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Volume 36, 1903

Contents.

Transactions.
I.Miscellaneous. pages
Art. I. Notes on Two Maori Calabashes, with Carved Wooden Necks, called Tuki or Ko-ano-ano. By Dr. Newman 14
II. On the Maori Method of preparing and using Kokowai. By Archdeacon Walsh 410
III. Moriori Carving on the Trunks of Karaka-trees. By A. Hamilton 1113
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 1467
V. The Sparrow Plague and its Remedy. By A. Bathgate 6779
VI. Note on the Veracity of the Returns of Age in the Census of 1901. By Professor Segar 8084
VII. On Certain Decimal and Metric Fallacies. By R Coupland Harding 85111
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 113148
IX. Description of a New Fish. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S 148149
X. On the Occurrence of Centrolophus in New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. 149150
XI. Revision of the New Zealand Members of the Genus Phorocera. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. 150158
XII. Two New Flies By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. 158154
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. 155156
XVI. On the Anatomy of Paryphanta fumosa, Tenison-Woods. By R. Murdoch 156161.
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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 161170
XIX. Notes on an Insect found in some Hot Springs at Taupo. By J. W. Poynton 170172
XX. The Sipunculids of New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham 172184
XXI. On a New Species of Leech (Hirudo antipodum) recently discovered in New Zealand. By Professor W. B. Benham 185192
XXII. A Note on the Oligochæta of the New Zealand Lakes. By Professor W. B. Benham 192198
XXIII. An apparently New Species of Regalecus (R. parkeri). By Professor W. B. Benham 198200
XXIV. A Species of Ixodes parasitic on the Grey Duck. By Professor C. Chilton 201202
III.Botany.
XXV. Plants naturalised in the County of Ashburton. By W. W. Smith 203225
XXVI. A Botanical Excursion during Midwinter to the Southern Islands of New Zealand. By L. Cockayne, Ph D. 225333
XXVII. Abnormal Growth of a Plant of Phormium colensoi. By Right Rev. W. L. Williams 333334
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 334372
XXIX. List of Papers and Notices on Botanical Subjects in the “Transactions of the New Zealand Institute” and other Publications. By A. Hamilton 342372
IV.Geology.
XXX. On the Subdivision of the Lower Mesozoic Rocks of New Zealand. By Professor Park 373404
XXXI. On the Age and Relations of the New Zealand Coalfields. By Professor Park 405418
XXXII. On the Geology of North Head, Waikouaiti, and its relation to the Geological History of Dunedin. By Professor Park 418480
XXXIII. On the Jurassic Age of the Maitai Series. By Professor Park 431446
XXXIV. On the Discovery of Permo-carboniferous Rocks at Mount Mary, North Otago. By Professor Park 447453
XXXV. The Northern Wairoa By E K. Mulgan, M.A. 453464
XXXVI. Notes on a Small Collection of Fossils from Wharekuri, on the Waitaki River, North Otago. By A. Hamilton 465467
XXXVII. Boulders in Triassic Conglomerate, Nelson. By Dr. P. Marshall 467471
XXXVIII. Second Supplement to the “Materials for a Bibliography of the Dinornithidae.” By A. Hamilton 471473
XXXIX. Note on the Remains of some Extinct Birds of New Zealand found near Ngapara By A Hamilton 474477
XL. Note on a Dyke at Nugget Point. By R. Speight, M.A., B Sc. 477479
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 481483
XLIII. Studies on the Chemistry of the New Zealand Flora. By Professor T. Easterfield and B. C. Aston 483486
XLIV. Note on the Interaction of Citric and Sulphuric Acids. By James Bee 486487
XLV. An Experiment bearing on the Wave Theory of Light. By J. S. S. Cooper 487490
XLVI. The Physical Properties of Kauri-gum. By J. S. S. Cooper 490492
XLVII. Note on a supposed Heat-effect. By J. S. S. Cooper 492
I.Miscellaneouscontinued.
XLVIII. On certain Statistics respecting the Trend of English Trade. By Professor H. W. Segar 493501
XLIX. A Note on Drawing for Competitions. By Professor H. W. Segar 501504
L. A Comparison of the Age-distribution of the Populations of the Four Chief Provincial Districts of New Zealand. By Professor H. W. Segar 504511
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