THE NEW ZEALAND 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
AND ' 
TECHNOLOGY. 
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CONTENTS. 
ARTICLES : —- p age 
J. A. THOMSON. The Geoiogy of Western Samoa .. ... .. 49 
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E. BEST. Polynesian Mnemonics: Notes on the Use of the Quipus in 
Polynesia in Former Times ; also some Account of the Introduction of 
the Art of Writing .. . .. ..... 67 
A. M. WRIGHT. Chemical Technology of the Frozen=meat Industry .. 74 
M. K. MESTAYER. Notes on the Habits and Uses of the Toheroa .. 84 
H. BEATTIE. A Mystery of Fiordland : A Vanished Maori Tribe .. 86 
ASTRONOMICAL NOTES 
C. E. ADAMS. A National Observatory for New Zealand .. .. 91 
C. E. ADAMS. The New Zealand Astronomical Society .. .. .. 95 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES:— 
Rediscovery of Arctoneura (Cyrtoneura) hndsoni Marshall . . . . 96 
CORRESPONDENCE 
The Coast Mosquito of New Zealand (Opifex fuscus Hutton) 
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