Contents - Volume 15, 1882

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

• Transactions

  • Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 1882.

    • I. — Zoology.

      • Art. I.—Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera.
      • Art. II.—Further Additions to our Knowledge of the New Zealand Crustacea.
      • Art. III.—Notes on, and a new Species of Subterranean Crustacea.
      • Art. IV.—On the New Zealand Copepoda.
      • Art. V.—Notes on the Structure of Struthiolaria papulosa.
      • Art. VI.—Notes on some Branchiate Gastropoda.
      • Art. VII.—Additions to the Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand.
      • Art. VIII.—Descriptions of new Land Shells
      • Art. IX.—On the New Zealand Siphonariidæ.
      • Art. X.—Additions to the Isopodan Fauna of New Zealand.
      • Art. XI.—On some Points of Difference between the English Crayfish (Astacus fluviatilis) and a New Zealand one (Paranephrops setosus).
      • Art. XII.—On some newly-discovered New Zealand Arachnids.
      • Art. XIII.—On the Protective Resemblances of the Araneidea in New Zealand.
      • Art. XIV.—Remarks upon the Distribution within the New Zealand Zoological Sub-region of the Birds of the Orders Accipitres, Passeres, Scansores, Columbæ, Gallinæ, Struthiones, and Grallæ.
      • Art. XV.—On two new Isopods.
      • Art. XVI.— On two Marine Mites.
      • Art. XVII.—Occurrence of a Species of Ophideres, Boisd., new to New Zealand.
      • Art. XVIII.—Description of a Species of Butterfly new to New Zealand and probably to Science.
      • Art. XIX.—Description of two new Species of Heteropterous Lepidoptera.
      • Art. XX.—Note on a peculiar Neuration in the Wings of some Individuals of Percnodaimon pluto, a New Zealand Butterfly.
      • Art. XXI.—On Diseased Trout in Lake Wakatipu.
      • Art. XXII.—Notes on the New Zealand Sprat.
      • Art. XXIII.—Notes on the Picton Herring, Clupea pilchardus (C. sagax, New Zealand form).
      • Art. XXIV.—On two new Planarians from Auckland Harbour.
      • Art. XXV.—Notes on a Skeleton of Megaptera lalandii (novæ-zealandiæ), Gray.
      • Art. XXVI.—Description of a new Species of Æolis.
      • Art. XXVII.—Description of a new Dipterous Insect.
      • Art. XXVIII.—On the Gravid Uterus of Mustelus antarcticus.
      • Art. XXIX.—Notes on the Anatomy and Embryology of Scymnus lichia.
      • Art. XXX.—On the Connection of the Air-bladders and the Auditory-organ in the Red Cod (Lotella bacchus).

    • II.—Botany.

      • Art. XXXI.—On the New Zealand Desmidieæ. Additions to Catalogue and Notes on various Species.
      • Art. XXXII.—On a new Composite Plant.
      • Art. XXXIII.—Further Notes on Sorghum Experiments.
      • Art. XXXIV.—On the Growth of the Cork Oak in Auckland.
      • Art. XXXV.—The Naturalized Plants of the Auckland Provincial District.
      • Art. XXXVI.—On. some recent Additions to the Flora of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXVII.—Notes on Fresh-water Algæ.
      • Art. XXXVIII.—A Description of four new Ferns from our New Zealand Forests
      • Art. XXXIX.—On the large Number of Species of Ferns noticed in a small Area in the New Zealand Forests, in the Seventy-mile Bush, between Norsewood and Danneverke, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay.
      • Art. XL.—Descriptions of a few new Indigenous Plants.
      • Art. XLI.–Additions to the Flora of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLII.—Notes on some of the Diatomaceous Deposits of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLIII.—On the Lichenographia of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLIV.—Description of two new Species of Carex.
      • Art. XLV.—Description of a Variety of Celmisia sessiliflora, Hook. f.
      • Art. XLVI.—Description of a new Species of Senecio.

    • III.—Geology.

      • Art. XLVII.—Notes on the Mineralogy of New Zealand.
      • Art. XLVIII.—On a new Mineral belonging to the Serpentine Group.
      • Art. XLIX.—Descriptions of some new Tertiary Shells from Wanganui.
      • Art. L.—Note on the Silt Deposit at Lyttelton.
      • Art. LI.—On the Formation of the Quartz Pebbles of the Southland Plains.
      • Art. LII.—On the Occurrence of Platinum in Quartz Lodes at the Thames Goldfields

    • IV.—Miscellaneous.

      • Art LIII.—Our Earliest Settlers.
      • Art. LIV.—Historical Traditions of the Taupo and East Coast Tribes.
      • Art LV.–-The Origin of the Boomerang.
      • Art. LVI.–-On the Importance of Forestry.
      • Art. LVII.–-The Surface Features of the Earth and Local Variations in the Force of Gravity.
      • Art. LVIII.—Hawaii-nei and the Hawaiians.
      • Art. LIX.—The Effects of School Life on Sight.
      • Art. LX.—On the Constitution of Comets.
      • Art. LXI.—Macquarie Island.
      • Art. LXII.—Is New Zealand a Healthy Country?—An Enquiry with Statistics.

• New Zealand Institute

  • New Zealand Institute.

    • Fourteenth Annual Report.
    • Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1881–82.
    • Museum.
    • Geological Survey.
    • Publications.
    • Libraries.
    • Meteorology.
    • Observatory.
    • Laboratory.

• Proceedings

  • Wellington Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting. 26th April, 1882. Dr. Hector in the chair.

      • Does Morality depend on Free Will?
      • Notes on the Katipo, a Venomous Spider of New Zealand.
      • On the Search for Concealed Coal in New Zealand.

    • Second Meeting. 8th July, 1882. W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., President, in the chair.

      • Manufacture of Granolithic Cement.
      • On suitable Hedge Plants for New Zealand.
      • On harvesting Crops independent of Weather.
      • On Ensilage.
      • On Comet Seeking.
      • On Weather, Health, and Forests in Mauritius.
      • Occurrence of a Triple Meteor.
      • Presentation of Awards for Wool shown by the Colony in England

    • Third Meeting. 29th July, 1882. W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., President, in the chair.

      • On the Thames Gold Fields, and the Laws which govern the Distribution of the Gold.
      • On a Waterspout which occurred in Cook Straits.
      • Abstract.
    • Fourth Meeting. 26th August, 1882. W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., President, in the chair.

    • Fifth Meeting. 2nd September, 1882.

      • On the Decline of the Hawaiian Race and the peculiar Forms of Disease prevalent among them.
    • Sixth Meeting. 30th September, 1882.

    • Seventh Meeting. 21st October, 1882.

      • Remarks on some Bones lately discovered by Mr. H. T. Wharton in Caves at Highfield, Canterbury.
      • Remarks on the Great Comet of 1882.
      • Catch of Dagus forsteri and Retropinna osmeroides in the Hutt River

    • Eighth Meeting. 9th December, 1882.

      • On Ancient Science.

    • Ninth Meeting. 3rd February, 1883.

      • Remarks upon Mr. Travers' Paper on Sand-fixing.
      • Remarks on a Trout caught by the Natives at Wanganui.
      • Remarks on Cork grown at the Hutt.
      • Remarks on the Rev. Mr. Green's Ascent of Mount Cook.

    • Annual Meeting. 28th February, 1883.

      • Abstract Of Report For 1882.
      • Election of Officers for 1883

  • Auckland Institute.

    • First Meeting. 29th May, 1882.

      • Additions to the Greodephaga of New Zealand.

    • Second Meeting. 26th June, 1882.E. A. Mackechnie, President, in the chair.

      • New Species of Pselaphidœ.
      • Notes on the Origin of Language.
      • On a Harmonograph, an Instrument for producing Harmonic Curves.

    • Third Meeting. 31st July, 1882.

      • New Genera and Species of Heteromera.

    • Fourth Meeting. 28th August, 1882.

      • New Genera and Species of Curculionidœ.
      • The University of New Zealand; its History, Constitution, and Objects.

    • Fieth Meeting. 25th September, 1882.

      • New Species of Coleoptera.
      • Shakespeare and Euphuism.

    • Sixth Meeting. 23rd October, 1882.

      • New Species of Coleoptera.
      • The Visionary Faculty of Mind.

    • Seventh Meeting. 20th November, 1882.

      • Imaginary Quantities.

    • Annual General Meeting. 19th February, 1883.

      • Abstract Of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1883

  • Philosophical Institute Of Canterbury.

    • Professor F. W. Hutton, Vice-President, in the chair.

    • Second Meeting. 2nd March, 1882.

      • On Earthquake Phenomena.
    • Third Meeting. 6th April, 1882.
    • Fourth Meeting. 4th May, 1882.
    • Fifth Meeting. 1st June, 1882.
    • Sixth Meeting. 6th July, 1882.

    • Seventh Meeting. 3rd August, 1882.

      • On Specimens from the Weka Pass Rock Paintings, showing Stalagmite.
    • Eighth Meeting. 7th September, 1882.

    • Ninth Meeting. 5th October, 1882.

      • Further Notes on the Rock Shelter of Weka Pass.
    • Tenth Meeting. 19th October, 1882.

    • Annual Meeting. 2nd November, 1882.

      • Abstract of Annual Report
      • Election of Officers for 1883
      • On the Early History of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting. 28th March, 1882. G. M. Thomson, Vice-President, in the chair.New Members.–-James Hendry, B.A., Robert Jones, Wm. A. Dixon.
    • Second Meeting. 9th May, 1882. W. Arthur, C.E., President, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting. 15th August, 1882. W. Arthur, President, in the chair.

    • Fourth Meeting, 31st October, 1882. W. Arthur, President, in the chair.

      • Exhibition of Preparations preserved by the Glycerine Jelly Process.

    • Annual Meeting. 30th January, 1883. W. Arthur, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Annual Address by the President
      • Election of Officers for 1883:

  • Westland Institute.

    • Annual Meeting. 13th December, 1882. J. Giles, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1883:

  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.

    • Annual General Meeting. 6th February, 1882. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu, President, in the chair.

      • Election of Officers for 1882:
      • Abstract of Annual Report.

    • First Meeting. 8th May, 1882. Dr. Spencer, Vice-President, in the chair.

      • Address to the Memory of Dr. Darwin.

    • Second Meeting. 12th June, 1882. Dr. Spencer, Vice-President, in the chair.

      • On “Macaulay's New Zealander.”
      • On some Teeth and Bones of a Mammal, found at Glenross

    • Third Meeting, 10th July, 1882. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu, President, in the chair.

      • On Nomenclature.
      • Remarks on a Collection of Sponges.

    • Fourth Meeting. 14th August, 1882. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu, President, in the chair.

      • On the Colour Sense of the Ancient Maoris.

    • Fifth Meeting. 11th September, 1882. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu, President, in the chair.

      • On some Fossils from Takapau
    • Sixth Meeting. 9th October, 1882. Dr. Spencer, Vice-President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting. 6th February, 1883.

      • Abstract of Annual Report
      • Election of Officers for 1883

  • Southland Institute.

    • First Meeting. 9th May, 1882. J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S., President, in the chair.

      • Address by the President

    • Second Meeting. 13th June, 1882. J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S., President, in the chair.

      • A Chapter on Folk Lore.

    • Third Meeting. 11th July, 1882. T. Denniston in the chair.

      • On Self-registering Windmills.

    • Fourth Meeting. 8th August, 1882. H. Carswell in the chair.

      • The Use of the Training Walls in deepening Invercargill Harbour.
    • Fifth Meeting. 12th September, 1882. J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S., President, in the chair.
    • Sixth Meeting. 10th October, 1882. J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S., President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting. 30th January, 1883.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1883
• Appendix
  • Meteorology
  • Notes on the Weather During 1882.
  • Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1882.
  • New Zealand Institute.
    • Honorary Members.
    • Ordinary Members. 1880–81. [* Life Members.]
  • List of Public Institutions and Individuals to whom This Volume is Presented by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute.