Contents

• PREFACEPreface.
• ADDENDAAddenda Et Errata.
• CONTENTSContents
• SECTIONNew Zealand Institute.
• SUBSECTIONNew Zealand Institute.
  • ARTICLEAnniversary Address of The President, His Excellency Sir, George F. Bowen, G.C.M.G..
  • ARTICLEFourth Annual Report
  • ARTICLEAccounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1871–72.
  • ARTICLEReport by Manager.
• SECTIONTransactions.
  • SUBSECTIONTransactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1872.
    • ARTICLEArt I.—On the Life and Times of Te Rauparaha.
    • ARTICLEArt. II.—On Moa Beds.
    • ARTICLEArt. III.—An Account of the First Discovery of Moa Remains.
    • ARTICLEArt. IV.— On New Zealand Lake Pas.
    • ARTICLEArt V.— A Description of the Earnsclough Moa Cave.
    • ARTICLEArt. VI.—On the Effect of Wind-driven Sand as a Cutting Agent.
    • ARTICLEArt. VII.—On Local Variations of Atmospheric Pressure dependent on the Strength of Winds.
    • ARTICLEArt. VIII.—On the Reclamation of Land devastated by the Encroachment of Sand.
    • ARTICLEArt. IX.—Directions for Raising and Spreading Ammophila arundinacea and Elymus arenarius.
    • ARTICLEArt. X.—On the Taieri Floods.
    • ARTICLEArt. XI.—An Astronomical Telescope on a New Construction.
    • ARTICLEArt. XII.—Description of a Reflecting Telescope made in Wellington
    • ARTICLEArt. XIII.—On the Influence of Change of Latitude on Ships' Compasses.
    • ARTICLEArt. XIV.—On Barata Numerals.
    • ARTICLEArt. XV.— Notes on the Stone Epoch at the Cape of Good Hope.* See Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. IV., p. 157.
    • ARTICLEArt. XVI.—On the Flight of the Black-backed Gull (Larus dominicanus).
    • ARTICLEArt. XVII.—On Compound Engines.
    • ARTICLEArt. XVIII.—Notes on Rurima Rocks.
    • ARTICLEArt. XIX.—On the Whales and Dolphins of the New Zealand Seas.
    • ARTICLEArt. XX.—On the Birds of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXI.—Remarks on some Birds of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXII.—On the Birds of the Chatham Islands with Introductory Remarks on the Avi-fauna and Flora of the Islands in...
    • ARTICLEArt. XXIII.—Notes on some of the Birds brought from the Chatham Islands, with Descriptions of the New Species.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXIV.—Notes on some of the New Zealand Birds.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXV.—Note on Colluricincla concinna, Hutton.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXVI.—On the Geographical Relations of the New Zealand Fauna.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXVII.—On the New Zealand Sertularians.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXVIII.—Contributions to the Ichthyology of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXIV.—Notes on some Undescribed Fishes of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXX.—Notice of a New Species of Moth in New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXI.—On the Spiders of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXII.—Notes on the Stridulating Organs of the Cicada.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXIII.—On the direct Injuries to Vegetation in New Zealand by various Insects, especially with reference to Lar...
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXIV.—Remarks on the Coleoptera of Canterbury, New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXV.—On the Skeleton of an Aboriginal Inhabitant of the Chatham Islands.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXVI.—Observations on Naultinus pacificus, Gray.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXVII.—Note on Ctenolabrus knoxi.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXVIII.—Preliminary .Notes on Mr. H. H. Travers' Recent Collections of Plants from the Chatham Islands.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXIX.—On the Origin in New Zealand of Polygonum aviculare, L.
    • ARTICLEArt. XL.—Further Notes on the Nativity of Polygonum aviculare, L., in New Zealand, in reply to Mr. Travers.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLI.—Notes on the Naturalized Plants of the Chatham Islands.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLII.—Notes on the Flora of the Lake District of the North Island.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLIII.—On the Specific Characters of Dicksonia antaretica, Br. and Dicksonia lanata, Col.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLIV.—Notice of a remarkable Arborescent Fern on Ngongotaha.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLV.—Notice of a New Species of Senecio, (S. hectori).
    • ARTICLEArt. XLVI.—List of Plants found on Miramar Peninsula, Wellington Harbour.* Written to accompany paper by J. C. Crawfo...
    • ARTICLEArt. XLVII.—On the Fertilization of the New Zealand Species of Pterostylis.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLVIII.—On the Growth of Phormium tenax.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLIX.—Notes on Plants collected near Invercargill.
    • ARTICLEArt. L.—On the Botany and Conchology of Great Omaha.
    • ARTICLEArt. LI.—On the Mode of Producing Auriferous Alloys by Wet Processes.
    • ARTICLEArt. LII.—Critical Notes upon the Alleged Nuclear Action of Gold upon Gold reduced from Solution by Organic Matter.
    • ARTICLEArt. LIII.—On the Absorption of Certain Alkaloids by Aluminous Silicates.
    • ARTICLEArt. LIV.—On the Proposed Substitution of Acetate for Sulphate of Copper in the Manufacture of Iodine.
    • ARTICLEArt. LV.—On the Formation of Gold Nuggets in Drift.
    • ARTICLEArt. LVI.—On the Date of the Last Great Glacier Period in New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. LVII.—Notes on Miramar Peninsula, Wellington Harbour.
• SECTIONProceedings.
  • SUBSECTIONWellington Philosophical Society.
    • ARTICLEAbstract Report of the council.
    • ARTICLEElection of Office-bearers-for 1872
    • ARTICLENatural History Notes.
    • ARTICLEThe Ascent of Tauakira.
    • ARTICLEAddress.
    • ARTICLENotes on Parasitic Animals.
    • ARTICLEOn the Stone Period of South Africa.
    • ARTICLEOn South American Geology and Topography.
    • ARTICLENotes on the New Zealand Hawk.
    • ARTICLENote on the Fur Seal of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEOn the Chief Features of the Vegetation of the District between Maketu and Lake Taupo.
    • ARTICLEList of Human, Moa, and other Bones found on Miramar Peninsula.
    • ARTICLENotes on the Anatomy of the Huia.
    • ARTICLEAccount of the Turner Reef, Marlborough.
    • ARTICLETravels on the West Coast of the South Island.
    • ARTICLEDescription of the Extinct Gigantic Bird of Prey, Hokioi. By a Maori; communicated
    • ARTICLEObservations on the Comparative Anatomy of the Penguin.
    • ARTICLEFurther Notice of Bones of a Fossil Penguin (Palœeudyptes antarcticus, Huxley)
    • ARTICLENotice of a Parrot-fish (Odax vittatus).
    • ARTICLEAbstract Report of Council.
    • ARTICLEElection of Office-bearers for 1873
  • SUBSECTIONAuckland Institute.
    • ARTICLEAbstract of Annual Report.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1872
    • ARTICLEAddress.
    • ARTICLEOn the Occurrence of the Sprat and Anchovy at the Thames.
    • ARTICLEOn the Occurrence of the Clover Dodder (Cuscuta trifolii) in the Waikato District.
    • ARTICLEOn the Rate of Growth of Native Trees under Cultivation.
    • ARTICLEOn the Cultivation of Native Trees.
    • ARTICLEOn Shells collected North of the Auckland Isthmus.
    • ARTICLEOn a New Mode of compiling Tables of Logarithms.
    • ARTICLEOn the Introduction of Trout to New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEOn the Mud-fish (Neochanna apoda), being extracts from letters written
    • ARTICLEOn a Remarkable Instance of Refraction of the Hakarimata and Taupiri Ranges.
  • SUBSECTIONPhilosophical Institute of Canterbury.
    • ARTICLEAddress.
    • ARTICLEOn Darwin's Provisional Hypothesis of Pangenesis.
    • ARTICLENote on the Size and Weight of the Smallest Particles visible to the Highest Powers of the Microscope.
    • ARTICLEOn the Practical Uses of an Observatory.
    • ARTICLEAnnual Report.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1873
  • SUBSECTIONOtago Institute.
    • ARTICLEAbstract of Annual Report.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for year ending 30th June, 1873
    • ARTICLEAddress.
    • ARTICLEOn a Fish of the genus Bovichthys, caught near Dunedin.
    • ARTICLEOn a Supposed Hybrid.
    • ARTICLEOn Recent Additions to the Museum.
    • ARTICLEDescription of a Submarine Boat for Gold-mining under Water.
    • ARTICLERemarks on Kiwis captured near Dunedin.
  • SUBSECTIONNelson Association for the Promotion of Science and Industry.
    • ARTICLEOn the Mineral Resources of Nelson Province.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1873
    • ARTICLEOn the Cultivation of Sugar-beet in New Zealand.
• APPENDIXAppendix.
  • ARTICLEMeteorological Statistics.
  • ARTICLEEarthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1872.
  • ARTICLEComparative Abstract for 1872, and previous Years.
    • ARTICLENotes on the Weather During 1872.
      • ARTICLELecture on the Formation of Mountains.
      • ARTICLEOn the Influence of Temperature on Infant Mortality.
      • ARTICLEObservations on the Zodiacal Light, tending to show its Connection with the Sun's Motion in Space.
      • ARTICLENotes on the Zodiacal Light.
      • ARTICLEOn the Work of the Past Year in Astronomy and Celestial Physics.
  • ARTICLEList of Members

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