THE NEW ZEALAND 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL:— 
Maori Studies and Ethnology in Education 
ARTICLES:— 
Anthropology as a University Subject 
Page 
257 
258 
B. C. ASTON. The Genus Coprosma as a Source of Dyes (to be continued) 264 
W. J. PHILLIPPS. Edible Fishes of Wellington 
W. P. GAUVAIN. Electricity applied to Gold-mining 
C. A. COTTON. Mountains 
E. PARRY. Notes on Failures of High-tension Insulators 
J. WOOD. Phenomenal Rainfall and Floods in the North Auckland District. 
268 
272 
280 
286 
293 
297 
ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. 
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS :— 
C. S. HICKS. Fireproofing and Antiseptic Treatment of New Zealand Timbers 
(concluded) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 300 
H. F. SKEY. Mean Hourly Values of the Magnetic Declination and the Hori¬ 
zontal Magnetic Force .. .. .. .. .. .. 308 
UNIVERSITY AND SCIENTIFIC NEWS:— 
Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Wellington Philosophical Society. 
Obituary .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 311 
BRITISH SCIENCE GUILD .312 
REVIEWS AND ABSTRACTS:— 
Proceedings of the First Australian Town-planning and Housing Conference and 
Exhibition. Briquetting of Iron-ores and Flue-dust. The Economics of 
Trochus niloticus .. .. .. .... .. 313 
CORRESPONDENCE 
Proposed Introduction of Animals and Plants .. 318 
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