Volume 36, 1903

Contents.
| I.—Miscellaneous. | pages | |
| Art. I. | Notes on Two Maori Calabashes, with Carved Wooden Necks, called Tuki or Ko-ano-ano. By Dr. Newman | 1–4 |
| II. | On the Maori Method of preparing and using Kokowai. By Archdeacon Walsh | 4–10 |
| III. | Moriori Carving on the Trunks of Karaka-trees. By A. Hamilton | 11–13 |
| IV. | Maori Marriage Customs: being Notes on Ancient Maori Customs, Ritual and Sociological, connected with Courtship, Marriage, and Divorce; together with some Account of the Levirate, and of many Superstitious Beliefs and Ancient Animistic Myths connected with the same, as held and preserved by the Maori Peoples of the Tuhoe Tribe. By Elsdon Best | 14–67 |
| V. | The Sparrow Plague and its Remedy. By A. Bathgate | 67–79 |
| VI. | Note on the Veracity of the Returns of Age in the Census of 1901. By Professor Segar | 80–84 |
| VII. | On Certain Decimal and Metric Fallacies. By R Coupland Harding | 85–111 |
| II.—Zoology. | ||
| VIII. | The Kohoperoa or Koekoea, Long-tailed Cuckoo (Urodynamis taitensis): An Account of its Habits, Description of a Nest containing its (supposed) Egg, and a Suggestion as to how the Parasitic Habit, in Birds has become established. By Robert Fulton, M.B., C.M., Edin | 113–148 |
| IX. | Description of a New Fish. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S | 148–149 |
| X. | On the Occurrence of Centrolophus in New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. | 149–150 |
| XI. | Revision of the New Zealand Members of the Genus Phorocera. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. | 150–158 |
| XII. | Two New Flies By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. | 158–154 |
| XIII. | On a New Weta from the Chatham Islands. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. | 154 |
| XIV. | Description of a New Blow-fly from Campbell Island. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. | 155 |
| XV. | On the Occurrence of the Curlew-Sandpiper (Ancylochilus sub-arquatus) in New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. | 155–156 |
| XVI. | On the Anatomy of Paryphanta fumosa, Tenison-Woods. By R. Murdoch | 156–161. |
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| Art. XVII. | On the Occurrence of Vanessa atalanta and Plusia festucæ in Southland. By A. Philpott | 161 |
| XVIII. | Notes on Southern Lepidoptera. By A. Philpott | 161–170 |
| XIX. | Notes on an Insect found in some Hot Springs at Taupo. By J. W. Poynton | 170–172 |
| XX. | The Sipunculids of New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham | 172–184 |
| XXI. | On a New Species of Leech (Hirudo antipodum) recently discovered in New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham | 185–192 |
| XXII. | A Note on the Oligochæta of the New Zealand Lakes. By Professor W. B. Benham | 192–198 |
| XXIII. | An apparently New Species of Regalecus (R. parkeri). By Professor W. B. Benham | 198–200 |
| XXIV. | A Species of Ixodes parasitic on the Grey Duck. By Professor C. Chilton | 201–202 |
| III.—Botany. | ||
| XXV. | Plants naturalised in the County of Ashburton. By W. W. Smith | 203–225 |
| XXVI. | A Botanical Excursion during Midwinter to the Southern Islands of New Zealand. By L. Cockayne, Ph D. | 225–333 |
| XXVII. | Abnormal Growth of a Plant of Phormium colensoi. By Right Rev. W. L. Williams | 333–334 |
| XXVIII. | On Abnormal Developments in New Zealand Ferns: with a List of Papers by various Authors on the Ferns of New Zealand. By A. Hamilton | 334–372 |
| XXIX. | List of Papers and Notices on Botanical Subjects in the “Transactions of the New Zealand Institute” and other Publications. By A. Hamilton | 342–372 |
| IV.—Geology. | ||
| XXX. | On the Subdivision of the Lower Mesozoic Rocks of New Zealand. By Professor Park | 373–404 |
| XXXI. | On the Age and Relations of the New Zealand Coalfields. By Professor Park | 405–418 |
| XXXII. | On the Geology of North Head, Waikouaiti, and its relation to the Geological History of Dunedin. By Professor Park | 418–480 |
| XXXIII. | On the Jurassic Age of the Maitai Series. By Professor Park | 431–446 |
| XXXIV. | On the Discovery of Permo-carboniferous Rocks at Mount Mary, North Otago. By Professor Park | 447–453 |
| XXXV. | The Northern Wairoa By E K. Mulgan, M.A. | 453–464 |
| XXXVI. | Notes on a Small Collection of Fossils from Wharekuri, on the Waitaki River, North Otago. By A. Hamilton | 465–467 |
| XXXVII. | Boulders in Triassic Conglomerate, Nelson. By Dr. P. Marshall | 467–471 |
| XXXVIII. | Second Supplement to the “Materials for a Bibliography of the Dinornithidae.” By A. Hamilton | 471–473 |
| XXXIX. | Note on the Remains of some Extinct Birds of New Zealand found near Ngapara By A Hamilton | 474–477 |
| XL. | Note on a Dyke at Nugget Point. By R. Speight, M.A., B Sc. | 477–479 |
| XLI. | Some Caves and Water-passages in the Greymouth District By H. N. McLeod | 479-480 |
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| V.—Chemistry and Physics. | ||
| Art. XLII. | On the Regeneration of Cyanide Solutions. By Godfrey Doveton, M.A.I.M.E. Communicated by Professor J. Park | 481–483 |
| XLIII. | Studies on the Chemistry of the New Zealand Flora. By Professor T. Easterfield and B. C. Aston | 483–486 |
| XLIV. | Note on the Interaction of Citric and Sulphuric Acids. By James Bee | 486–487 |
| XLV. | An Experiment bearing on the Wave Theory of Light. By J. S. S. Cooper | 487–490 |
| XLVI. | The Physical Properties of Kauri-gum. By J. S. S. Cooper | 490–492 |
| XLVII. | Note on a supposed Heat-effect. By J. S. S. Cooper | 492 |
| I.—Miscellaneous—continued. | ||
| XLVIII. | On certain Statistics respecting the Trend of English Trade. By Professor H. W. Segar | 493–501 |
| XLIX. | A Note on Drawing for Competitions. By Professor H. W. Segar | 501–504 |
| L. | A Comparison of the Age-distribution of the Populations of the Four Chief Provincial Districts of New Zealand. By Professor H. W. Segar | 504–511 |
| Annual Report of the New Zealand Institute | 515 |
| “New Zealand Institute Act, 1903” | xii.–xiv. |
| Regulations of the New Zealand Institute under the Act of 1903 | xiv.–xvii. |
| Report on Colonial Time-ball Observatory | 517 |
| Proceedings— Wellington Philosophical Society | 523 |
| " Auckland Institute | 539 |
| " Philosophical Institute of Canterbury | 534 |
| " Otago Institute | 538 |
| " Westland Institute | 543 |
| " Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute | 545 |
| " Nelson | 546 |
