THE NEW ZEALAND 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY. 
CONTENTS. 
ARTICLES:— 
E. PARRY. Nitrogenous Manures in New Zealand : The Proposed Utiliza= 
tion of the West Coast Sounds for their Manufacture 
J. C. ANDERSEN. Maori String Games ( continued) 
R. SPEIGHT. The Geological Features of the Broken River Coal Area 
(concluded) ,. .. . : . 
Moa=bones from Martinborough 
C. E. ADAMS and E. MARSDEN. The Samoan Observatory 
T. A. JAGGAR. A New Zealand Department of Volcano Research 
E. BEST. A Toki Titaha, or Stone Axe, from Taranaki 
E. BEST. Two Greenstone Pendants 
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169 
NATURAL=HISTORY NOTES 
Verconella adusta, a Correction. A Note on Pleurobranchaea novae- 
zelandiae Cheeseman. Note on the Spawn-coils of Kerguelenia 
obliquata (Sowerby) .. .. .. .. .. .. 170 
DEPARTMENTAL REPORT:— 
I 
P. G. MORGAN. Avoca or Whatarama District —Mount Torlesse Col¬ 
lieries, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 172 
UNIVERSITY AND SCIENTIFIC NEWS:— 
Dominion Museum: Ethnographical Explorations .. .. ..175 
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