Contents - Volume 32, 1899

All full-page illustrations (plates) in this volume can be seen in the Picture Gallery.

• (title page)
• Contents.
• List of Plates. [Note.—These are placed at the end of the volume.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Board of Governors.
  • Abstracts of Rules and Statutes.
  • Roll of Incorporated Societies.
  • Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rules.

• Transactions

  • Transactions of thr New Zealand Institute, 1899.

    • I.—Zoology.

      • Art. I.—Zoological Results of Trawling Trials off the Coast of Otago.
      • Art. II.—Note on Cordyceps sinclairii, Berkeley.
      • Art. III.—Note on the Occurrence of the Genus Balanoglossus in New Zealand Waters.
      • Art. IV.—Notes on Macro-lepidoptera observed during the Summer of 1898–99.
      • Art. V.—Note on the Fresh-water Crayfishes of New Zealand.
      • Art. VI.—Description of a New Species of Halictus (Andrenidæ) from Christchurch, New Zealand.
      • Art. VII.—Notes on some New Zealand Orthoptera.
      • Art. VIII.—Note on Paryphanta lignaria.
      • Art. IX.—The Tipulidæ, or Crane-flies, of New Zealand.
      • Henry.—On Hereditary Knowledge
      • Art. X.—On Hereditary Knowledge.
      • Art. XI.—On the Probable Origin of Notornis mantelli, and its Extinction in New Zealand.
      • Art. XII.—On Tuberculosis in Pheasants in Wanganui.
      • Art. XIII.—Crossing with the Muscovy Duck.

    • II.—Botany.

      • Art. XIV.—Revised List of New Zealand Seaweeds.—Part I.
      • Art. XV.—On New Lichens from Australia and New Zealand.
      • Art. XVI.—An Inquiry into the Seedling Forms of New Zealand Phanerogams and their Development.
      • Art. XVII.—A. Sketch of the Plant Geography of the Waimakariri River Basin, considered chiefly from an Œcological Point of View.
      • Explanation of Plates X.-XIII.
      • Art. XVIII.—Notes on the New Zealand Musci.
      • Explanation of Plates XIV., XV.
      • Art. XIX.—Notes on the New Zealand Musci: On a Proposed New Genus.
      • Art. XX.—On the Vegetative Organs of Haastia pulvinaris.
      • Explanation of Plates XVII.-XIX.

    • III.—Geology.

      • Art. XXI.—The Geological History of New Zealand.
      • Art. XXII.—On the Geology of the District between Napier and Puketitiri.
      • Art. XXIII.—On the Volcanoes of the Pacific.
      • Art. XXIV.—Castle Rock, Coromandel.
      • Art. XXV.—Description of some New Species of Pliocene Mollusca from the Wanganui District, with Notes on other Described Species.
      • Art. XXVI.—On the Nelson Boulder Bank.

    • IV.—Chemistry.

      • Art. XXVII.—The Composition of the Soil of the Taupo Plains, and its Suitability for the Growth of Grasses.
      • Art. XXVIII.—On the Percentage of Chlorine in Lake Takapuna.

    • V.—Miscellaneous.

      • Art. XXIX.—The Animal Mind as a Factor in Organic Evolution.
      • Art. XXX.–The Tohunga-Maori: a Sketch.
      • Art. XXXI.—Further Notes on Maori Skeletons and Relics brought to Light at Karaka Bay, Wellington.
      • Art. XXXII.—Inherited Instincts and Anecdotes of Domestic Animals.
      • Art. XXXIII.—Maori Spirals and Sun-worship.
      • Art. XXXIV.—Maori Origins.
      • Art. XXXV.–A Name for a Spider.
      • Art. XXXVI.—Of a Radiant Phenomenon: “In hoc signovinces.”
      • Art. XXXVII.—Memorabilia, Ancient and Modern; being Remarks and Information respecting some of the Tinmines in Cornwall, England.
      • Art. XXXVIII.—Telegraph Cables.
      • Art. XXXIX.—Have we the Remains of a Swimming Swan-Like Moa?
      • Art. XL.—Moa and Toa—the Bird and the Tree.
      • Art. XLI.—About the Native Names for Places.
      • Art. XLII.—The Ceremony of Rahui: Part II.
      • Art. XLIII.—The fleeing Maru-iwi walk over Glenshea Cliff at Night.
      • Art. XLIV.—Browning's Vision of Life.
      • Art. XLV.—A Poet's Socialism.
      • Art. XLVI.—Problems of Arctic Exploration bearing upon Recent Attempts to reach the North Pole.
      • Art. XLVII.—Are they Old Kumara-pits?
      • Art. XLVIII.—A Maori Stronghold.
      • Art. XLIX.—A Maori Earthwork Fortification.
      • Art. L.—Relics of the First New Zealand press.
      • Art. LI.—On a New Species of Ophiuroidea.
      • Art. LII.—A Hunting Spider.
      • Art. LIII.—Arachnids: the Small Pond in the Forest.

• New Zealand Institute

  • New Zealand Institute

    • Thirty-first Annual Report.
    • New Zealand Institute Accounts for 1898–99.

• Proceedings

  • Wellington Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting: 11th July, 1899. Mr. E. Tregear, President, in the chair.

      • Notice of Death of Mr. F. E. Clarke.
      • Addition to the Museum
      • A Canary-coloured Kakapo
    • Second Meeting: 8th August, 1899 Mr. E. Tregear, President, in the chair.
    • New Zealand Moths and Butterflies
    • Third Meeting: 12th September, 1899. Mr. E. Tregear, President, in the chair.
    • Description of Milne' Earthquake Recorder.
    • Fourth Meeting: 12th December, 1899. Mr. E. Tregear, President, in the chair.
    • Remarks on Spider-crabs.
    • Remarks on the New Zealand Crow.
    • Remarks on Architeuthis verrilla.
    • Remarks on the Shining Cuckoo.

    • Annual Meeting: 20th March, 1900. Mr. E. Tregear, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
    • Election of Officers for 1900.—
    • 2. "Explorations in the Te Anau District,”
    • Notes on Virginian quail imported by the Acclimatisation Society.
    • On a Chatham Island Ownership Log
    • On a Centipedes collected from Bananas
    • On New Zealand Freshwater Crayfish
    • Presentation to the Museum of Relics of the First New Zealand Press

  • Auckland Institute.

    • First Meeting: 12th June, 1899. Mr. J.Batger, President, in the chair.
    • On Capital and Modern Progress.
    • Second Meeting: 26th June, 1899. Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair.
    • On the Electric Spark.
    • Third Meeting: 17th July, 1899. Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair.
    • On Water supply and Disease-germs.
    • Fourth Meeting: 14th August, 1899.
    • On Ruapehu and its Neighbourhood.
    • Fifth Meeting: 28th August, 1899. Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair.
    • On the Coming Star Showers.
    • Sixth Meeting: 11th September, 1899. Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair.
    • On “The Novel.”
    • Seventh Meeting: 25th September, 1899. Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair.
    • Some Experiments in Radiant Heat.
    • Eighth Meeting: 23rd October, 1899. Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair.
    • On Rarotonga: its Scenery, Vegetation, and Native Inhabitants.
    • Ninth Meeting: 6th November, 1899. Mr. J. Batger, President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting: 19th February,1900. Professor Talbot-Tubbs, Vice-president, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1900.

  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

    • First Meeting: 3rd May, 1899. Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair.
    • On the Life-history of Words.
    • Description of a Trephined Maori skull.
    • Second Meeting: 7th June, 1899. Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair.
    • On Wireless Telegraphy.
    • Third Meeting: 2nd August, 1899. Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair.
    • Exhibit of Flowers of Garrya elliptica,
    • Fourth Meeting: 6th September, 1899. Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair.
    • Resolution regarding Death of Mr. R. W. Fereday
    • On Damage to Forest Trees by the Drought of 1897–98.
    • Fifth Meeting: 4th October, 1899. Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair.
    • On some Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering.
    • Sixth Meeting: 1st November, 1899. Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair.
    • Exhibit of Clematis attacked by Fungus,

    • Annual Meeting: 4th April, 1900. Mr. L. Cockayne, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1900.
      • On some Little-known Country in the Waimakariri District.
      • Exhibit of Flowering Anigozanthus from Swan River,
      • On the Formation of Starch by Green Plants in Sunlight.
      • On Peripatus viridimaculatus, n.s.

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting: 12th May, 1999.
    • Notornis exhibited,
    • Second Meeting: 6th June, 1899. Dr. T. M. Hocken, Vice-president, in the chair.
    • On the Ultimate Vital Unit.
    • Third Meeting: 11th July, 1899. Mr. F. R. Chapman, President, in the chair.
    • Notice of Death of Mr. A. E. Purdie
    • Notice of Discovery of Complete Moa Egg.
    • On the Edge-Partington Album of Polynesian Ethnology.
    • Exhibit of Hypertrophied Incisor Teeth of a Rabbit,
    • On the Anatomy and Egg of a Stick Insect.
    • Fourth Meeting: 16th August, 1899. Mr. F. R. Chapman, President, in the chair.
    • On Jane Austen.
    • Fifth Meeting: 12th September, 1899. Mr. F. R. Chapman, President, in the chair.
    • On Witchcraft in Fiji.
    • Remarks on Te Puohu's Raid.
    • On a Curious Pendant Ornament.
    • On Maoris Fish-hooks.
    • Notes on New Species of Marine Algæ.
    • Sixth Meeting: 10th October, 1899. Mr. F. R. Chapman, President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting: 15th November, 1899. Mr. F.R. Chapman, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1900.
      • On Federation.

  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.

    • First Meeting: 8th May, 1899.
    • On the Sun and the Moon, with a Descriptive Account of the late Total Eclipse of the Sun. By the President
    • Second Meeting: 12th June, 1899.
    • On Hawke's Bay Fisheries.
    • On Exploration.
    • Third Meeting: 14th August, 1899.
    • On the Evidences of Darwinism.
    • Fourth Meeting: 11th September, 1899.
    • On Evolution.
    • Fifth Meeting: 18th September, 1899.
    • Sixth Meeting: 2nd October, 1899.
    • On Development by Creation as opposed, to Development by Evolution. By the President
    • Seventh Meeting: 16th October, 1899.
    • On Flowers in relation to Insects.
    • Eighth Meeting: 15th December, 1899.
    • Round the South Sea Islands.

    • Annual Meeting: 9th February, 1900.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1900.

  • Westland Institute.

    • Abstract of Annual Report.
    • Election of Officers for 1900.

  • Nelson Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting: 8th August, 1899. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 13th November, 1899. The Bishop of Nelson, President, in the chair.
    • Notes on the Instruments used in the Magnetic Survey of the New Zealand Coasts.

    • Annual Meeting: 13th March, 1900.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of Officers for 1900.
• Appendix.
  • Meteorilogy.
  • New Zealand Institute.
  • Ordinary Members.
  • Auckland Institute.
  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
  • Otago Institute.
  • Westland Institute.
  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
  • Nelson Philosophical Society.
  • List of Institutions and Persons to Whom This Volume is Presented by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute.
• Index
  • Authors.
  • Subjects.