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Contents. Anthropology. Pages Art. XXVI. The Edible Fish, &c., of Taupo-nui-a-Tia. By H. J. Fletcher 259–264 XXVIII. Some Maori Fish-hooks from Otago. By H. D. Skinner 267–268 XXXVI. Some Notes on the Language of the Chatham Islands. By H. W. Williams 415–422 Botany. Art. IX. Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand; No. 6. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 85–92 X. Some Additions to the New Zealand Flora. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 92–95 XI. A New Variety of Pteris macilenta. By H. Carse 95 XIV. Descriptions of New Native Flowering-plants. By D. Petrie, M.A, Ph.D. 106–107 XVIII. Notes on the Autecology of certain Plants of the Peridotite Belt, Nelson: Part I—Structure of some of the Plants (No. 2). By M. Winifred Betts, M.Sc. 136–156 XX. Studies in the New Zealand Species of the Genus Lycopodium: Part III—The Plasticity of the Species. By the Rev. J. E. Holloway, D.Sc. 161–216 XXXIV. The Vegetation of Banks Peninsula, with a List of Species (Flowering-plants and Ferns). By R. M. Laing, B.Sc. 355–408 XXXV. The Pronunciation of Scientific Terms in New Zealand, with Special Reference to the Terms of Botany. By A. Wall 409–414 XXXVIII. A History of Hagley Park, Christchurch, with Special Reference to its Botany. By Miss E. M. Herriott, M.A. 427–447 Geology. Art. II. The Significant Features of Reef-bordered Coasts. By W. M. Davis 6–30 V. On the Occurrence of Thin Bands of Marble at South Peak, near Hampden. Otago. By J. Park, F.G.S. 41–42 VII. Description of a New Species of the Family Cerithiidae. By H. Suter 68 XII. New Fossil Mollusca. By J. A. Bartrum 96–100 XIII. A Fossiliferous Bed at Kawa Creek, West Coast, South of Waikato River, New Zealand. By J. A. Bartrum 101–106 XV. Further Notes on the Horowhenua Coastal Plain and the Associated Physiographic Features. By G. L. Adkin 108–118 XIX. Further Notes on the Geology of the Trelissick or Castle Hill Basin. By R. Speight, M.Sc. 157–160

Art. XXIII. Fauna of the Hampden Beds and Classification of the Oamaru System. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. 226–250 XIV. Occurrence of Fossil Moa-bones in the Lower Wanganui Strata By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. 250–253 XXV. Some New Fossil Species of Mollusca. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., and R. Murdoch 253–258 XXIX. The Older Gravels of North Canterbury. By R. Speight, M.Sc, F.G.S. 269–281 XXX. Rough Ridge, Otago, and its Splintered Fault-scarp. By C. A. Cotton 282–285 XXXI. Note on the Mechanical Composition of the so-called Loess at Timaru. By L. J. Wild, M.A., B.Sc., F.G.S. 286–288 XXXII. The Geology of the Middle Clarence and Ure Valleys, East Marlborough, New Zealand. By J. Allan Thomson, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. 289–349 XXXVII. Report on the Natural Features of the Arthur's Pass Tunnel. By C. C. Farr, E. G. Hogg, S. Page, L J. Wild, and F. W. Hilgendorf 422–426 XL. Terminology for Beak and Foraminal Development in Brachiopoda. By S. S. Buckman, F.G.S. 450–454 Zoology. Art. III. On the Occurrence of Two Unusual Blood-vessels in Hyla aurea. By W. B. Benham, D.Sc., F.R.S. 30–34 IV. Some Earthworms from Stephen Island and D'Urville Island. By W. B. Benham, D.Sc., F.R.S. 35–41 VI. A Preliminary Investigation of the Age and Manner of Growth of Brown Trout in Canterbury, as shown by a Microscopic Examination of their Scales. By M. H. Godby, M.A., B.Sc. 42–67 VIII. The Structure of Amphibola crenata Martyn. By Winifred C. Farnie, M.A. 69–85 XVI. Ceina, an Aberrant Genus of the Amphipodan Family Talitridae. By C. Chilton, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.L.S. 118–129 XVII. New Species of Mollusca, from various Dredgings taken off the Coast of New Zealand, the Snares Islands, and the Bounty Islands. By Miss M. K. Mestayer 130–135 XXI. Notes on the Birds of South-western Otago. By A. Philpott 216–224 XXII. Description of New Species of Lepidoptera. By A. Philpott 224–225 XXXIII. Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. 349–359 XXXIX. A New Discoglossoid Frog from New Zealand. By A. R. McCulloch 447–449 Miscellaneous. Art. I. On the Toxicity of the Tutu Fruit and Seed. By J. Malcolm, M.D. 1–5 XXVII. To what extent is Earth-rotation the Cause of the Ocean Currents? By A. W. Burrell 264–267

Proceedings. Pages Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors 457–472 Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute Science Congress, 1919 473–485 Annual Address of the President 485–495 Wellington Philosophical Society 496–498 Auckland Institute 499–502 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 503–504 Otago Institute 505–506 Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute 506 Manawatu Philosophical Society 507 Wanganui Philosophical Society 508 Nelson Institute 508 Appendix. New Zealand Institute Act and Regulations 511 Hutton Memorial Medal and Research Fund 511–513 Hector Memorial Research Fund 513–515 Regulations for administering the Government Research Grant 515–516 Carter Bequest 516 New Zealand Institute—List of Officers, &c. 517–520 Roll of Members 521–535 Serial Publications received by the Library of the Institute 536–539 List of Institutions to which the Publications of the Institute are presented 540–545 Index 547–548