THE NEW ZEALAND 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY. 
CONTENTS. 
ARTICLES:— Page 
A. BATHGATE. Some Changes in the Fauna and Flora of Otago in the 
last Sixty Years .'. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 273 
W. R. B. OLIVER. Little Barrier Island Bird=sanciuary, with illustrations | 
by the author .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 284 
S. H. JENKINSON. The Future Development of the Locomotive in New 
Zealand .. .. .. .... .. .. 291 
E. BEST. The Operiki Pa, Korinifi, Whanganui River, with illustrations 
by J. McDonald .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 393 
E. BEST. Ti Rakau, an Old Maori Pastime, with illustration by J. 
McDonald .. - .. .. .. .. .. .. 306 
E. BEST. Divinatory Rites of the Maori, with illustrations by J. 
McDonald .. .. ... . . ... .. 307. j 
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS :— . ’ S| 
Thirteenth Session, Belgium, 1922 .. .. .. . .. .. 310 
AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR; THE ADVANCEMENT OF 
• SCIENCE CONGRESS:— 
Sixteenth Session, Wellington, 1923 .. .. .. * V. .310 
DEPARTMENTAL REPORT:— 
H. T. FERRAR. On the Geological Survey of the Whangarei and Bay of 
Islands Subdivision .. .. ,. .. .. ..311 
NATURAL=HISTORY NOTES :— ‘ j 
On the Occurrence of a Parasitic Copepod on the New Zealand Ling. On : 
the Occurrence of the Opah, or Moonfish, in New Zealand Waters. jj 
Preliminary Notice of the Occurrence of a Rare Fish, Luvarus imperialism 
stranded at Motutara, near Auckland, in December, 1921 .. .. 318 
REVIEWS AND ABSTRACTS:— 1 ' j 
Insect Transformation .. .. .. .. .. ..319 
INDEX TO VOLUME IV .. .. .. .. .. .. 321 
MOT1G E:s. 
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