CONTENTS. PAGE Museum Report ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 List or Donations and Deposits ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Laboratory Reboot : including Account and Analyses oe Coal pound at Opaba Island and Chatham Islands ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... 9 List op Analyses peepoemed during the past Year ... ... ... ... ... 10 Results op Experiments on Kawa-kawa Coal on board the Colonial Government p.s. "Stuet" ... 13 Results op Experiments on Southland Coals in Locomotive Engines ... ... ... 14 Analysis oe Coals eeom the Southern Districts, made during the year ... ... ... 15 List op Papers contributed to the Wellington Philosophical Society, and the " London Chemical News" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Analyses op Sea-water about New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Analyses oe the principal Rock Specimens passed through in the Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Tunnel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 Method op Analysis op Soils with Explanatory Notes ... ... ... ... ... 19 Analyses op Soils in New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22