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Contents. Transactions. I.—Miscellaneous. Pages Art. I. Maori Medical Lore: Notes on the Causes of Disease and Treatment of the Sick among the Maori People of New Zealand, as believed and practised in Former Times, together with some Account of Various Ancient Rites connected with the Same. By Dr. W. H. Goldie 1–120 II. Notes on Ancient Polynesian Migrants or Voyagers to New Zealand, and Voyage of the “Aratawhao” Canoe to Hawaiki. By Elsdon Best. 121–138 III. On Maori Dredges (Roukakahi and Hao). By Dr. A. K. Newman 138–144 IV. The Early History of the Morioris. By A. Shand 144–156 V. The Early History of the Morioris, with an Abstract of a Moriori Narrative. Presented by Captain Gilbert Mair during the adjourned Discussion on Mr. A. Shand's Paper of the 3rd August, 1904 156–171 VI. The Site of Maupuia Pa, Miramar. By H. N. McLeod 171–173 VII. The Balance of Trade. By Professor H. W. Segar 173–195 VIII. The Adjustment of Triangulation by Least Squares: Part II. By C. E. Adams 195–201 IX. On the Construction of a Table of Natural Sines by Means of a New Relation between the Leading Differences. By C. E. Adams 202–207 X. Notes on some Bronze Buddhas from Pekin. By W. Welch 208–211 XI. Notes on Marsland Hill. By W. H. Skinner 211–215 II.—Zoology. XII. Additions to the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand. By R. Murdoch 217–232 XIII. Report on the Mollusca collected by Messrs. Keith Lucas and G. L. Hodgkin in Six Lakes of New Zealand. By H. Suter 233–257 XIV. The First-discovered New Zealand Gundlachia. By H. Suter 258 XV. Revision of the New Zealand Species of the Genus Potamopyrgus, with the Description of a New Species. By H. Suter 258–267 XVI. Revision of the New Zealand Species of the Genus Isidora, with Description of a New Subspecies. By H. Suter 267–276 XVII. Some New Species of New Zealand Marine Shells, together with Remarks on some Non-Marine Species, and some Additions to the “Index Faunæ.” By Rev. W. H. Webster 276–280

Art. XVIII. Some Earthworms from the North Island of New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham 281–285 XIX. On the Oligochæta from the Southern Islands of the New Zealand Region. By Professor W. B. Benham 285–297 XX. Earthworms from the Kermadecs. By Professor W. B. Benham 298–299 XXI. On the Occurrence of the Foraminiferan Genus Ramulina in the New Zealand Waters. By Professor W. B. Benham 300 XXII. Further Notes on the Sipunculids of New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham 301–308 XXIII. The Aquatic Larva of the Fly Ephydra. By Professor W. B. Benham 308–312 XXIV. Notes on some Nudibranch Molluscs from New Zealand. By Professor W. B Benham 312–320 XXV. Note on the Function of the Last Pair of Thoracic Legs in the Whale-feed (Grimothea gregaria). By Professor C Chilton 320–322 XXVI. On the Occurrence of a Species of Cercaria in the Cockle. By Professor C. Chilton 322–325 XXVII. Notes on Fruit-flies, with a Description of a New Species (Dacus xanthodes). By Captain T. Broun 325–328 XXVIII. On some New Species of Lepidoptera. By A. Philpott 328–331 XXIX. Notes on the Occurrence of some Rare Species of Lepidoptera. By A. P. Buller 331–333 XXX. Notes on the Entomology of Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range. By G V. Hudson 334–342 XXXI. Epalxiphora axenana, Meyr: a Species of Lepidoptera scarce in New Zealand By A Quail 343–350 XXXII. On the Occurrence of Graucalus melanops, Latham, in New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton 350–351 XXXIII. A Rare Saurian. By Archdeacon Walsh 351–352 XXXIV. A Revision of the Species of the Formicidæ (Ants) of New Zealand. By Professor Dr. A. Forel 353–355 XXXV. On some New Species of Macro-lepidoptera in New Zealand. By G V. Hudson 355–358 XXXVA. On Macro-lepidoptera observed during the Summer of 1903–4, including a Note on the Occurrence of a Hawk-moth new to New Zealand. By G. V. Hudson 358–360 III.—Botany. XXXVI Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats. By Dr L. Cockayne 361–367 XXXVII. On the Defoliation of Gaya lyallii, J. E Baker. By Dr. L Cockayne 368 XXXVIII. Notes on the Vegetation of the Open Bay Islands. By Dr. L Cockayne 368–377 XXXIX. Notes on Ferns By H. C Field 377–378 XL On the Occurrence of Starch and Glucose in Timber. By Professor H B Kirk 379–380 XLI. Revised List of New Zealand Seaweeds: Appendix I. By R M Laing 380–384 XLII. On the New Zealand Species of Ceramiaceæ: Part I. By R. M. Laing 284–408 XLIII. On the Pollination of the Puriri (Vitex lucens, T. Kirk). By D Petrie 409–411

IV.—Geology. Pages Art. XLIV. The Fossils of the Waitemata and Papakura Series. By E. Clarke 413–421 XLV. Notes on the East Coast Earthquake of 9th August, 1904. By G. Hogben 421–424 XLVI. The Path of Earthquake-waves through the Earth. By G. Hogben 424–426 XLVII. On some Glaciated Stones from Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu. By E. G. Hogg 426–431 XLVIII. The Artesian-water Basins of the Heretaunga Plain, Hawke's Bay. By H. Hill 431–444 XLIX. Taupo Plateau and Lake: a Retrospect and Prospect. By H. Hill 445–464 L. The Formation of the Canterbury Plains. By Captain F. W. Hutton 465–472 LI. Three New Tertiary Shells By Captain F. W. Hutton 472–473 LII. Revision of the Tertiary Brachiopoda of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton 474–481 LIII. Magnesian Rocks at Milford Sound. By Dr. P. Marshall 481–484 LIV. Description of a New Species of Pecten from the Oamaru Series. By Professor J. Park 485 LV. On the Causes of Border-segregation in some Igneous Magmas. By Professor J. Park 486–488 LVI. On the Marine Tertiaries of Otago and Canterbury, with Special Reference to the Relations existing between the Pareora and Oamaru Series. By Professor J. Park 489–551 LVII. On the Occurrence of Large Bodies of Ferrous Sulphate in the Gold-mines of Thames Goldfields. By Matthew Paul 551–552 LVIII. Notes on some Rocks from Campbell Island. By R. Speight 552–554 V.—Physics. LIX. Meteorology of New Zealand: On the Routes of High and Low Pressures, and the Changes of Pressure and Wind-movement resulting from them. By Captain R. A. Edwin 555–567 LX. The Distillation of the Fatty Acids for the Manufacture of Candles. By P. W. Robertson 568–577 LXI. The Association of the Fatty Acids and their Esters, and the Arrangement of Atoms in Space. By P. W. Robertson 577–580 LXII. A Flash of Lightning. By Archdeacon Walsh 580–581 Records of Milne Seismographs— No. 16, Christchurch: Observer, H. F. Skey 582–587 No. 20, Wellington: Observer, G. Hogben 588–589

Reports and Proceedings. Annual Report of the New Zealand Institute 593 Balance-sheet of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 596 “New Zealand Institute Act, 1903” x Regulations of the New Zealand Institute under the Act of 1903 xii Proceedings— Wellington Philosophical Society 601 " Auckland Institute 606 " Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 610 " Otago Institute 613 " Westland Institute 620 " Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute 622 " Nelson 624 " Manawatu Philosophical Society 626