDENCE :— 
Naturalization of Animals and Plants .. .. .. .. .. 192 
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