Contents - Volume 22, 1889

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• Transactions of the New Zealand Institute
• (title page)
• Contents.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Board of Governors.
  • Abstracts of Rules and Statutes.
  • List of Incorporated Societies.
  • Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rules.

• TRANSACTIONS.

  • Transactions of The New Zealand Institute 1889.

    • I.—Miscellaneous.

      • Art. I.—The Middle Voice in Latin.
      • Art. II.—Notes on the Land-system of the Iliad.
      • Art. III.—Bacteria and their Relation to Disease.
      • Art. IV.—Remarks on Pathogenic Microbes, and the Means of preventing Diseases originating in their Introduction into the System.
      • Art. V.—The Newly-opened Cave near Sumner.
      • Art. VI.—On the Disappearance of the Moa.
      • Art. VII.—The Moriori.
      • Art. VIII.—Notes on the Great Barrier Island.
      • Art. IX.—Tongarewa, or Penrhyn Island, and its People.
      • Art. X.—Notes on some Relics of Cannibalism.
      • Art. XI.—Description of a Meteor, of 4th May, 1888.
      • Art. XII.—Shadow-pictures.
      • Art. XIII.—On Maori Proverbs.
      • Art. XIV.—A Mysterious Therapeutic Agent.
      • Art. XV.—On Terrestrial Magnetism.

    • II.—Zoology

      • Art XVI.—Further Notes on Coccididæ, with Descriptions of New Species from Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand.
      • Art. XVII—On some Species of Psyllidæ in New Zealand.
      • Art. XVIII.—On some Aleurodidæ from New Zealand and Fiji.
      • Art. XIX.—The Wattle-blight (Icerya purchasi) in Tasmania, and its Natural Enemies.
      • Art. XX.—An Entomological Tour on the Table-land of Mount Arthur.
      • Art. XXI.—Eristalis tenax and Musca vomitoria in New Zealand.
      • Art. XXII.—Revision of the New Zealand Idoteidæ.
      • Art. XXIII.—Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera.
      • Art. XXIV.—Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Land and Fresh-water Shells.
      • Art. XXV.—Notes on a Collection of Pselaphidæ from the Neighbourhood of Clevedon, Southern Wairoa.
      • Art. XXVI.—Description of a New Species of Argiope, from Fiji.
      • Art. XXVII.—On Two Species of Aranea new to Science, from the Jenolan Caves, New South Wales.
      • Art. XXVIII.—Descriptions of New Species of Araneidæ.
      • Art. XXIX.—Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Araneæ, with Notes on their Habits.
      • Art. XXX.—On a New Genus of Fishes of the Family Percidæ, from New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXI.—List of the New Zealand Fishes.
      • Art.XXXII.—Observations on the Mokohinou Islands and the Birds which visit them.
      • Art. XXXIII.—Notes on a Paper entitled “The Takahe in Western Otago,” by Mr. James Park, F.G.S.
      • Art. XXXIV.—On the Habits of the New Zealand Bush-rat (Mus maorium).
      • Art. XXXV.—Rabbit-disease in the South Wairarapa.
      • Art. XXXVI.—The Soaring of the Hawk—A possible Reason for Notched Wing-feathers.
      • Art. XXXVII.—On the Wild Dogs of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXVIII.—Note on the Fœtal Membranes of Mustelus antarcticus.
      • Art. XXXIX.—On a Specimen of the Great Ribbon-fish (Regalecus argenteus) taken in Nelson Harbour.
      • Art. XL.—On the Occurrence of the Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) in Nelson.
      • Art. XLI.—Note on the Wandering Albatros (Diomedea exulans).
      • Art. XLII.—On the Assumed Hybridity between the Common Fowl and the Woodhen (Ocydromus).
      • Art. XLIII.—Parasitic Copepoda of New Zealand, with Descriptions of New Species.

    • III.—Geology.

      • Art. XLIV.—On the Relative Ages of the New Zealand Coalfields.
      • Art. XLV.—Note on the Geology of the Country about Lyell.
      • Art. XLVI.—On the Conformable Relations of the different Members of the Waitemata Series.
      • Art. XLVII.—A Theory on the Formation of Gold into Specks and Nuggets.
      • Art. XLVIII.—Origin of the Loess Deposit of the Timaru Plateau.
      • Art. XLIX.—On certain Rare Minerals associated with the Tin-ore of Stewart Island, With Notes on their Mode of Occurrence
      • Art. L.—Descriptive Geology of the District between Napier and Ruapehu Mountain viâ Kuripapanga and Erehwon.
      • Art. LI.—Artesian Wells: No 2.

    • IV.—Botany.

      • Art. LII.—Descriptions of New Native Plants.
      • Art. LIII.—Description of a New Species of Celmisia.
      • Art. LIV.—On the Occurrence of a Variety of Mitrasacme montana, Hook. f., in New Zealand.
      • Art. LV.—Description of a New Species of Chenopodium—C. buchanani.
      • Art. LVI.—Notice of the Discovery of Asplenium japonicum, a Fern new to the New Zealand Flora.
      • Art. LVII.—A Description of Two Newly-discovered. Indigenous Cryptogamic Plants.
      • Art. LVIII.—A Description of some Newly-discovered Indigenous Cryptogamic Plants.
      • Art. LIX.—A Description of some Newly-discovered Phænogamic Plants, being a Further Contribution towards the making-known the Botany of New Zealand.
      • Art. LX.—Notes on some New Zealand Ferns.

    • V.—Chemistry.

      • Art. LXI.—Note on the Analysis of a Mineral Water from the Otira Gorge.

    • I.—Miscellaneous. [Continued.]

      • Art. LXII.—On the Korotangi, or Stone Bird.

• New Zealand Institute.

  • New Zealand Institute.

    • Twenty-First Annual Report, 1888–89.
    • Accounts for 1888–89

• Proceedings.

  • Wellington Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting: 12th June, 1889. A. de B. Brandon, President, in the chair.

      • Inaugural address by the President, A. de B. Brandon, B.A.

    • Second Meeting: 10th July, 1889. A. de B. Brandon, President, in the chair.

      • On the Occurrence of Fluor-spar at the Bâton Goldfields.

    • Third Meeting: 31st July, 1889. Mr. A. de B. Brandon, President, in the chair.

      • Further Evidence re the Korotangi, or Stone Bird.
      • Drawings of New Fishes exhibited

    • Fourth Meeting: 28th August, 1889. Charles Hulke, F.C.S., Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On the Chinese Settlement in New Zealand and Australia.
      • Remarks on Fossil Plants of New Zealand.
      • Curious Growth of Potato
      • Remarks on a Specimen of Gurnard (Trigla, vanessa ?)
    • Fifth Meeting: 2nd October, 1889. A. de B. Brandon. President, in the chair.

    • Sixth Meeting: 4th December, 1889. A. de B. Brandon, President, in the chair.

      • On Adulteration in Drugs.
      • Remarks on Curious Habits of a Spider.

    • Annual Meeting: 19th February, 1890. A. de B. Brandon, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet
      • Resolution regarding Donation of Books by Mr. C. R. Carter to N.Z. Institute
      • Election of Officers for 1890
      • On some Maori Implements of Uncommon Design.
      • Skulls from Chatham Islands exhibited

  • Auckland Institute.

    • First Meeting: 10th June, 1889.

    • Second Meeting: 8th July, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Alloys.

    • Third Meeting: 22nd July, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • Notice of the Discovery of an Old Maori Wooden Comb on Great Barrier Island.

    • Fourth Meeting: 5th August, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On New Zealand Fibres.

    • Fifth Meeting: 19th August, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On the Waitomo Caves.

    • Sixth Meeting: 2nd September, 1889. Professor F. D. Brown in the chair.

      • The Story of the Waikato River.

    • Seventh Meeting: 20th September, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • The Life and Times of Hartley Coleridge.

    • Eighth Meeting: 30th September, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Weather Forecasts and Storm-warnings.
    • Ninth Meeting: 14th October, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

    • Tenth Meeting: 28th October, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On Animal Heat.

    • Eleventh Meeting: 11th November, 1889. Professor A. P. Thomas, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • Resolution regarding the Preservation of the Native Flora and Fauna
      • On Electric Bleaching.

    • Twelfth Meeting: 25th November, 1889. J. Martin, F.G.S., President, in the chair.

      • On Athletics in their Relation to Social Development.

    • Annual General Meeting: 17th February, 1890. J. Martin, F.G.S., President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1890

  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

    • First Meeting: 2nd May, 1889. H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S., President, in the chair.

      • Remarks on the the Shoulder-girdles of Aptornis and Cnemiornis.
    • Second Meeting: 6th June, 1889. H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S., President, in the chair.

    • Third Meeting: 4th July, 1889. H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S., President, in the chair.

      • On Soils and Geological Fertilizers.

    • Fourth Meeting: 1st August, 1889. H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S., President, in the chair.

      • On the Physical Characters, Climate, People, and Prospects of the British Possessions in New Guinea, with some Personal Experiences of Travel there.
    • Fifth Meeting: 5th September, 1889. H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S., President, in the chair.
    • Sixth Meeting: 3rd October, 1889. H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S., President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting: 7th November, 1889. H. R. Webb, F.R.M.S., President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet
      • Resolution inviting the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science to meet in Christchurch

    • Special Meeting: 21st November, 1889. S. Hurst-Seager, A.R.I.B.A., President, in the chair.

      • On some Simple Experiments to illustrate Force, Energy, Momentum, &c.
      • A Method of explaining the Phenomena of Dissociation, and some of the Peculiarities of the Isothermals of Gases, by means of Molecular Attraction.
      • On some of the Results of the Impact of Spherical Nebulæ.

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting: 11th June, 1889. Dr. de Zouche, President, in the chair.

      • Resolutions regarding Publication of a Flora of New Zealand
    • Second Meeting: 9th July, 1889. Dr. de Zouche, President, in the chair.

    • Third Meeting: 12th August, 1889. Dr. de Zouche, President, in the chair.

      • A Chapter of German Literature.

    • Fourth Meeting: 10th September, 1889. Dr. de Zouche, President, in the chair.

      • On the Development of the Kiwi.
    • Fifth Meeting: 8th October, 1889. Dr. de Zouche, President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting: 12th November, 1889. Dr. de Zouche, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report and Balance-sheet
      • Election of Officers for 1890

  • Westland Institute.

    • Annual Meeting: 11th December, 1889.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.

  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.

    • First Meeting: 13th May, 1889.

      • On Movement and Sensation in Plants.
      • Exhibit of Diatomaceous Earth from Makaretu

    • Second Meeting: 1st June, 1889.

      • A Legend of the Large Australian Screech-owl, called by the Australian Natives Ti-na-tinity.
      • On Plants and Astrology.
    • Third Meeting: 8th July, 1889.

    • Fourth Meeting: 12th August, 1889.

      • Notes on Two Birds recently shot at Napier.
      • On the Diatomaceæ.

    • Fifth Meeting: 9th September, 1889.

      • On Sponges, their Life-history.
      • On some of the peculiar and little-known Arts of the Old New-Zealanders.

    • Sixth Meeting: 7th October, 1889.

      • On the Deposit of Moa-bones at Te Aute.
      • Contributions to the List of New Zealand Fishes, being a List of the Fishes recorded from the East Coast of New Zealand.

    • Annual Meeting: February, 1890. Dr. Spencer, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1890

  • Nelson Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting: 4th April, 1889. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.

    • Second Meeting: 4th June, 1889. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.

      • On the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) and the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus).

    • Third Meeting: 8th July, 1889. A. S. Atkinson, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • On the Difference of Temperature at the Surface of the Earth and above it.

    • Fourth Meeting: 12th August, 1889. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.

      • An Evening with the British Association.
    • Fifth Meeting: 16th September, 1889. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting: 5th November, 1889. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1890
      • Alaska and the Mammoth.
• Appendix.
  • Meteorology.
  • General Remarks for 1889.
  • New Zealand Institute.
    • Honorary Members.
    • Ordinary Members. [* Life-members.]
    • List of Institutions and Persons to whom this Volume is Presented by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute.
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