	I.—Zoology.
		Pages.
ART. I.	On the Freshwater Infusoria of the Wellington District. By W. M. Maskell, F.R.M.S.	3–19
II.	On a Specimen of Regalecus recently stranded in Otago Harbour. By T. Jeffery Parker, B.Sc., C.M.Z.S., Professor of Biology in the University of Otago	20–29
III.	Ornithological Notes. By T. W. Kirk (of the Geological Survey Department)	29–31
IV.	On a curious Parasite (Anthosama smithii, Leach) from the Porbeagle Shark (Lamna cornubica). By T. W. Kirk	31–33
V.	On the Occurrence of the Masked Plover (Lobivanellus personatus, Gould) in New Zealand. By T. W. Kirk	33–34
VI.	Brief Description of a new Species of large Decapod (Architeuthis longimanus). By T. W. Kirk	34–39
VII.	Note on the Female of Anas boschas assuming the Plumage of the Male. By Taylor White	39
VIII.	A Description of a new Species of Coccinella found in New Zealand. By W. Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S., etc.	40–42
IX.	Note on the Rat that invaded Picton in March, 1884. By Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S.	43
X.	Description of a new Land Shell from the Province of Nelson. By Professor F. W. Hutton	43–44
XI.	Supplement to a Monograph of New Zealand Noctuina. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S.	44–47
XII.	Notes on New Zealand Geometrina. By E. Meyrick	47–62
XIII.	Notes on New Zealand Pyralidina. By E. Meyrick	62–73
XIV.	Notes on New Zealand Tortricina. By E. Meyrick	73–76
XV.	Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina. By E. Meyrick	77–106
XVI.	On Henops brunneus, Hutton. By W. M. Maskell, F.R.M.S	106–108
XVII.	On new Species of Araneidea. By A. T. Urquhart	109–125
XVIII.	Notes on Rats. By A. Reischek, F.L.S.	125–126
XIX.	List of Fishes found round the Mokohinou Islands; their Spawning Time; and Observations regarding some of the Species. By F. S. Sandager	127–133
XX.	Descriptions of new Species of New Zealand Aranece. By P. Goyen	133–139
XXI.	Notes on Amaurobioides maritima, Cambridge. By P. Goyen	140

	II.—Botany.
Art. XXII.	Notes on the Three Kings Islands. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S.	141–150
XXIII.	On the Flora of the Kermadec Islands; with Notes on the Fauna. By T. F. Cheeseman	151–181
XXIV.	On the Naturalized Dodders and Broom-rapes of New Zealand. By T. Kirk	182–185
XXV.	Description of a new Species of Uncinia, Persoon. By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S.	185–186
XXVI.	Rate of Growth of Transplanted Trees. By J. Baber, C.E.	186–187
XXVII.	On new Phænogamic Plants of New Zealand. By William Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S., etc.	188–211
XXVIII.	On newly-discovered and imperfectly-known Ferns of New Zealand, with Critical Observations. By W. Colenso	212–234
XXIX.	On new Indigenous Cryptogams, of the Orders Lycopodiaceæ, Musci, and Hepaticæ. By W. Colenso	234–254
XXX.	Botanical Notes. By J. Buchanan, F.L.S.	255
	III. Geology.
XXXI.	On some Railway Cuttings in the Weka Pass. By Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S.	257–263
XXXII.	On the Greensands of the Waihao Forks. By Professor F. W. Hutton	264–267
XXXIII.	On some Fossils lately obtained from the Cobden Limestone at Greymouth. By Professor F. W. Hutton	267–269
XXXIV.	On some ancient Rhyolites from the Mataura District. By Professor F. W. Hutton	269–271
XXXV.	On a Leucophyre from the Selwyn Gorge. By Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S., and G. Gray, F.C.S., Lecturer on Chemistry at the School of Agriculture, Lincoln	271–274
XXXVI.	On the Oxford Chalk Deposit, Canterbury, New Zealand. By Henry Wilson, B.A.	274–276
XXXVII.	The Tarawera Eruption, 10th June, 1886: a Criticism of Professor Hutton's (and others') Explanations of the Causes of the Eruption. By J. Hardcastle 277–282
XXXVIII.	On the Artesian Well System of Hawke's Bay. By H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S.	282–293
XXXIX.	Pumice: its Geological Distribution on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, extending from Tologa Bay (38° 20′ S. lat.) to Cape Turn-again (40° 30′ S.). By H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S.	293–306
XL.	Notes on the Volcanic Rocks of the Taupo District and King Country. By Professor A. P. W. Thomas, M.A., F.L.S.	306–311
XLI.	Notes on the Rocks of the Kermadec Islands. By A. P. W. Thomas, M.A., F.L.S., Professor of Natural Science in the Auckland University College	311–315
XLII.	Notes on the Physiography and Geology of the King Country. By Laurence Cussen	316–332
XLIII.	Geological Notes on the Kermadec Group. By S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S	333–344
XLIV.	Minerals at Nelson. By H. P. Washbourne	344–352

	IV.—Miscellaneous.
Art.XLV.	Ancient Alphabets in Polynesia. By E. Tregear, F.R.G.S.	353–368
XLVI.	Polynesian Folk-lore.—Part II.: The Origin of Fire. By E. Tregear	369–399
XLVII.	The Aryo-Semitic Maori: a Reply. By E. Tregear	400–413
XLVIII.	On Maori Ancestry. By James Coutts Crawford, F.G.S.	414–418
XLIX.	Ancient Tide-lore, and Tales of the Sea, from the two Ends of the World. By W. Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S., etc.	418–422
L.	Notes on the Derelict Ship in Facile Harbour, Dusky Bay. By T. M. Hocken, M.R.C.S., F.L.S.,	422–428
LI.	On a Stereoscopic Aspect of the Moon. By J. Hardcastle	428
LII.	On the Etymology of the word “dierectus,” in Plautus. By Professor F. W. Haslam, M.A.	429–430

	Pages.
Wellington Philosophical Society.
Anniversary Address. By Dr. F. B. Hutchinson, M.R.C.S.	439
Geological Specimens exhibited	439–440
Notes on Forestry. By J. S. Prendeville	440
Recent Explorations North of Chalky Sound, West Coast of Otago. By A. Reischek	441
Exploration of Dusky Sound by Mr. Docherty	442
On the Occurrence of Black Sulphur in the Native State. By Sir J. Hector	442
Remarks on Specimens collected by Professor Hutton from the Auriferous Deposit at Te Aroha	442
Exhibit of live Helices	443
On the Importance of Tide-gauges, and Description of a simple Tide-gauge invented by the Author, By Sir J. Hector	443–444
Extraordinary Discovery regarding Generation in Insects. By W. M. Maskell, F.R.M.S.	444–445
Exhibit, illustrative of Propagation of Algæ	445–446
Exhibit of a rare Diatom (Stauroneis fulmen)	446
Exhibit of Photograph of Prismatic Solar Spectrum on a Chlorophyl plate	446
Remarks on a Collection of Rocks from the Kermadec Islands, made by Captain Fairchild. By Sir J. Hector	446
On a small-sized Specimen of the Hapuka, Hectoria (Oligorus) gigas, Castelneau, caught in Wellington Harbour. By Sir J. Hector	446–447
Notice of a Giant Sun-fish (Orthagoriscus mola) cast ashore at Cape Campbell. By A. Hanson	447

Barbados, our earliest tropical Colony. By the Hon. J. W. Fortescue	447–448
On some deep-seated Fallacies. By W. W. Carlile, M.A.	448–449
Notice of a Discovery of Illuminating Gas. By J. C. Crawford, F.G.S.	449
On the Korotangi, or Stone Bird. By Major Wilson; communicated by Mr. Tregear	450
On Red Deer and their Ways. By the Hon. J. W. Fortescue	450
On Earthquakes in New Zealand. By Sir J. Hector	450–452
Probable Discovery of the Physical Causation of Gravitation. By T. Wakelin, B.A.	452
On the Occurrence of Bismuthic Gold at the Owen Goldfields. By William Skey	453–454
On the General Association of Grains of Gold with Native Copper. By William Skey	454
On the Formation of Bismuthic Iodides of the Alkaloids. By William Skey	454
Complimentary Resolution to the President, Dr. Hutchinson	455
Annual Report and Accounts	455–456
Election of Officers	456
Some Moot Points in Mental Science. By W. W. Carlile, M.A.	456–457
On the Occurrence of Morchella esculenta. By T. Kirk, F.L.S.	457
On the Hessian Fly. By W. M. Maskell, F.R.M.S.	457
On Bladder Fluke in Rabbits. By Sir J. Hector	457
Auckland Institute.
Description of a Collection of Maori Articles bequeathed to the Museum by Mr. C. O. Davis. By T. F. Cheeseman	458
On two new Species of Metaglymma. By Captain T. Broun	458
New Experiments on the Nature of Colour. By B. W. Betts	458
Pauperizing the People. By E. A. Mackechnie	458
The Extraction of Metals from their Ores. By Professor F. D. Brown	458
Notes on Hot Springs at Great Barrier Island. By C. P. Winkelmann	459
On the Nature of Government, with Special Reference to Property in Land. By J. Buchanan	459
Foods and Beverages. By J. A. Pond	459
New Genera and Species of Plant-eating Coleoptera. By Captain T. Broun	459
Personal Representation: a Modification of Hare's System. By Professor Aldis	459
Brains and Character. By Dr. Bond	459
New Species of Silphidœ. By Captain T. Broun	460
On the Age of the Deposits in Kent's Cavern, as an Index of the Age of Ethnological and Zoological Remains. By the Rev. Mr. Tebbs	460
The Whence of the Maori. By W. H. Blyth	460
New Species of Pselaphidœ. By Captain T. Broun	460
Abstract of Annual Report	460–461
Election of Officers for 1888	461
Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
Election of a Councillor	462
Note on two Volcanic Rocks from near Westport. By Professor F. W. Hutton, F.G.S.	462
On Reason and Instinct. By the President	462

On Lord Shaftesbury's “Inquiry into Virtue” and the Utilitarian Theory of Morals. By W. Dinwiddie	463
On a Theory of Bird-flight. By J. Warburton; communicated by Professor Hutton	464
Abstract of Annual Report	464
Election of Officers for 1888	464
Address In Memoriam Sir Julius von Haast. By the President	464
Otago Institute.
Description of a new Rowing Apparatus. By Max Muret	465
On the Middle Voice in the Latin Verb. By the Rev. H. Belcher, LL.D.	465
Notes of an Expedition to the Big Bay District. By R. Paulin	465
On Haworth's Patent Safety Cage. By G. J. Binns, F.G.S.	465
An Account of Recent Researches on the Pineal Gland and the Median Eye of Vertebrates. By T. Jeffery Parker	466
The History of the Otago Settlement. By Dr. Hocken	466
The Theatre of the Greeks. By the Rev. Dr. Belcher	466
Notes on New Zealand Crustacea. By G. M. Thomson, F.L.S.	467
Notes on Additions to the Museum. By Professor T. Jeffery Parker	467
Abstract of Annual Report	468
Election of Officers for 1888	468
Address by the President	468
Westland Institute.
Abstract of Annual Report	469
Election of Officers for 1887–88	469
Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
Notes on a Collection of Mineral Ores. By A. Hamilton	470
Notes on Exhibits. By W. Colenso, F.R.S.	471
On Olfactory Physics. By W. I. Spencer	471
A Jubilee Paper; or, Fifty Years in New Zealand. By W. Colenso, F.R.S.	471
On some Marine Invertebrates of Hawke's Bay. By A. Hamilton	471
Notes on Additions to the Museum. By A. Hamilton	472
Election of Officers for 1888	472
Southland Institute.
On the Structure of Matter. By A. Highton, B.A.	473
On the Tarawera Eruption. By W. S. Hamilton	473
Nelson Philosophical Society.
Notes on Exhibits. By A. S. Atkinson	474
On a new Species of Dodder. By J. Meeson, B.A.	474
A few Suggestions on Matter and Energy. By W. Wells	474
Resolution to form a School of Mines	474
Notes on Natural History. By J. Martin, jun.	474
On a recent Ascent of Mount Arthur and Mount Peel. By Dr. Hudson	474
Measurable Vibrations in Fluids, as suggestive of those only conceivable in Ether. By G. Ashcroft	475
On Yeast. By Dr. Keyworth	475
Presentation to Museum	475

Notes of a Visit to the District affected by the Volcanic Eruption of 1886. By J. Holloway	475
The Genesis of Genius. By H. L. Twisleton	476
On a living Specimen of Lamprey. By R. T. Kingsley	476
On some curious Carvings on a Rock at Chatham Island. By T. H. Pott	476
Abstract of Annual Report	476
Election of Officers for 1887–88	476
Address by the President	476–478
A Few Experiences of Fijian Life. By W. E. Atkinson	478
On Graptolitidœ. By R. T. Kingsley	479

	Pages.
Meteorological Statistics for 1887	483
Notes on the Weather for 1887	484
Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1887	485
Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute	486
Ordinary Members of the New Zealand Institute	487–499
Institutions and Individuals to whom this Volume is presented	500–503
Alphabetical Index	505–509
Errata et Addendum	iii.
Contents	v.–x.
List of Plates	xi.
Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute	xiii.
Abstract of Rules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute	xiii.–xv.
Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rules	xvi.–xix.

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