THE NEW ZEALAND 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
CONTENTS. 
ARTICLES : —- p age 
A. M. WRIGHT. Chemical Technology of the Frozen=meat Industry (Part II), 97 
E. MARSDEN and G. F. FERGUSON. The Failure of High=tension Insulators H 
in a Damp Atmosphere .. .. .. .. .. ..108 
L. BIRKS. Electric Power for Milking=plants .. .. ..110 
W. J. PHILUPPS. Notes on the Edible Fishes of New Zealand, with a 
Record of Fishes exposed for Sale in Wellington during 1918 . . . . 114 
A. B. DORE. Notes on Malarial Infection in the Imported Skylark .. 126 
W. DONOVAN. Thornhill’s Sodium=sulphide Process for the Recovery of 
Mercury, as applied to Cinnabar=ore from Puhipuhi .,. .. .129 
ASTRONOMICAL NOTES:— 
A C. GIFFORD. The Spiral Nebulae .. , ,. .. .. 135 
NATURAL-HISTORY NOTES 
The Short=tailed Bat (Mystacops tuberculatus Gray). Occurrence of a Rare 
Tineoid Moth ( Titanomis sisyrota Meyr.) .. .. .. . .139 
REVIEWS AND ABSTRACTS:—. 
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Die Geologic von Neuseeland. Fuel for Motor Transport.. .. .. 142 
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CORRESPONDENCE :— 
The “New” Coastal Mosquito .. .. .. .. .. ..144 
• NOYBGES. 
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