Contents - Volume 10, 1877

All full-page illustrations (plates) in this volume can be seen in the Picture Gallery.

• (title page)
• Preface.
• Addenda et Corrigenda.
• Contents.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Board of Governors.
  • Abstracts of Rules and Statutes.
  • List of Incorporated Societies.

• Transactions.

  • Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1877.

    • I.—Miscellaneous.

      • Art. I.—New Zealand a Post-glacial Centre of Creation.
      • Art. II.—On Mill's Fourth Fundamental Theorem respecting Capital.
      • Art. III.—Observations on the Evidences of recent Change in the Elevation of the Waikato District.
      • Art. IV.—Address.
      • Art. V.—Sketch of the Traditional History of the South Island Maoris.
      • Art. VI.—On the Influence of the Earth's Rotation on Rivers.
      • Art. VII.—On a peculiar Method of Arrow Propulsion as observed amongst the Maoris.
      • Art. VIII.—On the Day in which Captain Cook took formal Possession of New Zealand.
      • Art. IX.—Manibus Parkinsonibus sacrum. A brief Memoir of the First Artist who visited New Zealand; together with several little-known Items of Interest extracted from his Journal.
      • Art. X.—Notes, chiefly historical, on the ancient Dog of the New Zealanders.
      • Art. XI.—A System of Weights and Measures.
      • Art. XII.—Notes on blowing up Snags in the Waikato River with Dynamite.
      • Art. XIII.—Notes on the firing of Torpedoes by Electricity.
      • Art. XIV.—Experiments on the Lifting Power of Inclined Planes in Aerial Transit.
      • Art. XV.—Introduction of the Tension Wheel in Aerial Transit.
      • Art. XVI.—Introduction of the Principle of the Gyroscope in Aerial Transit.
      • Art. XVII.—On Floods in Lake Districts and Flooded Rivers in general, with Methods adopted for their Prevention and Control.
      • Art. XVIII.—On a means of selecting the most durable Timber.

    • II.—Zoology.

      • Art. XIX.—Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand.
      • Art. XX.—Further Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXI.—On the Disappearance of the Korimako (Anthornis melanura) from the North Island.
      • Art. XXII.—Further descriptive Notes of the Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris.)
      • Art. XXIII.—On the Egg of the Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris).
      • Art. XXIV.—On the Species forming the Genus Ocydromus, a peculiar Group of brevi-pennate Rails.
      • Art. XXV.—Notice of the Occurrence of the Shy Albatros (Diomedea cauta) in the North Island.
      • Art. XXVI.—On the Addition of the Red-tailed Tropic Bird (Phæton rubricauda) to the Avifauna of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXVII.—Notice of a new Variety of Tuatara Lizard (Sphenodon) from East Cape Island.
      • Art. XXVIII.—Notes on the Physiology and Anatomy of the Tuatara (Sphenodon güntheri).
      • Art. XXIX.—Disappearance of the Small Birds of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXX.—On two new Fishes.
      • Art. XXXI.—Notes on Regalecus pacificus, a new Species of Ribbon Fish from the New Zealand Seas.
      • Art. XXXII.—On the Habits of the New Zealand Grayling.
      • Art. XXXIII.—Supplementary Description of Species or Varieties of Chrysophani (Lepidoptera rhopalocera) inhabiting New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXIV.—Description of new Genera and Species of Psychidæ.
      • Art. XXXV.—On the Butterflies of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXVI.—Notes on the Metamorphosis and Development of one of our large Butterflies (Danais berenice), or a closely-allied Species.
      • Art. XXXVII.—On a new Species of Trapdoor Spider from New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXVIII.—Second Note on the Maori Rat.
      • Art. XXXIX.—Notes on the New Zealand Myriopoda in the Otago Museum.
      • Art. XL.—Contributions to the Conchology of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLI.—Notes on a Marine Spider found at Cape Campbell.
      • Art. XLII.—Description of Trap-door Spiders' Nests from California and from Western Australia in the Christchurch Museum.
      • Art. XLIII.—Notes on some Changes in the Fauna of Otago.
      • Art. XLTV.—The Dunedin Fish Supply.
      • Art. XLV.—Notes on the Whales of the New Zealand Seas.

    • III.—Botany.

      • Art. XLVI.—On Grasses.
      • Art. XL VII.—Notes on the Fertilization of Glossostigma.
      • Art. XL VIII.—Description of a new Species of Polypodium.
      • Art. XLIX.—Note on a branched Nikau Tree.
      • Art. L.—Notes on Ferns.
      • Art. LI.—On the Naturalized Plants of Port Nicholson and the adjacent District.
      • Art. LII.—On the New Zealand Species of Phyllocladus.
      • Art. LIII.—A revised Arrangement of the New Zealand Species of Dacrydium, with Descriptions of new Species.
      • Art. LIV.—Notice of the Occurrence of a Variety of Zostera nana, Roth, in New Zealand.
      • Art. LV.—Notice of the Occurrence of Juncus glaucus, L., in New Zealand.
      • Art. LVI.—Description of a new Species of Hymenophyllum.
      • Art. LVII.—On Hymenophyllum villosum, Colenso.
      • Art. LVIII.—On Lindsaya viridis, Colenso.
      • Art. LIX.—On Nephrodium decompositum,. Br., and N. glabellum, A. Cunn.
      • Art. LX.—On the Botany of the Bluff Hill.
      • Art. LXI.—Contributions to the Botany of Otago.
      • Art. LXII.—Notes on three dried Specimens of Matai (Podocarpus spicata.
      • Art. LXIII.—Notice of the Discovery of Monoclea forsteri, Hook., in New Zealand.
      • Art. LXIV.—Descriptions of New Plants.

    • IV.—Chemistry.

      • Art. LXV.—On certain of the Mineral Waters of New Zealand.
      • Art. LXVI.—On the Result of an Examination of certain of our Manganese Ores for Cobalt.
      • Art. LXVII.—On the Solubility of Calcic Carbonate in Solutions of the Alkaline Chlorides.
      • Art. LXVIII.—On the Degree of Solubility of certain Earthy Carbonates in pure Water.
      • Art. LXIX.—On the Presence of Nickel in the Auckland District.
      • Art. LXX.—Notes on a Deposit in the Shaft of the Pumping Association.

    • V.—Geology.

      • Art. LXXI.—Remarks as to the Cause of the Warmer Climate which existed in high Northern Latitudes during former Geological Periods.
      • Art. LXXII.—Further Remarks as to the Cause of the Warmer Climate which existed in high Northern Latitudes during former Geological Epochs.
      • Art. LXXIII.—On the Formation of detached Shingle Beaches.
      • Art. LXXIV.—On Gold in the Wellington Provincial District.
      • Art. LXXV.—On the Occurrence of Gold in the Mackenzie Country, Canterbury.
      • Art. LXXVI.—On the Belemnites found in New Zealand.
      • Art. LXXVII.—Notes on some of the New Zealand Minerals belonging to the Otago. Museum, Dunedin.
      • Art. LXXVIII.—Analyses of a Rock Specimen from New Zealand, showing the Junction between Granite and Slate.

• New Zealand Institute.

  • New Zealand Institute.

    • Ninth Annual Report, 1876–7.

• Proceedings.

  • Wellington Philosophical society.

    • First Meeting. 21st July, 1877.

    • Second Meeting. 4th August, 1877. W. T. L. Travers, M.H.R., F.L.S., President, in the chair.

      • Notes on the Tidal Wave of 11th May, 1877.
      • On the Development of Azolla rubra.
      • On the Reciprocity of the Seasons with those of the Northern Hemisphere (abstract).
      • Abstract.
      • Some Remarks on the Plant called Prickly Comfrey (Symphytum asperrimum) (abstract).
      • Abstract.
    • Third Meeting. 18th August, 1877. W. T. L. Travers, M.H.R., F.L.S., President, in the chair.

    • Fourth Meeting. 1st September, 1877. W. T. L. Travers, M.H.R., F.L.S., President, in the chair.

      • Further Remarks upon Prickly Comfrey, with Description of Mode of storing it and other Forage Plants (abstract).
      • Abstract.
      • On the Improvement of Wellington Harbour in providing additional Wharf Accommodation (abstract).
      • Abstract.
    • Fifth Meeting. 22nd September, 1877. J. Carruthers, M. Inst. C.E., Vice-president, in the chair.

    • Sixth Meeting. 17th November, 1877. W. T. L. Travers, M.H.R., F.L.S., President, in the chair.

      • On Nephrodium pentangularum.

    • Seventh Meeting. 1st December, 1877. J. Carruthers, M. Inst. C.E., Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Hymenophyllum armstrongii,
      • On the relative Ages of the Australian, Tasmanian, and New Zealand Coal-fields (abstract).
      • Abstract.
      • On Regalecus gladius, and other additions to the Colonial Museum.

    • Eighth Meeting. 12th January, 1878. W. T. L. Travers, M.H.R., F.L.S., President, in the chair.

      • On the Mercurial Springs of the Bay of Islands (abstract).
      • Abstract.

    • Annual General Meeting. 2nd February, 1878. W. T. L. Travers, M.H.R., F.L.S., President, in the chair.

      • Abstract Report of Council.
      • Election of Officers for 1878
      • On Paper Currency, being a Reply to a Paper by John Carruthers, M. Inst. C.E. (abstract).
      • Abstract.
      • Address.

  • Auckland Institute.

    • First Meeting. 28th May, 1877. R. C. Barstow, President, in the chair.

      • Address.
      • The Study of Statistics.
      • Descriptions of new Species of Coleoptera (abstract).
      • Abstract.

    • Second Meeting. 25th June, 1877. R. C. Barstow, President, in the chair.

      • Notes on the recent Earthquake Wave, as observed at the Bay of Islands.
      • Notes on the Earthquake Wave as felt at Gisborne.
      • Description of a new Mollusk from Auckland Harbour.
      • Descriptions of new Species of Coleoptera (abstract).

    • Third Meeting. 23rd July, 1877. R. C. Barstow, President, in the chair.

      • Early Records of Auckland (abstract).
      • Abstract.
      • Reason in the Lower Animals.

    • Fourth Meeting. 20th August, 1877. R. C. Barstow, President, in the chair.

      • Note on the Discovery of Moa Remains at Awitu (abstract).
      • Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera (abstract).
      • Tewkesbury.
      • Personal Reminiscences (abstract).

    • Fifth Meeting. 22nd October, 1877. R. C. Barstow, President, in the chair.

      • Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera (abstract).
      • Notes on the Aphodiadœ of New Zealand (abstract).
      • Descriptions of two new Mollusks from Auckland Harbour.
      • Technical Education.

    • Sixth Meeting. 19th November, 1877. R. C. Barstow, President, in the chair.

      • On a Marine Plant called by the Maoris “Totaramoana.”
      • The Curculionidœ of New Zealand (abstract).
      • The New Zealand Heteromera (abstract).

    • Annual General Meeting. 18th February, 1878. R. C. Barstow, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1878

  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

    • First Meeting. 5th April, 1877. Professor von Haast, F.R.S., President, in the chair.

    • Second Meeting. 4th May, 1877. Professor von Haast, F.R.S., President, in the chair.

      • On the Drainage of Christchurch.
    • Third Meeting. 14th June, 1877. R. W. Fereday in the chair.
    • Fourth Meeting. 5th July, 1877. Professor von Haast, F.R.S., President, in the chair.
    • Fifth Meeting. 2nd August, 1877. Professor von Haast, F.R.S., President, in the chair.
    • Sixth Meeting. 6th September, 1877. Professor von Haast, F.R.S., President, in the chair.
    • Seventh Meeting. 4th October, 1877. Dr. J. S. Coward in the chair.

    • Annual General Meeting. 1st November, 1877.

      • Election of Officers for 1878
      • Abstract of Annual Report.
    • Special Meeting. 6th December, 1877. Professor von Haast, President, in the chair.

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting. 5th June, 1877. The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair.

    • Second Meeting. 19th June, 1877. The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair.

      • The Earth a Cinder.

    • Third Meeting. 3th July, 1877. R. Gillies, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Schivendener's Theory of the Nature of Lichens.
      • On a Fungus-penetrating Nostoc.

    • Fourth Meeting. 17th July, 1877. W. N. Blair, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Mental Physics.
    • Fifth Meeting. 7th August, 1877. The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair.

    • Sixth Meeting. 28th August, 1877. R. Gillies, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On the Hot Springs of New Zealand.
    • Seventh Meeting. 11th September, 1877. The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair.

    • Eighth Meeting. 25th September, 1877. The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair.

      • On Religion and the Drama.

    • Ninth Meeting. 9th October, 1877. W. N. Blair, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Eudyptes schlegeli, Finsch.

    • Tenth Meeting. 23th October, 1877. W. N. Blair, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On the Hand in different Animals.
    • Eleventh Meeting. 8th November, 1877. W. N. Blair, Vice-president, in the chair.

    • Annual General Meeting. 17th January, 1878. The Right Rev. Bishop Neville, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1878
      • Address.

  • Hawke Bay Philosophical Institute.

    • First Annual General Meeting. 4th June, 1877. Robert Stuart in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1877–8
    • First Meeting. 13th August, 1878. W. I. Spencer, M.R.C.S., in the chair.
    • Second Meeting. 10th September, 1877.

    • Third Meeting. 8th October, 1877. H. R. Holder in the chair.

      • On two indigenous Productions—Manganese and Zostera marina—which might be made fair Articles of Export.
    • Fourth Meeting. 5th November, 1877. R. Stuart, Vice-president, in the chair.
• APPENDIX
  • The Climate of new Zealand.
    • Meteorological Statistics.
    • Earthquakes reported in New Zealand, during 1877
    • Notes on the Weather During 1877.
    • Comparative Abstract for 1877, and previous Years
• Abstract of Meteorological Observations Taken at Delanasau, Bay of Islands, Bua, FIJI, For the Year ending 31st December, 1877,