Contents - Volume 34, 1901

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

• (title page)
• Corrigenda
• Transactions of the New Zealand Institute
• Circular. New Zealand Institute.
• Contents.
• List of Plates.
• 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

• (untitled)

  • Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1901.

    • I.—Miscellaneous.

      • Art. I.—Presidential Address.
      • Art. II.—On the Senses of Insects.
      • Art. III.—Notes on the Comet of April, May, and June, 1901..
      • Art. IV.—The Diversions of the Whare Tapere: Some Account of the various Games, Amusements, and Trials of Skill practised by the Maori in Former Times..
      • Art. V.—Maori Magic: Notes upon Witchcraft, Magic Rites, and various Superstitions as practised or believed in by the Old-time Maori.
      • Art. VI.—The Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand: Part II., the English Section—Newspapers.
      • Art. VII.—On the Recent Statistics of Insanity, Cancer, and Phthisis in New Zealand..
      • Art. VIII.—On some Relics of the Moriori Race..
      • Art. IX.—A Philological Study in Natural History.

    • II.—Zoology.

      • Art. X.—On the New Zealand Lamprey.
      • Art. XI.—Note on an Entire Egg of a Moa, now in the Museum of the University of Otago.
      • Art. XII.—An Account of the External Anatomy of a Baby Rorqual (Balænoptera rostrata).
      • Art. XIII.—Notes on Gogia breviceps, the Lesser Sperm Whale.
      • Art. XIV.—On a Small Collection of Diptera from the Southern Islands of New Zealand.
      • Art. XV.—The Beetles of the Auckland Islands.
      • Art. XVI.—Additions to the Diptera Fauna of New Zealand.
      • Art. XVII.—On a New Fossil Pecten from the Chatham Islands.
      • Art. XVIII.—On the Occurrence of Alepisaurus ferox on the Coast of New Zealand.
      • Art. XIX.—On a Marine Galaxias from the Auckland Islands.
      • Art. XX.—On Mites attacking Beetles and Moths.
      • Art. XXI.—Notes on Coleoptera.
      • Art. XXII.—On the Land Mollusca of Little Barrier Island.
      • Art. XXIII.—List of the Species described in F. W. Hutton's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, with the Corresponding Names used at the Present Time.
      • Art. XXIV.—Notice of an Electric Ray new to the Fauna of New Zealand, belonging to the Genus Astrape.
      • Art. XXV.—Embryology of New Zealand Lepidoptera: Part II.
      • Art. XXVI.—Notes on New Zealand Fishes.
      • Art. XXVII.—On a New Polynoid.

    • III.—Botany.

      • Art. XXVIII.—A Short Account of the Plant-covering of Chatham Island.
      • Art. XXIX.—On a New Zealand Isotachis new to Science.
      • Art. XXX.—Revised List of New Zealand Seaweeds: Part II.
      • Art. XXXI.—On the Occurrence of Panax arboreum as an Epiphyte on the Stems of Tree Ferns in the Maulku District.
      • Art. XXXII.—On the Flora of the Mauku District.
      • Art. XXXIII.—Notes on the Growth of some Indigenous and other Trees in New Zealand.
      • Art. XXXIV.—Remarks on New Zealand Trees planted at Parawai, Thames, at and subsequent to the Year 1873.
      • Art. XXXV.—Descriptions of New Native Plants, and Notes.
      • Art. XXXVI.—The Vegetable Caterpillar (Cordiceps robertsii).
      • Art. XXXVII.—On the Prothallium of Phylloglossum.

    • IV.—Geology

      • Art. XXXVIII.—Notes on the Napier—Greenmeadows Road.
      • Art. XXXIX.—On the Volcanic Grits and Ash-beds in the Waitemata Series.
      • Art. XL.—Notes on some Andesite from Thames Goldfield.
      • Art. XLI—On the Secular Movements of the New Zealand Coast-line.
      • Art. XLII.—Notes on some Glacier Moraines in the Leith Valley, Dunedin.
      • Art. XLIII.—On the Septarian Boulders of Moeraki, Otago.
      • Art. XLIV.—Note on an Artesian Well at Aramoho.
      • Art. XLV.—The Volcanic Beds of the Waitemata Series.

    • V.—Chemistry and Physics.

      • Art. XLVI.—Studies on the Chemistry of the New Zealand Flora.
      • Art. XLVII.—Raoult's Method for Molecular Weight Determination.
      • Art. XLVIII.—The Vapour Densities of the Fatty Acids
      • Art. XLIX.—The Latent Heats of Fusion of the Elements and Compounds.
      • Art. L.—Some Observations on the Fourth Dimension.
      • Art. LI.—The Equatorial Component of the Earth's Motion in Space.
      • Art. LII.—Mathematical Treatment of the Problem of Production, Rent, Interest, and Wages.
      • Art. LIII.—On the Phenomena of Variation and their Symbolic Expression.

    • I.—Miscellaneous—continued.

      • Art. LIV.—List of Papers on New Zealand Fishes and Fishing.
      • Parliamentary Papers relating to Fish and Fisheries.
      • Public General Acts affecting Fish and Fisheries.

• New Zealand Institute

  • New Zealand Institute.

    • Thirty-third Annual Report.
    • Museum.
    • Meterological.
    • Colonial Time-ball Observatory.
    • New Zealand Institute Accounts for 1900–1901.
    • In Memoriam.

• Proceedings

  • Wellington Philosophical Society.

    • First Meeting: 25th June, 1901.

      • Acclimatisation of Rosella Parrots in New Zealand

    • Second Meeting: 6th August, 1901.

      • On Caves in the Martinborough District, and Moa-bones found therein.
      • Abstract.
      • On the Distribution of Moa Remains in New Zealand.
      • Remarks on a Specimen of Mesoplodon hectori.
      • Remarks on New Zealand Fishes, and on a Collection of Drawings of Native Fish by the late F. E. Clarke.
      • Note on an Octopus.

    • Third Meeting: 5th November, 1901. Mr. G. V. Hudson, President, in the chair.

      • Notes on Coleoptera.
      • Remarks on the Whau (Entelea arborescens).
      • On the Chemistry of the Karaka-nut.
      • On Raoult'a Method for Molecular Weight Determination.
    • Fourth Meeting: 11th February, 1902. Mr. G. V. Hudson, President, in the chair.

    • Annual Meeting: 12th March, 1902. Mr. G. V. Hudson, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of officers for 1902.
      • The Theory of the Polar Planimeter,
      • Notes on the Sydney Chain Standard.
      • Natural History Notes from Dusky Sound.
      • Notes on the Entomology of New Zealand,

  • Auckland Institute.

    • First Meeting: 3rd June, 1901. Mr. James Stewart, C.E., President, in the chair.

    • Second Meeting: 24th June, 1901.

      • Brain versus Muscle in the Production of Wealth.

    • Third Meeting: 22nd July, 1901.

      • The Measurement of Time.

    • Fourth Meeting: 5th August, 1901.

      • Account of the Maori House formerly at Taheke, Lake Rotoiti.

    • Fifth Meeting: 19th August, 1901.

      • Greek Painted Vases: their Importance, Form, and Design.

    • Sixth Meeting: 2nd September, 1901.

      • Exhibition of Astronomical Photographs.

    • Seventh Meeting: 23rd September, 1901. Mr. James Stewart, C.E., President, in the chair.

      • Ruskin's Influence on Economic Science.
    • Eighth Meeting: 7th October, 1901. Mr. James Stewart, C.E., President, in the chair.

    • Ninth Meeting: 28th October, 1901.

      • Across the Mountains.

    • Annual Meeting: 24th February, 1902. Mr. James Stewart, C.E., President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Account of Purchase of the Mair Maori Collection
      • Note on the Little Barrier Reserve for Birds

  • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.

    • First Meeting: 1 st May, 1901.

      • On some Conditions of Progress.

    • Second Meeting: 5th June, 1901.

      • On the Chatham Islands.

    • Third Meeting: 3rd July, 1901.

      • Suggestion for an Index Faunæ Novæ-Zealandiæ
      • Exhibit of Graptolites from Preservation Inlet.
      • Exhibit of a Fresh-water Shrimp (Xiphocaris compressa) from Norfolk Island.

    • Fourth Meeting: 7th August, 1901. Captain F. W. Hutton, President, in the chair.

      • The Sense of Sight.
      • Remarks on some Schizopod Crustaceans.

    • Fifth Meeting: 5th September, 1901.

      • Evolution in Literary Types.

    • Sixth Meeting: 2nd October, 1901. Captain F. W. Hutton, President, in the chair.

      • On the Learned Societies of Europe.

    • Seventh Meeting: 6th November, 1901. Captain F. W. Hutton, President, in the chair.

      • On a New Pelagic Hydroid.
      • Notes on the Breeding Habits of the Tuatara.
      • Abstract.

    • Annual Meeting: 2nd April, 1902.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of officers for 1902

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting: 14th May, 1901. Mr. G. M. Thomson, F.L.S., President, in the chair.

      • Report on the Proposed Fish-hatchery.
      • On a Collection of Stone Implements.
      • The Relations of Mosquitos to Malarial Fever.
      • Abstract.

    • Second Meeting: 11th June, 1901. Mr. G. M. Thomson; President, in the chair.

      • On Charity Organizations.

    • Third Meeting: 9th July, 1901. Mr. G. M. Thomson, President, in the chair.

      • Proposal for an Index Faunæ Novæ Zealandiæ
      • The Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand.
      • Exhibits

    • Fourth Meeting: 13th August, 1901. Mr. G. M. Thomson, President, in the chair.

      • Tennyson and Science.

    • Fifth Meeting: 10th September, 1901. Mr. G. M. Thomson, President, in the chair.

      • On Erasmus.
      • Exhibits

    • Sixth Meeting: 8th October, 1901. Mr. G. M. Thomson, President, in the chair.

      • On Leaf-beds in the Kaikorai Valley.
      • Exhibit of Ethnological Specimens from the New Hebrides.

    • Annual Meeting: 12th November, 1901. Mr. G. M. Thomson, President, in the chair.

      • On the Method of Feeding by the Rorqual.
      • Exhibit of a Boar fish
      • Note on a Specimen of Lampris lima
      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Note on the Proposed Fish-hatchery
      • Election of officers for 1902
      • Address on the Surroundings of the City of Dunedin.

  • Westland Institute.

    • Annual Meeting: 11th December, 1901. Mr. Mahan, President, in the chair.

      • Abstract of Report.
      • Election of officers for 1902

  • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.

    • First Meeting: 13th May, 1901.

      • Some Aspects of Technical Education.

    • Second Meeting: 10th June, 1901.

      • Comets, with Special Reference to the Recent Comet.

    • Third Meeting: 8th July, 1901.

      • Pond Life, or Dick's Dive in a Duck-pond.

    • Fourth Meeting: 18th August, 1901.

      • The Wonders of Creation as revealed by the Telescope.
    • Fifth Meeting: 9th September, 1901.

    • Sixth Meeting: 21st September, 1901.

      • Food-adulteration.

    • Annual Meeting: 7th February, 1902.

      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of officers for 1902
      • Nelson Institute.
      • Abstract of Annual Report.
      • Election of officers for 1902
• Appendix
  • Meteorology Comparative Abstract for 1901 and Previous Years.
  • Average Temperature of Seasons compared with those of the Previous Year.
  • Remarks On The Weather, 1901.
  • Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1901.
  • Records of Milne Seismograph No. 20, At Wellington, From October, 1900, To December, 1901 (Inclusive)
  • Records of Milne Seismograph No. 16, At Christchurch, From November, 1901.
• New Zealand Institute. Honorary Members.
• Ordinary Members.
• Index.