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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6097, 2 June 1881, Page 8

AmusementsAuckland tnstitute. conversazi one, To beheldintlio MUSEUM BUILDINGS, PRINCES-STREET, '•> This (Thursday) axd Saturday Evenings, June 2nd and 4th. BIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. (Under the direction of Capt. Broun, Mr. T. F. Cheesemail, F.L.S., and Mr. A. Reischck). Groups of Foreign Birds and Animals, recently stuffed for the Museum by Mr. A. Reischek Groups of New Zea'and Birds, set up, Mr, A. Reischek Large specimen of the Blue Shark (Carcharius brachyurus), lately added to the Museum. Exhibition of North American Bird Skins. Exhibition of New Zealand Bird Skins. In the Library—Hooker's Flora Antarctica, Flora of New Zealand, Gray's Genera of Birds, and other illustrated works on Natural History. . PHYSICAL DEPARTMENT. Experiments with the Electric Light; Decomposition of Light with the Bisulphide of Carbon Prism ; Polarisation of Light with Iceland Spar; Association and Dis-association of Water by the electric current; Experiments with rarefied air upon barometric tubes.. Mr. J. A. Pond and Mr. J. Martin F.G.S. Exhibition of the Electric Fire-alarms recently obtained by the City Council and lent by His Worship the Mayor, with practical illustrations.. Mr. A. Sheath Edison-Bell Telephone (communicating with OneIranja).. Mr, Furbey MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT. Self-acting, Screw-cutting, Iron-turnine Lathe..Mr. T. Herbert Wood-turning Lathe..Mr. T. Herbert Lapidary's Wheel—Cutting, Drilling, and Polishing New Zealand Jado(Greenstone), etc..Mr. Eevnolds Potter's Throwing Lathe.. Mr.' G. Boyd ' Numbering and Paging Machine.. Mr. Leighton Fret-work Machines, etc., eto..Mr J. Howden and Mr. B. G. WadeThc above Machines will be worked by a two-horse-power Water Engine, exhibited by Messrs. Price Brothers, Thames SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS. Large Collection of Geodetical and Trigonometrical Survey Instruments, Heliograph (with working illustrated), Magnesium Lumps, etc., etc..Mr. S. Percv Smith Spectroscopes, Thermo-electric Pile, Goniometer, Chemical Balances, Electric and Galvanic Batteries, Induction Coils, Chemical Apparatus, etc., etc..Mr. T. Peacock Electtic Pen (working illustrated). .Mr. Ellis Remington's Type-writing Machine..Mr. Justice Gillies Eefracting and Reflecting Telescopes..Porter and Co., Mr. C. H. Street, Mr. Thos. Cheeieman, Mr. Stevenson Microscopes, under the direction of Dr. Purchas, Mr. Bartley, and others MISCELLANEOUS. Exhibition of Rare Books and Manuscripts.. Sir GGrey, K.C.B. Loan Collection of Implements, Weapons, Clothing, and other Ethnologic Specimens from the Polynesian Islands..Mr. Kohn. Mr. S. Coombes, and others Exhibition or African Curiosities, presented to the Museum by Mr. J. T. Mackelvie Collection of Kauri Gum.. Mr. H. P. Barber. To conclude on eaoh evening with an Exhibition of Scenes with the Orcy-hydrogen Lantern, principally slides of Natural History objects, kindlv lent by the Canterbury Philosophical Society. SELECTION'S OF MUSIC DURING THE EVENINGS. Doors open at 7.30 p.m. Carriages may be ordered for 10 p.m. A dmission: 2s. Tickets, admitting on both evenings, prico 3s ; may be obtained of Messrs. G. Aickin, J. A. Pond, Chapman, Wayte, Upton, and Champtaloup & Cooper. Members of the Auckland Institute are entitled to purchase Family Tickets admitting four members of family to both evenings, on application at the Museum Buildings. Price, ss. Booksellers and Stationers- & fI^QOPER'S LIST OF MEDICAL WORKS: Materia lledica and Pharmacy, by Dr. Griffiths—lis Consumption : its Prevention and Cure, by Dr. Maccormac—7s 9d Ovarian Diseases: their Causes and Cure, by Jno. Eppc—os British Pharmacopoeia—7a Gd Family Medical Guido, by Dr. G. Fullerton—l4s Gardener's Household Medicine and Sick Room Guide—ls3 Haydn's Dictionary of Domestic Medicine—9s Cassell's Family Physician—24s "Walsh's Domestic Medicine and Surgery—9s Health, by Dr. W. H. Corfleld—7s Gd Medical Information and Advice, by Dr. J. W I Begbie—Cs Dr. Richardson's Diseases of Modern Life—7s Gd Chavasse's Advice to a Wife—3s. Advice to a Mother —3s. Counsel to a Mother—3s Dr. Bull's Hints to Mothers—3s Dr. Bull's Management of Children—3s Ruddock's Homoeopathic Text Book—24s Ruddock's Ladies' Manual of Hointeopathic Treatment—4s Ruddock's Homoeopathic Treatment of Children—4s Laurie's Epitome of Homoeopathic Domestic Medicine—6s Children's Lives, and How to Protect Them, by Dr. W. Lomas—6s Selections from Physician's Prescriptions, bv Dr. Pereira—6s 80, QuEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. Just Published, mHE NATURAL "WONDERS OF NEW ZEALAND : ROTOMAHANA LAKES (THE WONDERLAND OF THE ANTIPODES); Its Boiling Lakes, Steam Holes, Mud Volcanoes, Sulphur Baths, Medicinal Springs, and Burning Mountains. Second Edition. G. T. CHAPMAN, Bookseller and Stationer, 54, Queen-street, Auckland E W COPYING APPARATUS : THE POLYGRAPH. The Polygraph will give from 40 to SO copies of a letter or circular in a few minutes. TEICE, frani 2s Gd. UPTON & CO., AUCKLAND. MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC ! Just Opened, a Large Stock of Songs, Vocal Ducts. Pianoforte Solos, Pianoforte Duets Dances Musical Magazines: Victoria Chappell's, Cavendish, Australian, Colonial, Pianoforte Tutors, &c. . Mohawk. NEW BOOKS, by Various Authors. Family Bibles, Presbyterian Hymns, Wcsleyan Hymns Hymns, Ancient and Modern, Common Prayers, Sunday-school Reward Cards, Photographic asd Scrap Albums, WRITING DESKS AND WORK-BOXES. Young Ladies Journals and other Magazines Received Monthly. Country Orders Punctually Attended to. W. E. MEARS Bookseller, Stationer, and Musicseller, Queen-street. ■ E STELLA'S HUSBAND; OR, THRICE LOST, THRICE WON," is the title of a splendid New Story begun in next week's Saturday Nioht. It is from the pen of May Agnes Fleming, the celebrated writer of so many thrilling and deeply interesting romances. Be sure and get a copy.