Contents - Volume 17, 1884

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• (title page)
• Corrigenda
• Contents
• List of Plates
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Board of Governors
  • Abstracts of Rules and Statutes.
  • List of Incorporated Societies.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Anniversary Address of The President, His Excellency Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.B., etc.,

• Transactions

  • Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 1884

    • I. — Zoology

      • Art. I.—Notes on the Skeleton and Baleen of a Fin-whale (Balænoptera musculus?) recently acquired by the Otago University Museum.
      • Art II.—Note on an Aphidian Insect infesting Pine Trees, with observations on the name “Chermes” or “Kermes.”
      • Art. III.—On a Parasite of the Penguin.,
      • Art. IV.—Further Notes on Coccidæ in New Zealand.
      • Art. V.—On the Spiders of New Zealand.
      • Art. VI.—The Freshwater Shells of New Zealand belonging to the Family Limnæidæ.
      • Art. VII.—Description of a new Species of Paper Nautilus (Argonauta gracilis).
      • Art. VIII.—Notice of the Occurrence of the Eastern Golden Plover (Charadrius fulvus, Gml.) near Wellington.
      • Art. IX.—Notes on some New Zealand Birds, exhibiting curious Variations of Colour.
      • Art. X.—Supplement to a Monograph of the New Zealand Geometrina.
      • Art. XI.—Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera.
      • Art. XII.—Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera.
      • Art. XIII.—Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera.
      • Art. XIV.—Description of a small Lizard, a Species of Naultinus, supposed to be new to Science.
      • Art. XV.—A Description of some newly-discovered New Zealand Insects believed to be new to Science.
      • Art. XVI.—Notes on New Zealand Fishes.
      • Art. XVII.—Notes on Moa Remains in the Mackenzie Country and other Localities.
      • Art. XVIII.—Objections to the Introduction of Beasts of Prey to destroy the Rabbit.
      • Art. XIX.—A short Description of a few Experiments bearing on the Question of Spontaneous Generation.
      • Art. XX.—Notes on New Zealand Ornithology.
      • Art. XXI.—Description of a new Octopus.
      • Art. XXII.—The Plague of Rats in Nelson and Marlborough.
      • Art. XXIII.—Notes on the Dolphins of the New Zealand Seas.

    • II.—Botany

      • Art. XXIV.—On the Flowering Plants of Stewart Island.
      • Art. XXV.—On the Ferns and Fern Allies of Stewart Island.
      • Art. XXVI.—New Species of Plants.
      • Art. XXVII.—A Description of some newly-discovered and rare Indigenous Plants; being a further Contribution towards the making known the Botany of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXVIII.—A List of Fungi recently discovered in New Zealand.
      • Art. XXIX.—Description of new Species of Native Plants.
      • Art. XXX.—Description of three new Species of Uncinia.
      • Art. XXXI.—Description of a new Species of Carmichælia, with Notes on the Distribution of the Species native to Otago.
      • Art. XXXII.—On the Botany of Te Aroha Mountain.
      • Art. XXXIII.—Description of a new Species of Erigeron.
      • Art. XXXIV.—Notes on Loranthus fieldii, Buchanan.
      • Art. XXXV.—Notes on the Occurrence and Habits of some of our New Zealand Plants.
      • Art. XXXVI.—On the Punui of Stewart Island, Aralia lyallii, n.s.[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 9th July, 1884.]
      • Art. XXXVII.—Description of a new Species of Fagus.[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 1st October, 1884.]
      • Art. XXXVIII.—Notes on the New Zealand Beeches.[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 1st October, 1884.]

    • III.—Geology

      • Art. XXXIX.—On the Age of the Orakei Bay Beds near Auckland.
      • Art. XL.—Descriptions of new Tertiary Shells. Part I.[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 27th November, 1884.]
      • Art. XLI.—On the Geological Structure of the Southern Alps of New Zealand, in the Provincial Districts of Canterbury and Westland.[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 27th November, 1884.]
      • Art. XLII.—Note on Geological Structure of the Canterbury Mountains.[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 13th February, 1885.]
      • Art. XLIII.—Analysis of Slate in contact with Granite from Preservation Inlet, New Zealand.
      • Art. XLIV.—On Water-worn Pebbles in the Soil.[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 9th July, 1884.]
      • Art. XLV.—On Changes in the Hataitai Valley.[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 9th July, 1884.]
      • Art. XLVI.—On the Drift Beds of Wakapuaka and Port Hills, with Remarks on the Boulder Bank and its Formation.[Read before the Nelson Philosophical Society, 3rd March, 1884.]
      • Art. XLVII.—The Ascent of Mount Franklin.

    • IV.—Miscellaneous

      • Art. XLVIII.—On the recent Sun-glows and the Theories that have been advanced to account for them.
      • Art. XLIX.—Red Sunsets.[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 1st May, 1884.]
      • Art. L.—On a System of Technical Education for Artizans.[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 3rd April, 1884.]
      • Art. LI.—On Gravitational Experiments.[Read before the Southland Philosophical Society, 7th October, 1884.]
      • Art. LII.—Is Life a Distinct Force?[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 3rd July, 1884.]
      • Art. LIII.—Description of Mayor Island[Read before the Auckland Institute, 11th August, 1884.]
      • Art. LIV.—On the Establishment of a Grand Hotel and Sanatorium in the Rotorua Distriet.
      • Art. LV.—Cat's Eye Bay.

• New Zealand Institute.

  • New Zealand Institute

    • Sixteenth Annual Report

• Proceedings.

  • Wellington Philosophical Society

    • Address by the President.
    • Abstract

    • First Meeting. 9th July, 1884. Dr. Buller, President, in the chair

      • On a Deposit of Ironstone at Kawakawa, Bay of Islands.

    • Second Meeting. 23rd July, 1884. Mr. R. Govett, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On the Geology of Kawhia Harbour and the Mokau Country
      • On the Suitability of New Zealand White Pine when creosoted for Railway Sleepers

    • Third Meeting. 6th August, 1884. Dr. Buller, President, in the chair

      • Notes on an Excursion to the Islands of Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, etc
      • On a Peculiar Form of Gold in Quartz
      • List of Plants injured by Frost, at Taita, near Wellington

    • Fourth Meeting. 3rd September, 1884. Mr. Martin Chapman in the chair

      • Review of a Paper on the Moa by A. de Quatrefages
      • Notes on Identity of Minerals from the Wade and Makara
    • Fifth Meeting. 1st October, 1884. Dr. Buller, President, in the chair

    • Sixth Meeting. 15th October, 1884. Mr. Govett, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On the Kea or Mountain Parrot
      • Seventh Meeting. 26th November, 1884. Dr. Newman, Vice-president, in the chair
      • On Floating Breakwaters

    • Annual Meeting. 13th February, 1885. Dr. Buller, C.M.G., F.R.S., in the chair

      • Abstract of Report for 1884.
      • Election of Officers for 1885
      • On Australian Cave Paintings
      • Remarks on new New Zealand Birds

  • Auckland Institute

    • First Meeting. 9th June, 1884. H. G. Seth Smith, President, in the chair

      • Anniversary Address
      • Notes on a Bird called Malau
      • A Decade of new Feroniidæ.

    • Second Meeting. 14th July, 1884. H. G. Seth Smith, President, in the chair

      • New Species of Pselaphidæ
      • The Curse of Charity
      • Observations on Geyser Eruptions and Terrace Formations. Part I.

    • Third Meeting. 11th August, 1884. H. G. Seth Smith, President, in the chair

      • Buddhism and its Evolution Theories. Part I.
      • Geyser Eruptions and Terrace Formations. Part II.

    • Fourth Meeting. 7th September, 1884. H. G. Seth Smith, President, in the chair

      • New Species of Coleoptera.
      • Buddhism and its Evolution Theories. Part II.
    • Fifth Meeting. 29th September, 1884. Dr. Purchas in the Chair

    • Sixth Meeting. 27th October, 1884

      • Notes on the Fertilization of certain New Zealand Plants
      • On re-naming New Zealand

    • Annual Meeting. 16th February, 1885. T. Peacock, M.H.R., in the chair

      • Abstract of Report for 1884.
      • Election of Officers for 1885

  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

    • First Meeting. 6th March, 1884. R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair

      • On Earthquakes.

    • Second Meeting. 3rd April, 1884. R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair

      • Technical Education
    • Third Meeting. 1st May, 1884. R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair

    • Fourth Meeting. 5th June, 1884

      • The Diamond Fields of South Africa
    • Fifth Meeting. 3rd July, 1884

    • Sixth Meeting. 7th August, 1884. R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair

      • The exceptional Advantage of New Zealand for Sericiculture

    • Seventh Meeting. 4th September, 1884. R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair

      • In Memoriam—Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter.

    • Eighth Meeting. 2nd October, 1884. Professor F. W. Hutton, Vice-president, in the chair

      • Remarks on the Canõn District of Colorado

    • Special Meeting. 2nd October, 1884. Professor F. W. Hutton, Vice-president, in the chair

      • Resolutions regarding the New Zealand Institute

    • Annual Meeting. 6th November, 1884. R. W. Fereday, President, in the chair

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1885
      • Address by the President
      • Origin of the Fauna and Flora of New Zealand. Part II.
    • Additional Meeting. 27th November, 1884

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting. 13th May, 1884. D. Petrie, M.A., President, in the chair
    • Second Meeting. 10th June, 1884. A. Montgomery, Vice-president, in the chair

    • Third Meeting. 5th August, 1884. D. Petrie, M.A., President, in the chair

      • On the New Zealand Institute, its Relation to the Affiliated Societies and to Scientific Work in New Zealand generally.

    • Fourth Meeting. 12th August, 1884. D. Petrie, M.A., President, in the Chair

      • On the Anatomy of the Sea Mussel (Mytilus latus)

    • Fifth Meeting. 9th September, 1884. A. Montgomery, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On the Early History of New Zealand.

    • Sixth Meeting. 14th October, 1884. D. Petrie, M.A., President, in the chair

      • On Additions to the Museum

    • Annual Meeting. 11th November, 1884. D. Petrie, M.A., President, in the chair

      • On some Mineral Occurrences in Dusky Sound.
      • Abstract of Annual Report
      • Election of Officers for 1885
      • On some Scientific Duties of the Government.

  • Westland Institute

    • Abstract of Eighteenth Annual Report.

  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute

    • Annual Meeting. 4th February, 1884

      • Election of Officers for 1884

    • First Meeting. 12th May, 1884. Dr. Spencer, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On the Volcanic Disturbances in the Straits of Sunda
      • On the Birds of the Petane District, Hawke's Bay
      • Exhibition of Fruit of the Persimmon

    • Second Meeting. 9th June, 1884

      • On the Vegetating Caterpillar of New Zealand
      • On Additions to the Museum

    • Third Meeting. 14th July, 1884. The Right Rev. the Bishóp of Waiapu, President, in the chair

      • Observations on some Hybrid Ducks
      • Fourth Meeting. 11th August, 1884. Dr. Spencer, Vice-president, in the chair
      • A Plea for National Education
      • Remarks on New Zealand Birds
      • Remarks on Echinoderms
      • Fifth Meeting. 8th September, 1884
      • On a Species of Cuttlefish (Ommastrephes sloanii)

    • Sixth Meeting. 11th October, 1884. Dr. Spencer, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On the Effect of the Scientific Societies of New Zealand on the Character of the Nation
      • Annual Meeting. 2nd February, 1885. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu, President, in the chair. Abstract or Annual Report
      • Election of Officers for 1885

  • SOUTHLAND INSTITUTE

    • First Meeting. 13th May, 1884. T. Denniston, Vice-president, in the chair

    • Second Meeting. 10th June, 1884. T. Denniston, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On Development

    • Third Meeting. 8th July, 1884. Mr. Webber in the chair

      • On the Records of an old English Borough
      • On the Lignine Origin of the Quartz-pebble Beds of Southland

    • Fourth Meeting. 12th August, 1884. T. Denniston, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On the Settlement of the People on the Lands

    • Fifth Meeting. 9th September. 1884. T. Denniston, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On the Senses and the Intellect

    • Sixth Meeting. 7th October, 1884. T. Denniston, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On Alcohol
      • On the Chemistry of Explosives

    • Seventh Meeting (Special). 9th December, 1884. T. Denniston, Vice-president, in the chair

      • Abstract of Annual Report
      • Election of Officers for 1885

  • NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

    • First Meeting. 7th April, 1884

      • The History of the English Alphabet

    • Second Meeting. 5th May, 1884

      • The Ascent of Mount Franklin

    • Third Meeting. 2nd June, 1884

      • Some Observations on the Protozoa.
      • Fourth Meeting. 7th July, 1884
      • Agricultural Chemistry
      • On the Protection of Native Birds

    • Fifth Meeting. 18th August, 1884

      • Nelson, A.D. 2,000

    • Sixth Meeting. 1st September, 1884

      • Annual Address by the President
      • Annual Meeting. 21st October, 1884The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair
      • Abstract of Annual Report
      • Election of Officers for 1884–85
      • Ordinary Meeting. 4th November, 1884
      • Resolution regarding the Constitution of the New Zealand Institute

    • Council Meeting. 11th November, 1884. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair

      • Sanitary Law and its Influence on the Health and Well-being of the Community
    • Ordinary Meeting. 6th December, 1884A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair
    • Adjourned Meeting. 15th December, 1884. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair

    • Ordinary Meeting. 2nd March, 1884. Dr. Boor, Vice-president, in the chair

      • On the Protection of Native Birds
• APPENDIX
  • Meteorology
  • Notes on the Weather During 1884
  • Meteorological Statistics for 1884
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Honorary Members
  • Ordinary Members
• List of Institutions and Individuals
  • To Whom This Volume is Presented by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute.
  • Publishing Branch