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Registered at G.P.O., Wellington, as a Magazine. 
THE NEW ZF A T AND BOARD OF SCIENCE AND ART. 
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NEW ZEALAND 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
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TECHNOLOGY. 
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Edited by 
Dr. J. ALLAN THOMSON ; 
Assisted by 
Dr. C. A. COTTON, Messrs. S. H. JENKINSON and EVAN PARRY, 
Wellington, 
Professor A. P. W. THOMAS, Auckland, 
Professors C. CHILTON and R. J. SCOTT, Christchurch, 
and 
Professor W. B. BENHAM, Dunedin. 
Issued under the authority of the Hon, G. W. RUSSELL, 
Minister of Internal Affairs. 
VOL. I.— No. 5. 
September, 1918. 
WELLINGTON, N.Z, 
By Authority: Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer. 
1918. 
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