(Including Minutes of Meetings, Anniversary Addresses, Abstracts of Papers, Verbal Descriptions, etc.)
New Zealand Institute.
	Pages
Anniversary Address of the President, Sir George F. Bowen, G.C.M.G..	1–7
First Annual Report by the Governors	9–10
Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1868–69	11
Second Annual Report by the Governors	11–14
Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1869–70	14
Wellington Philosophical Society.
Abstract Report of Council	15
Election of Office-bearers for 1870	15
Description of a Specimen of Berardius Arnuxii. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E.	15–16
Geological Structure of the Kaimanawa Range. By J. Hector, M.D., F.R.S.	16–17
Anniversary Address of the President, the Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S.	17–24
Notice of a Meteor observed from Wellington. By E. Stowe	24
Meetings for Discussion on Flax	27–35
Notes on Specimens of Adipocere. By J. Hector, M.D., F.R.S.	73
Notice of a Meteor observed from Wellington by Mr. Hardy	76
Results of Observations taken for Longitude by Meridian Transits of the Moon, taken at the Hutt Observatory. By Henry Jackson, Chief Surveyor Province of Wellington. (Abstract.)	82–83
Auckland Institute.
Abstract of Annual Report	39
Anniversary Address of the President, Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E.	39–46
On certain changes in the Habits of Rats, at Raglan. Letter from Captain Johnstone to Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S.	47
On a supposed Native Rat, observed at Whangarei. Extract from a Letter from Mr. J. Martin to Captain Hutton	88
On certain projected Street Improvements in Auckland. By R. W. Dyson	90–91
Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
Interim Report of the Grass Committee, with Schedule of Queries and List of Native Grasses with regard to which information is specially desired	51–52
Resolutions passed respecting desirability of Establishing Schools of Mines in New Zealand	92–93
Draft Petition to House of Representatives on Establishment of Schools of Mines	94

Annual Report	90–97
Report of the Committee appointed to confer with the Provincial Government on the Institution of Lectureships in connection with the Museum	97
Report of the Committee appointed to obtain information as to Native and other Grasses	97–98
Otago Institute.
Note on Coastal Whaling Stations, and the probability of their being instrumental in the destruction of the young of the Whale. By J. S. Webb	55–56
On Modern Methods of Geometry. By D. Brent. (Abstract.)	59–60
On the Moon and the Weather. By J. S. Webb. (Abstract.)	62–64
On the Discovery of New Zealand. By A. Eccles, F.R.C.S. (Abstract.)	65
Abstract of Report	67–68
Election of Office-bearers	68
Report on the Whale Fisheries. By the Honorary Secretary	68–70
On a (supposed) New Species of Bittern, from the Lake District. By A. C. Purdie. (Abstract.)	99–100
On the Skeleton of a Bird (supposed to be a Swan) found in Dunedin. By A. C. Purdie. (Abstract.)	100
On Central Forces,—especially as regards Force varying directly as the distance. By R. Wilding. (Abstract.)	101
Nelson Association for the Promotion of Science and Industry.
On Technical Education. By Mr. Mackay. (Abstract.)	107–108
Election of Office-bearers	109

	Zoology.
Art. I.	On the New Zealand Rat. By Walter Buller, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.G.S., C.M.Z.S.	1–4
II.	A List of the Lizards inhabiting New Zealand, with Descriptions. By Walter Buller	4–11
III.	Critical Notes on the Ornithological portion of “Taylor's New Zealand and its Inhabitants.” By Walter Buller	11–14
IV.	Notice of a Species of Megapode, in the Auckland Museum. By Walter Buller	14–15
V.	On Zosterops lateralis in New Zealand, with an Account of its Migrations. By Walter Buller	15–23
VI.	On the Structure and Habits of the Huia (Heteralocha Gouldi). By Walter Buller	24–29
VII.	On the Katipo, or Venomous Spider of New Zealand. By Walter Buller	29–34
VIII.	Notes on the Genus Deinacrida in New Zealand. By Walter Buller	34–37
IX.	Further Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. By Walter Buller	37–56
	Note to Art. II.—Buller's List of New Zealand Lizards	56
X.	On Latrodectus (Katipo), the Poisonous Spider of New Zealand. By Ll. Powell, M.R.C.S.St.A.	56–59
XI.	On the Birds of New Zealand (Part II.) By T. H. Potts	59–109
XII.	Notes on an Egg of Alca impennis, Linn., in the Collection of the writer. By T. H. Potts	109–110
XIII.	On the Nests and Eggs of some Species of New Zealand Birds not previously described. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S.	111–112

Art. XIV.	Notes on the Habits of Podiceps cristatus. By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S.	113–116
XV.	Notes upon a New Zealand Flesh-fly. By W. T. L. Travers	116–120
XVI.	On the Absence of the Eel from the Upper Waters of the Waiau-ua and its Tributaries. By W. T. L. Travers	120–122
XVII.	Notes on the Skull of Balœna marginata, described in “Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,” Vol. ii., p. 26, as the Type of a New Genus, Neobalœna. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., etc.	123–124
XVIII.	Observations on the Ziphidœ, a Family of the Cetacea. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. With Notes by Dr. Hector	125–129
XIX.	Short Notice of a Remarkable Tooth of a Cetacean. By F. J. Knox	130
XX.	Observations on Coridodax pullus. By F. J. Knox	130–132
XXI.	On the Salmonidœ of New Zealand. By James Hector, M.D., F.R.S.	133–136
XXII.	On a New Species of Fish, Coryphœnoides Novœ Zelandiœ; Native name, Okarari. By James Hector	136
XXIII.	On the Lepidoptera of Otago. By A. Bathgate	137–141
	Botany.
XXIV.	Notes on the Botany of Certain Places in the Waikato District, April and May, 1870. By T. Kirk	142–147
XXV.	On the Occurrence of Littoral Plants in the Waikato District. By T. Kirk	147–148
XXVI.	On the Flora of the Isthmus of Auckland and the Takapuna District. By T. Kirk	148–161
XXVII.	An Account of an Undescribed Pittosporum and Loranthus, in the Herbarium of the Colonial Museum, Wellington. By T. Kirk	161–163
XXVIII.	Notes on Certain New Zealand Plants not included in the “Handbook of the New Zealand Flora.” By T. Kirk	163–166
XXIX.	On the Botany of the Northern Part of the Province of Auckland. By T. Kirk.	166–177
XXX.	Descriptions of New Plants. By T. Kirk	177–180
XXXI.	On the Cultivation of some Species of Native Trees and Shrubs. By T. H. Potts and W. Gray	181–202
XXXII.	On the Natural History Collections in the Otago Museum. By J. S. Webb	203–208
XXXIII.	On some New Species and Varieties of New Zealand Plants. By John Buchanan, of the Geological Survey Department	208–212
XXXIV.	On Recent Changes in the Nomenclature of the New Zealand Ferns. By John D. Enys	213
XXXV.	On some Algœ from the Chatham Islands. By Professor J. Agardh, of Lund. Communicated by F. von Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.	213–215
	Chemistry.
XXXVI.	On the Absorption of Silver by Gold, and its Effects in Retarding Amalgamation. By W. Skey, Analyst to the Geological Survey of New Zealand	216–220
XXXVII.	On the Production of a Mono-hydrate of Chloride of Barium. By W. Skey. With Notes on its Crystallization, by E. H. Davis, F.C.S., F.G.S.	220–221
XXXVIII.	Researches on the Absorptive Properties of Platinum. By W. Skey	221–222
XXXIX.	On the Capability of Certain Sulphides to form the Negative Pole of a Galvanic Circuit or Battery. By W. Skey	222–225

Art. XL.	On the Reduction of Certain Metals from their Solutions by Metallic Sulphides, and the relation of this to the occurrence of such Metals in a Native State. By W. Skey	225–231
XLI.	On the Electro-motive Power of Metallic Sulphides. By W. Skey	232–236
XLII.	On Certain Properties of the Tutu Plant (Coriaria ruscifolia). By H. G. Hughes, M.P.S.	237–243
	Geology.
XLIII.	On the Relative Ages of the Waitemata Series and the Brown Coal Series of Drury and Waikato. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S.	244–249
XLIV.	On a Carbonaceous Mineral from Whangarei Harbour. By Captain F. W. Hutton	250–251
XLV.	On the Artesian Wells near Napier. By Captain F. W. Hutton	251
XLVI.	On the Occurrence of Native Mercury near Pakaraka, Bay of Islands. By Captain F. W. Hutton	252–253
XLVII.	On the Physical Geography of the Lake Districts of Otago. By James M'Kerrow	254–263
XLVIII.	On the Sand Hills, or Dunes, in the neighbourhood of Dunedin. By P. Thomson	263–269
XLIX.	On the Disposition of Alluvial Deposits on the Otago Gold Fields. By L. O. Beal	270–278
L.	Notes on the Geology of White Island. By James Hector, M.D., F.R.S., Director Geological Survey of New Zealand. With Observations on the Crystalline forms of the Specimens of Sulphur obtained. By E. H. Davis, F.G.S., F.C.S., of the Geological Survey Department	278–285
LI.	On the Nomenclature of Rocks. By E. H. Davis	285–287
LII.	On a New Form of Iron Pyrites. By E. H. Davis	287
LIII.	Remarks on the Resemblance of the Country in the neighbourhood of the Dun Mountain, and Wairoa Gorge, to the Mining Districts of Queensland and Auckland. By W. Wells	287–292
LIV.	Notes on the Thermal Springs, in the Hanmer Plains, Province of Nelson. By Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S. With letter from Dr. Hector to the Superintendent of Nelson on the same subject	293–298
	Miscellaneous.
LV.	On Changes in the Hokitika River. By James Rochfort, C. E.	299–303
LVI.	On the Gyration of the Wind in New Zealand, with its Characteristics in the various Quarters. By W. S. Hamilton. (Author's Abstract.)	303–306
LVII.	On Periodic Vertical Oscillations in the Earth's Atmosphere, and the Connection existing between the Fluctuations of Pressure, as indicated by the Barometer, and Changes in the Weather. By H. Skey, Government Meteorological Observer at Dunedin	306–311
LVIII.	Notes on the Chatham Islands and their Inhabitants. By Gilbert Mair	311–313
LIX.	On the Analogy between the Maori and Indo-European Languages. By Edwin Fairburn. (Abstract.)	313–315
LX.	On an Adaptation of Water Power. By J. C. Crawford, F.G.S.	315–316
LXI.	On the Use of the Semicircular Protractor, with a Description of an Improved Form of that Instrument. By James Stewart, C.E., Assoc. Inst. C.E.	316–318
LXII.	On the Use of Salt Water in the “Field” Boiler. By James Stewart	318–320
LXIII.	On a Self-acting Clamp Mountain Wire Tramway. By F. W. Wright, L.M.B. Toronto. (Abstract.)	321–322
LXIV.	On the Currents, Temperature, and Saltness of the Ocean. By W. B. Bray. (Abstract.)	322–324

Art.LXV.	Notes on the Conduction of Electricity. By J. Duigan. (Abstract.)	324–325
LXVI.	Notes on a Paper “On Sinking Funds,” read by Captain Hutton before the Auckland Institute, September 7, 1868. (Trans. N. Z. Inst., Vol. ii., p. 236.) By J. S. Webb. (Abstract.)	325
	Errata in Captain Hutton's paper, Vol. ii. of the Transactions	325
LXVII.	On the Changes effected in the Natural Features of a New Country by the Introduction of Civilized Races. (Part III.) By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. (Author's Abstract.)	326–336
LXVIII.	On the Political Economy of Railways. By H. S. Chapman, One of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand	337–351

Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1870	353–355
List of Earthquakes in New Zealand in 1870	355
Notes on the Weather during 1870	355–357
Lists of Members	358–363
Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute	x
Abstract of Rules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute	x–xii
List of Incorporated Societies	xiii
List of Office-bearers and Extracts from the Laws of Incorporated Societies	xiii–xvi

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