Contents - Volume 40, 1907

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• Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1907 Vol 40 1907
• Circular. New Zealand Institute.
• (title page)
• Contents.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Board of Governors.
• Honorary Members. (Elected Since the Inception of the Institute)
• Presidents.
• New Zealand Institute Act.
• Regulations.
  • Incorporation of Societies.
  • Regulations Regarding Publications.
  • General Regulations.
  • Management of the Property of the Institute.
  • Honorary Members.

• Transactions

  • Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1907.

    • (untitled)

      • Art. I.—Young Stages of Dicksonia and Cyathea.
      • Art. II.—Some Aspects of the Terrace-development in the Valleys of the Canterbury Rivers.
      • Art. III.—The Development of some New Zealand Conifer Leaves with regard to Transfusion Tissue and to Adaptation to Environment.
      • Art. IV.—Some Observations on the Schists of Central Otago.
      • Art. V.—Geology of Centre and North of North Island.
      • Art. VI.—Fossils from Kakanui.
      • Art. VII.—Recent Observations on New Zealand Macrolepidoptera, including Descriptions of New Species.
      • Art. VIII.—Description of a New Ophiuroid.
      • Art. IX.—A Heteropterous Hemipteron of New Zealand.
      • Art. X.—The Scheelite of Otago.
      • Art. XI.—Some Alkaline and Nepheline Rocks from Westland.
      • Art. XII.—Early Visits of the French to New Zealand.
      • Art. XIII.—The Passing of the Maori: An Inquiry into the Principal Causes of the Decay of the Race.
      • Art. XIV.—On a Soda Amphibole Trachyte from Cass's Peak, Banks Peninsula.
      • Art. XV.—Maori Forest Lore: being some Account of Native Forest Lore and Woodcraft, as also of many Myths, Rites, Customs, and Superstitions connected with the Flora and Fauna of the Tuhoe or Ure-wera District.—Part I.
      • Art. XVI.—Additions to the New Zealand Molluscan Fauna.
      • Art. XVII.—The Bipolar Theory.
      • Art. XVIII.—Notes on the Destruction of Kumaras from the Friendly Islands (Tonga), caused by an Imported Weevil, with Descriptions of the Larva, Pupa, and Perfect Insect, &c.
      • Art. XIX.—Notice of the Occurrence of the Lesser Frigate-bird (Fregata ariel) in the North Auckland District.
      • Art. XX.—Notes on the Occurrence of certain Marine Reptilia in New Zealand Waters.
      • Art. XXI.—Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand : No. 2.
      • Art. XXII.—Preliminary Note on some Stages in the Development of a Polychæte.
      • Art. XXIII.—Description of a New Species of Veronica (Linn.).
      • Art. XXIV.—Account of a Visit to Mount Hector, a High Peak of the Tararuas, with List of Flowering-plants.
      • Art. XXV.—Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats (III).
      • Art. XXVI.—Notes on the Spread of Phytophthora infestans, with special Reference to Hybernating Mycelium
      • Art. XXVII.—Note on the Gabbro of the Dun Mountain.
      • Art. XXVIII.—The Analyses of certain New Zealand Meat Products.
      • Art. XXIX.—The Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen by Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria in Certain Solutions.
      • Art. XXX.—The Transformation of Barley into Malt.
      • Art. XXXI.—On Isogonal Transformations: Part II.
      • Art. XXXII.—Right-sidedness.
      • Art. XXXIII.—A New Placostylus from New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXIV.—Result of Dredging for Mollusca near Cuvier Island, with Descriptions of New Species.
      • Art. XXXV.—Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Mollusca.
      • Art. XXXVI.—Notes on some New Zealand Marine Molluscs.
      • Art. XXXVII.—A Preliminary List of the Marine Mollusca of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXVIII.—List of Marine Molluscs collected in Otago.
      • Art. XXXIX.—List of Marine Mollusca from Lyall Bay, near Wellington, New Zealand.
      • Art. XL.—Captain Dumont D'Urville's Exploration of Tasman Bay in 1827.
      • Chapter XIII.—Traverse From Astrolabe Bay to Houahoua Bay.
      • Art. XLI.—Notes on Botanical Nomenclature; with Remarks on the Rules adopted by the International Botanical Congress of Vienna.
      • Art. XLII.—Metre.
      • Art. XLIII.—The Disappearance of the New Zealand Birds.
      • Art. XLIV.—The Little Barrier Bird-sanctuary.
      • Art. XLV.—The Grasses of Tutira.
      • Art. XLVI.—The Struggle for Foreign Trade.
      • Art. XLVII.—Further Notes on Lepidoptera.
      • Art. XLVIII.—Additional Notes on the Kea.
      • Art. XLIX—A Preliminary Note of a Metaphysical Hypothesis.
• New Zealand Institute
  • New Zealand Institute
    • Thirty-Ninth Annual Report.
    • Minutes of Fifth Annual Meeting. 30th January, 1908.

• Proceedings

  • Wellington Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting: 1st May, 1907. Professor H. B. Kirk, President, in the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 5th June, 1907. Professor H. B. Kirk, President, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting: 3rd July, 1907. Professor H. B. Kirk, President, in the chair.
    • Fourth Meeting: 7th August, 1907. Professor H. B. Kirk, President, in the chair.
    • Papers.—1. “A Case of Coloured Hearing,”
    • Fifth Meeting: 4th September, 1907. Professor H. B. Kirk, President, in the chair.
    • Annual Meeting: 2nd October, 1907. Professor H. B. Kirk, President, in the chair.

  • Auckland Institute.

    • First Meeting: 10th June, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 8th July, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting: 5th August, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Fourth Meeting: 28th August, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Fifth Meeting: 2nd September, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Sixth Meeting: 30th September, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Seventh Meeting: 21st October, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Eighth Meeting: 30th October, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Ninth Meeting: 4th November, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Tenth Meeting: 12th December, 1907. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
    • Annual Meeting: 24th February, 1908. Mr. E. V. Miller, President, in the chair.
  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
    • First Meeting: 1st May, 1907.
    • Second Meeting: 5th June, 1907.
    • Third Meeting: 3rd July, 1907.
    • Fourth Meeting: 7th August, 1907. Mr. R. Speight in the chair, and forty others present.
    • Fifth Meeting: 4th September, 1907.
    • Sixth Meeting: 2nd October, 1907.
    • Seventh Meeting: 23rd October, 1907.
    • Eighth Meeting: 6th November, 1907.
    • Annual Meeting: 11th December, 1907.
  • Otago Institute
    • First Meeting: 14th May, 1907. The President, Dr. R. Fulton, in the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 11th June, 1907. The President, Dr. R. Fulton, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting: 9th July, 1907.
    • Fourth Meeting: 13th August, 1907.
    • Fifth Meeting: 10th September, 1907.
    • Sixth Meeting: 8th October, 1907.
    • Seventh Meeting: 12th November, 1907. The President, Dr. R. Fulton, in the chair.
    • Annual Meeting.
  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
    • Annual Report.
    • Papers Read During the Session 1907.
  • Nelson Institute.
    • Annual Report.
  • Manawatu Philosophical Society.
    • Abstract of Annual Report.
• Appendix
  • New Zealand Institute.
  • Ordinary Members
• Index.
  • Authors of Papers.