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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 46, 1913, Unnumbered Page

Contents. I. Botany. Pages. Art. I. Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand: No. 5. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 1–9 II. The Age and Growth of the Kauri (Agathis australis). By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 9–19 III. Notes on Pittosporum Dallii. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 19–20 IV. Description of a New Celmisia. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 21 V. Notes on the Botany of the Routeburn Valley and Lake Harris Saddle. By D. L. Poppelwell 22–29 VI. Some Additions to the Flora of the Westport District. By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. 30–31 VII. Descriptions of New Native Phanerogams. By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. 32–39 VIII. On the Occurrence of Poa antipoda Petrie on Herekopere Island. By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. 39 IX. Notes on the Phanerogamic Flora of the Ruahine Mountain-chain, with a List of the Plants observed thereon. By B. C. Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. 40–54 X. Plant-habitats Hitherto Unrecorded. By B. C. Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. 55–56 XI. On a Subalpme Element in the Flora of Banks Peninsula. By R. M. Laing, M.A., B.Sc. 56–59 XII. Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats (IX). By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.R.S. 60–64 XXV. An Ecological Study of some New Zealand Sand-dune Plants. By Miss E. J. Pegg, M.A. 150–177 XXVI. The Leaf-anatomy of some Trees and Shrubs growing on the Port Hills, Christchurch. By Miss L. A. Suckling, M.A. 178–188 XXX. List of Phanerogamic Plants Indigenous in the Southland District. By J. Crosby Smith, F.L.S. 220–246 II. Zoology. Art. XIII. Descriptions of the Ova of some of the Lepidoptera of New Zealand. By Morris N. Watt 65–95 XIV. New Lepidoptera. By W. George Howes, F.E.S., F.L.S. 95–96 XV. Notes on the Life-history of some New Zealand Moths. By W. George Howes, F.E.S., F.L.S. 97–98 XVI. Notes on the Entomology of Stewart Island. By W. George Howes, F.E.S., F.L.S. 98–100 XVII. Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. 101–118 XVIII. Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera. By Alfred Philpott 118–121 XIX. New Lepidoptera (Geometridae). By Louis B. Prout, F.E.S. 122–123 XX. A Species of Daphnia new to New Zealand. By Gilbert A. chey, B.A. 124–125

Art. XXI. Diptera of the Kermadec Islands. By David Miller 125–126 XXII. Notes on New Zealand Fishes: No. 4. By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S. 127–131 XXIII. Description of a Collection of Actinians from the Kermadec Islands. By F. G. A. Stuckey, M.A. 132–134 XXIV. Notes on a Collection of Cephalopods from the Kermadec Islands. By S. S. Berry 134–149 XXVII. The Nomenclature of the Birds of New Zealand; being an Abstract of Mathews and Iredale's “Reference List.” By Professor W. B. Benham, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. 188–204 XXVIII. Notes on the Birds of South-western Otago. By Alfred Philpott 205–212 XXIX. Classified List of the New Zealand Rotatoria, including Twelve Species not previously recorded. By C. Barham Morris, F.R.M.S. 213–219 III. Geology. Art. XXXIII. The Geological History of the Westport–Charleston High-level Terraces. By J. A. Bartrum 255–262 XXXIV. Some Intrusive Igneous Rocks from the Westport District. By J. A. Bartrum 262–269 XXXV. Unconformities in the Stratified Rocks of the West Coast of the South Island. By P. G. Morgan 270–278 XXXVI. List of Fossil Mollusca from Bluecliffs, South Canterbury. By M. C. Gudex, M.A., B.Sc. 278 XXXVII. Localities for Fossils near Oamaru. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., and G. H. Uttley, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S. 279–280 XXXVIII. Notes on the Geology of Moorea and Rurutu Islands. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. 281–283 XXXIX. The Geology of the Cape Runaway District. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc. F.G.S. 283–285 XL. Preliminary Note on the Uplifted East Coast of Marlborough. By C. A. Cotton, M.Sc. 286–294 XLI. Supplementary Notes on Wellington Physiography. By C. A. Cotton, M.Sc. 294–298 XLII. Note on the Andesites of White Island. By R. Speight, M.Sc., F.G.S. 298–300 XLIII. Additions to the List of Fossils from the Lower Waipara. By R. Speight, M.Sc., F.G.S. 300 IV. Miscellaneous. Art. XXXI. On a Pigment in Oysters. By G. H. Robertson, M.Sc. 247–248 XXXII. Some Experiments on Tutm and Tutu Poisoning. By John Malcolm, M.D. 248–254 XLIV. Notes on some Recent Earthquakes in New Zealand. By G. Hogben, M.A., F.G.S. 301–303 XLV. Preferential Voting in Single - member Constituencies, with Special Reference to the Counting of Votes. By G. Hogben, M.A., F.G.S. 304–308 XLVI. Methods of Observing to elimmate the Periodic Errors affecting the Readings of the Graduated Circles in Astronomical and Surveying Instruments. By W. T. Neill 309–316

Art. XLVII. Harmonic Tidal Constants of New Zealand Ports—Dunedin and Port Chalmers. By C. E. Adams, M.Sc., F.R.A.S. 316–318 XLVIII. On certain Tripolar Relations: Part II. By E. G. Hogg, M.A., F.R.A.S. 319–324 XLIX. An Ancient Maori Stone-quarry. By H. D. Skinner 324–329 L. The Moa—Legendary, Historical, and Geological: Why and when the Moa disappeared. By H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S. 330–351 Proceedings. Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, &c. 355 Appendix. New Zealand Institute Act, &c. 394–433 Index 435–436