Contents - Volume 25, 1892

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• Transactions of the New Zealand Institute
• (title page)
• Erratum.
• Contents.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Board of Governors.
  • Abstracts of Rules and Statutes.
  • List of Incorporated Societies.
  • Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rules.

• Transactions

  • Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1892.

    • I.—Zoology.

      • Art. I.—On the Classification and Mutual Relations of the Dinornithidæ.
      • Art. II.—On the Presence of a Crest of Feathers in certain Species of Moa.
      • Art. III.—New Species of Moas.
      • Art. IV.—On Anomalopteryx antiqua.
      • Art. V.—The Moas and the Moa-hunters.
      • Art. VI.—Note on Mus maorium (Hutton), with Exhibition of Specimen.
      • Art. VII.—Note on the Bats of New Zealand.
      • Art. VIII.—Note on the Flightless Rail of the Chatham Islands (Cabalus modestus).
      • Art. IX.—Notes on New Zealand Birds.
      • Art. X.—Further Notes on the Birds of New Zealand.
      • Art. XI.—On the Fissures and Caves at the Castle Rocks, Southland; with a Description of the Remains of the Existing and Extinct Birds found in them.
      • Art. XII.—Notes on Birds.
      • Art. XIII.—On the Occurrence of the Luth, or Leathery Turtle, on the Coasts of New Zealand.
      • Art. XIV.—On a Specimen of Sunfish captured at Poverty Bay.
      • Art. XV.—Further Notes on New Zealand Earthworms, with Observations on the known Aquatic Species.
      • Art. XVI.—Contributions to the Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand.
      • II.—Molluscan Fauna of the Hunua Range, Auckland.
      • III.—Molluscan Fauna of the Pirongia Mountain, Kawhia.
      • IV.—Molluscan Fauna of Waimarama, Hawke's Bay.
      • Art. XVII.—Notes on New Zealand Insects.
      • Art. XVIII.—An Enumeration of the Janellidæ.
      • Art. XIX.—Synonymical Notes on New Zealand Cicadidæ.
      • Art. XX.—Note on an Ant-like Insect (Betyla fulva, Cameron) parasitic in the New Zealand Glowworm.
      • Art. XXI.—Descriptions of New Species of Araneæ.
      • Art. XXII.—On Eels.
      • Art. XXIII.—On a New Zealand Variety of Floscularia coronetta, Cubitt.
      • Art. XXIV.—Remarks on the Carabidæ of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXV.—On some Mites parasitic on Beetles and Woodlice.
      • Art. XXVI.—Further Coccid Notes: with Descriptions of New Species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific.
      • Art. XXVII.—On the Geographical Distribution of Atax.
      • Art. XXVIII.—Note on some Sea-trout (Salmon or Salmontrout?).
      • Art. XXIX.—Notes on a Land Planarian (sent by F. V. Knapp, Hampden State School, Nelson).
      • Art. XXX.—Notes on the Southern Seals.

    • II.—Botany.

      • Art. XXXI.—On Heterostyled Trimorphic Flowers in the New Zealand Fuchsias, with Notes on the Distinctive Characters of the Species.
      • Art. XXXII.—Description of a New Genus and of New Species of Native Plants.
      • Art. XXXIII.—Notes on the New Zealand Species of the Genus Andreæa, together with Descriptions of some New Species.
      • Art. XXXIV.—Notes on a Proposed New Genus of New Zealand Mosses; together with a Description of Three New Species.
      • Art. XXXV.—Note on Splachnidium rugosum, Grev.
      • Art. XXXVI.—Description of New Species of Musci.
      • Art. XXXVII.—On some Little-known New Zealand Mosses.
      • Art. XXXVIII.—On a New Insectivorous Plant in New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXIX.—Botanical Notes from Takaka District.
      • Art. XL.—On a Remarkable Variation in Lomaria lanceolata.
      • Art. XLI.—Bush Jottings: No. 2 (Botanical).
      • Art. XLII.—Cryptogams: A Description of a few Lately-discovered Rare Indigenous Ferns; also, Notice of a Fine and Peculiar Fungus, Ileodictyon, Tulasne, = Clathrus, Cooke.
      • Art. XLIII.—Phænogams: A Description of some Newly-discovered Indigenous Plants; being a Further Contribution towards the making known the Botany of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLIV.—A List of Fungi recently detected and collected in the Bush District, County of Hawke's Bay; being a Further Contribution to the Indigenous Flora of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLV.—Memorandum of a few New Species of Hepaticæ lately detected in the Seventy-mile Bush District; as kindly determined by Dr. F. Stephani, of Berlin.

    • III.—Geology.

      • Art. XLVI.—Artesian-water Prospects at Wanganui.
      • Art. XLVII.—Artesian Wells, Wanganui, New Zealand.
      • Art. XLVIII.—Discovery of Artesian Water-supply, Ruatniwha Plain.
      • Art. XLIX.—On the Occurrence of Granite and Gneissic Rocks in the King-country.
      • Art. L.—The Earthquake of the 4th December, 1891: Notes thereon.
      • Art. LI.—On an Olivine-andesite of Banks Peninsula.
      • Art. LII.—On a Diatom Deposit near Pakaraka, Bay of Islands, Auckland.

    • IV.—Chemistry.

      • Art. LIII.—On the Nature of Stinkstone (Anthraconite).
      • Art. LIV.—Further Results obtained in support of my Theory as to the Oxidation of Gold in presence of Air and Water.

    • IV.—Miscellaneous.

      • Art. LV,—Causes of Fires on Shipboard and Elsewhere.
      • Art. LVI.—Maori Nomenclature.
      • Art. LVII.—The Extinction of the Moa.
      • Art. LVIII.—On a Maori Waiata.
      • Art. LIX.—Remarks on Dr. H. von Jhering's Paper “On the Ancient Relations between New Zealand and South America.”
      • Art. LX.—The Effect of Deer on the New Zealand Bush: A Plea for the Protection of our Forest Reserves.
      • Art. LXI.—Unwritten Literature.
      • Art. LXII.—Observations on Rainbows.
      • Art. LXIII.—On Rainbows caused by Reflection in Still Water, and on Elliptically-generated Rainbows.
      • Art. LXIV.—Sanitation and Ventilation as required in a Modern House.
      • Art. LXV.—The Effect of Current Electricity upon Plant-growth.
      • Art. LXVI.—Notes on some Bone Combs for dressing the Head of a Maori Chief, found in Otago.
      • Art. LXVII.—Notes on some Old Flax Mats found in Otago.
      • Art. LXVIII.—On Two Bone Pendants found in the South Island of New Zealand.
      • Art. LXIX.—Notes on Maori Necklaces.
      • Art. LXX.—Discovery of Maori Implements at Takaka, Nelson.
      • Art. LXXI.—Observations on Mr. T. White's Paper “On the Native Dog of New Zealand” — Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. xxiv., Art. 51.
      • Art. LXXII.—On Remains of the Moa in the Forest.
      • Art. LXXIII.—After-images.
      • Art. LXXIV.—Analogy between Light and Sound: Are they Convertible?
      • Art. LXXV.—National Melodies.
      • Art. LXXVI.—Notes regarding Icebergs at the Chatham Islands.

• New Zealand Institute

  • New Zealand Institute

    • Twenenty-fourth Annual Report, 1891–92.
    • New Zealand Institute Accounts for 1891–92.

• Proceedings

  • Wellington Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting: 13th July, 1892. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair.

      • Notes on a Kapu, or Carved Funnel, and a Kaea, or Maori Wartrumpet.
      • Notes on Exhibits
    • Second Meeting: 3rd August, 1892. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair.

    • Third Meeting: 24th August, 1892. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair.

      • Notes on an Albino Sparrow.

    • Fourth Meeting: 14th September, 1892. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair.

      • Remarks on Articles made of Taranaki Ironsand.

    • Fifth Meeting: 5th October, 1892. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair.

      • On the Antiquity of the Moa.
      • Abstract.
      • Note on the Occurrence of the Hedge-sparrow (Accentor modularis) in New Zealand.
      • Note on a White Tern (Gygis alba) from the Kermadec Islands.

    • Sixth Meeting: 26th October, 1892. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair.

      • Exhibit of Pottery and Nails found at Lyall's Bay.
      • On the Blue-necked Crested Shag (Phalacrocorax nycthemerus) from Antipodes Island.

    • Seventh Meeting: 7th December, 1892. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair.

      • Remarks on Blights
      • On Acclimatised Salmon and Trout.

    • Eighth Meeting: 18th January, 1893. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair.

      • Notes on Guano from the Islands.
      • Notes on Supersulphate of Soda.
      • Exhibit of Strelitzia in flower

    • Annual Meeting: 15th February, 1893. Sir Walter Buller, President, in the chair. New Member.—Mr. Robert Murdoch.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1893
      • On a Curious Property of Odd Numbers.

  • Auckland Institute.

    • First Meeting: 13th June, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.

      • Anniversary Address

    • Second Meeting: 27th June, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair. New Member.—E. W. Payton.

      • Evolutionary Ethics.

    • Third Meeting: 11th July, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.

      • The Aryans in their Primitive Home.

    • Fourth Meeting: 25th July, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.

      • Exhibition of a New Wave-machine.
      • On some Peculiarities of the Maori Language.

    • Fifth Meeting: 22nd August, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.

      • Exhibition of a Model Geyser, designed
    • Sixth Meeting: 5th September, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.

    • Seventh Meeting: 19th September, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.

      • An Army of Defenders: An Account of Metchnikoff's Discoveries concerning the Power of Resistance against Disease.
    • Eighth Meeting: 3rd October, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.

    • Ninth Meeting: 17th October, 1892. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair

      • New Species of Coleoptera.

    • Annual General Meeting: 20th February, 1893. Mr. T. Peacock in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1893

  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

    • First Meeting: 5th May, 1892. W. H. Symes, M.D., Vice-president, in the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 2nd June, 1892. H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S., Vice-president, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting: 15th June, 1892. W. H. Symes, M.D., Vice-president, in the chair.

    • Fourth Meeting: 6th July, 1892. Professor Bickerton, President, in the chair.

      • On Hail.
      • On the Equilibrium of Gaseous Cosmic Spheres.

    • Fifth Meeting: 3rd August, 1892.

      • On some Causes for the Low Temperature of Dissociation.
      • On Methods of determining the Rate of Increase of the Attraction of Molecules in Terms of their Diameter.
      • On the Specific Heat of Solutions at Constant Volume.
    • Sixth Meeting: 7th September, 1892. Professor Bickerton, President, in the chair.
    • Seventh Meeting: 5th October, 1892. Professor Bickerton, President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting: 2nd November, 1892. Professor Bickerton, President, in the chair.

      • Notes on the Earthquakes of 1891–92.
      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1893

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting: 10th May, 1892. C. W. Adams, Esq., President, in the chair.

    • Second Meeting: 14th June, 1892. C. W. Adams, Esq., President, in the chair.

      • A Page of Latter-day Literature.

    • Third Meeting: 12th July, 1892. C. W. Adams, Esq., President, in the chair.

      • On a Genus of Boragineœ new to New Zealand.
      • Additional Note on the Presence of a Crest of Feathers in some Kinds of Moa

    • Fourth Meeting: 11th August, 1892. C. W. Adams, Esq., President, in the chair.

      • On the Volatilisation of Silver.
      • On Recent Researches in Easter Island.
      • Further Notes on Greenstone.

    • Fifth Meeting: 13th September, 1892.

      • On the Early History of New Zealand.

    • Sixth Meeting: 11th October, 1892. C. W. Adams, Esq., President, in the chair.

      • On Aluminium and its Uses.

    • Annual Meeting: 8th November, 1892. C. W. Adams, Esq., President, in the chair.

      • Election of Officers for 1893
      • Address on Politics.

  • Westland Institute.

    • Annual Meeting: 8th December, 1892.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1893

  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.

    • First Meeting: 9th May, 1892. Dr. Moore, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Microbes: Inaugural Address
      • Science in Cricket.
      • Numismatics.

    • Second Meeting: 13th June, 1892. Mr. H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

      • Account of the Waitomo Caves.

    • Third Meeting: 11th July, 1892. Mr. H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

      • On Metre in Poetry.
      • On Submarine Telegraphy.

    • Fourth Meeting: 8th August, 1892. Mr. H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

      • On Weight.
      • On Coins.

    • Fifth Meeting: 12th September, 1892. Mr. H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S., President, in the chair.

      • On a Radiant Phenomenon.

    • Sixth Meeting: 10th October, 1892. Mr. Humphries in the chair.

      • On the Power of Attraction on the Earth's Surface.

    • Seventh Meeting: 28th November, 1892.

      • On the Native Dog of New Zealand.
      • On the Maori Dog and the Dog Philological.
      • Was the Original Dog of the Aryans of a White Colour?
      • On Submarine Telegraph Cables.
      • Abstract of Annual Report.

  • Nelson Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting: 28th March, 1892. Mr. A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • Election of President
      • Resolution regarding resignation of the late President, Bishop Suter
      • Exhibits described

    • Second Meeting: 11th April, 1892. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.

      • List of presentations
      • Criticism on Mr. E. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. (Part I.)

    • Third Meeting: 16th May, 1892. Dr. L. Boor, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Islam.
      • Criticism on Mr. E. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. (Part II.)

    • Annual Meeting: 12th December, 1892. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1893
      • Criticism on Mr. E. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. (Part III.)
• Appendix
  • Meteorology. Comparative Abstract for 1892 and Previous Years.
  • Average Temperature of Seasons, compared with those of the Previous Year.
  • General Remarks for 1892.
  • Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1892.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Honorary Members.
  • Ordinary Members.
  • Auckland Institute.
  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
  • Otago Institute
  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
  • List of Institutions and Persons To Whom
• Index.