Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1896 [electronic resource]

Volume 29, 1896

Transactions.

	I.—Miscellaneous.
	Pages
Art. I.	Traces of Civilization: An Inquiry into the History of the Pacific. By Joshua Rutland. Communicated by E. Tregear, F.R.G.S.	1–51
II.	An Investigation into the Hates of Mortality in New Zealand during the Period 1881–91. By C. E. Adams, B.Sc., A.I.A., F.S.S., Lecturer on Applied Mathematics, Lincoln College	52–60
III.	Australasian Weather-charts and New Zealand Storms. By Major-General Schaw, R.E., C.B…	61–71
IV.	A Comparison between the Animal Mind and the Human Mind. By Charles W. Purnell	71–82
V.	A Phase of Hypnotism. By Edward Tregear	83–94
VI.	Kerns and Serifs. By R. Coupland Harding	95–99
VII.	On Fires in Coal-ships: Their Causes and Prevention. By J. C. Firth	100–111
VIII.	Presidential Address. By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S.	111–129
IX.	Presidential Address. By the Rev. William Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S.	129–150
X.	The Maoris To-day and To-morrow. By H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S.	150–162
XI.	On the Poua and Other Extinct Birds of the Chatham Islands. By Taylor White	162–168
XII.	Notes from Murihiku. By A. Hamilton	169–178
	II.—Zoology.
XII.	Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand. By Sir Walter L. Buller, D.Sc., K.C.M.G., F.R.S.	179–207
XIV.	The Stenopelmatidæ of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S	208–242
XV.	Note on the Mantis found in New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the Canterbury Museum	242–243
XVI.	On Two New Globe-fish. By F. E. Clarke	243–250
XVII.	Notes on the Occurrence of a Species of Lophotes on the Coast of Taranaki. By F. E. Clarke	251–252
XVIII.	Notes on certain Species of New Zealand Ducks. By W. W Smith, F.E.S.	252–256
XIX.	On Virgularia gracillima in Lyttelton Harbour. By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc., F.L.S., Professor of Biology in the Canterbury College, University of New Zealand	256–257
XX.	Notes on New Zealand Land Planarians: Part III. By Arthur Dendy	258–264

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Art. XXI.	The Lizards (Lacertilia) indigenous to New Zealand, By A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc., and C. Frost, F.L.S. Communicated by Captain F. W. Hutton	264–280
XXII.	Notes on the Cicadas of New Zealand. By A. T. Potter	280–282
XXIII.	Descriptions of Two New Species of Lepidoptera. By E. F. Hawthorne	282–283
XXIV.	Described Species of New Zealand Araneæ omitted from the Catalogue of 1891, “Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.” By A. T. Urquhart	284
XXV.	Natural History Notes. By S. H. Drew, Curator of the Public Museum, Wanganui. Communicated by Sir J. Hector	284–287
XXVI.	On Formol for Preservation of Natural History Specimens. By S. H. Drew	288–290
XXVII.	On some Tick-parasites of the Kiwi. By W. M. Maskell	290–293
XXVIII.	Further Coccid Notes: with Descriptions of New Species, and Discussion of Points of Interest. By W. M. Maskell, Registrar of the University of New Zealand, Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of South Australia	293–331
	III.—Botany.
XXIX.	On the Flora of the North Cape District. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Curator of the Auckland Museum	333–385
XXX.	Notice of the Establishment of Vallisneria spiralis in Lake Takapuna, together with some Remarks on its Life-history. By T. F. Cheeseman	386–390
XXXI.	On some Plants new to the New Zealand Flora. By T. F. Cheeseman	390–393
XXXII.	An Account of the Plants growing at “The Gums,” Taita. By T. Mason	393–412
XXXIII.	Notes on the Occurrence of Kauri-gum in the Kahikatea Forest at Turua. By L. J. Bagnall	412–413
XXXIV.	A Description of some New Indigenous New Zealand Forest Ferns. By the Rev. W. Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S.	414–421
XXXV.	xxSupplement to List of Flowering-plants indigenous to Otago. By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S	421–422
XXXVI.	Note on Gunnera ovata, Petrie. By D. Petrie	422–424
XXXVII.	Descriptions of New Native Plants. By D. Petrie	425–426
XXXVIII.	A Modern Chapter in Vegetable Physiology. By D. Petrie	427–441
XXXIX.	On New Zealand Mosses. By T. W. Naylor Beckett, F.L.S.	441–445
XL.	Notes on several Species of Delesseria, One being New. By Robert M. Laing, B.Sc.	446–450
XLI.	New Zealand Musci: Notes on the Genus Dicranum, with Description of New Species, including Some Doubtful Species of Blindia. By Robert Brown	451–465
XLII.	Notes on the New Zealand Musci, and Descriptions of New Species. By Robert Brown	465–477
XLIII.	Further Notes on the New Zealand Musci: Genus Trichostomum, with Descriptions of Some New Species. By Robert Brown	478–490
XLIV.	On the Disappearance of the New Zealand Bush. By the Rev. P. Walsh	490–496

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Art. XLV.	Description of a New Genus of Gramineæ. By T. Kirk, F.L.S.	497
XLVI.	Remarks on Paratrophis heterophylla, Bl. By T. Kirk	498–500
XLVII.	On Carmichaelia, Corallospartium, Huttonella, and Notospartium. By T. Kirk	501–509
XLVIII.	Notes on the Botany of the East Cape District. By T. Kirk	509–532
XLIX.	On the History of Botany in Otago. By T. Kirk	532–540
	IV.—Geology.
L.	The Moas of the North Island of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the Canterbury Museum	541–557
LI.	On the Leg-bones of Meionornis from Glenmark. By Captain F. W. Hutton	557–560
LII.	On Two Moa-skulls in the Canterbury Museum. By Captain F. W. Hutton	561–564
LIII.	On Alterations in the Coast-line of the North Island of New Zealand. By C. F. Maxwell	564–667
LIV.	On Artesian Water Prospects in Poverty Bay and Gisborne. By H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S.	567–571
LV.	On a Volcanic-dust Shower in Napier. By H. Hill	571–572
	V.—Chemistry.
LVI.	On the Bromine Method of Estimating Sulphur in Gaseous Compounds. By Dr. W. P. Evans	573
LVII.	Refraction and Reflexion of x-rays. By Dr. W. P. Evans	573–574
LVIII.	On the Position that Cyanogen holds in Relation to the Simple Radicals, and its Inability to combine directly with Silver or Gold. By William Skey, Analyst to the Department of Mines	574–576
LIX.	Further Results showing that Free Cyanogen does not dissolve or even attack Gold. By William Skey	576–581
LX.	On the Conductivity of certain Substances hitherto supposed to be Non-conducting for Voltaic Electricity. By William Skey	581–532
LXI.	On the Oxidation of Mercury in Air and Water; also of Iron in Alkaline Solution. By William Skey	582–588
LXII.	Notes on some Experiments with Chemical Manures. By W. F. Worley	588–590

New Zealand Institute.

Twenty-eighth Annual Report	593–595
Accounts for 1895–96	595

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