Volume 38, 1905

Contents
| I.—Miscellaneous. | Pages | |
| Art. I. | Early Native Records of the Manawatu Block. By P.E Baldwin | 1–11 |
| XVIII. | Maori Place-names, with Special Reference to the Great Lakes and Mountains of the South Island. By James Cowan | 113–120 |
| XIX. | Some Historic Maori Personages. By T. W. Downes | 120–127 |
| XX. | The Winged Pilot of Hawaiki. By Archdeacon Walsh | 127–130 |
| XXI. | On a Stone-carved Ancient Wooden Image of a Maori Eel-god By A. K. Newman | 130–134 |
| XXII. | On the Musical Notes and Other Features of the Long Maori Trumpet. By A. K. Newman. And Notes on the Maori Trumpet, by W. H. Warren | 134–139 |
| XXV. | Maori Eschatology: The Whare Potae (House of Mourning) and its Lore; being a Description of many Customs, Beliefs, Superstitions, Rites, &c., pertaining to Death and Burial among the Maori People, as also some Account of Native Belief in a Spiritual World. By Elsdon Best | 148–239 |
| LV. | Notes upon a Find of Kauri-gum in Rangitikei, Wellington Province. By S. A. R. Mair | 499–501 |
| II. Zoology. | ||
| XI. | Notes on the Hemiptera of the “Index Faunæ Novæ Zealandiæ.” By G. W. Kirkaldy | 61–62 |
| XII. | Note on a Water-beetle found in Sea-water. By Charles Chilton | 63 |
| XIII. | On the Occurrence of Metoponorthus pruinosus, Brandt, in New Zealand. By Charles Chilton | 64–65 |
| XVI. | Results of Dredging on the Continental Shelf of New Zealand. By Charles Hedley | 68–76 |
| XVII. | On some Foraminifera and Ostracoda obtained off Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. By Frederick Chapman | 77–112 |
| XXVI. | Additional Notes on the Earthworms of the North Island of New Zealand. By W. B. Benham | 239–245 |
| XXVII. | On a Large Pterotracheid from the Pacific Ocean. By W. B. Benham | 245–248 |
– x –

| Art. XXVIII. | An Account of some Earthworms from Little Barrier Island. By W. B. Benham | 248–256 |
| XXIX. | On the Anatomy of Hyla aurea. By George Marriner | 257–265 |
| XXX. | Report of some Crustacea dredged off the Coast of Auckland. By Charles Chilton | 265–269 |
| XXXI. | List of Crustacea from the Chatham Islands. By Charles Chilton | 269–273 |
| XXXII. | Description of a Species of Phreatoicus from the Surface Waters of New Zealand. By Charles Chilton | 274–276 |
| XXXIII. | Note on the Occurrence in New Zealand of Dipterous Insects belonging to the Family Blepharoceridœ. By Charles Chilton | 277–278 |
| XXXIV. | Results of Dredging on the Continental Shelf of New Zealand. By R. Murdoch and H. Suter | 278–305 |
| XXXV. | Results of Dredging on the Continental Shelf of New Zealand. By W. H. Webster | 305–308 |
| XXXVI. | Additions to the New Zealand Fauna. By W. H. Webster | 309–312 |
| XXXVII. | On the Anatomy of Paryphanta atramentaria, Shuttleworth. By R. Murdoch | 313–316 |
| XXXVIII. | Notes on New Zealand Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies. By H. Suter | 316–333 |
| XXXIX. | Genus Isidora: Correction of Article XVI in Last Year's Transactions (Volume XXXVII). By H. Suter | 333 |
| XL. | On Flabellum rugulosum, Tenison-Woods. By H. Suter | 334 |
| XLI. | Notes on Insect Swarms on Mountain-tops in New Zealand. By G. V. Hudson | 334–336 |
| XLII. | Notes on some South Island Birds, and Maori Associations connected therewith. By James Cowan | 337–341 |
| LVII. | Note on the Occurrence of Two Rare and Two Introduced Moths. By G. Howes | 509 |
| LVIII. | Some New Species of Lepidoptera. By G. Howes | 510–511 |
| LXI. | The Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery and Biological Station. By G. M. Thomson | 529–558 |
| III.—Botany. | ||
| XLIII. | On a Specific Case of Leaf-variation in Coprosma baueri, Endl. (Rubiaceœ). By L. Cockayne | 341–345 |
| XLV. | Notes on a Brief Botanical Visit to the Poor Knights Islands. By L. Cockayne | 351–360 |
| XLIV. | On the Supposed Mount Bonpland Habitat of Celmisia lindsayi, Hook. f. By L. Cockayne | 346–350 |
| XLVI. | Notes on the Subalpine Scrub of Mount Fyffe (Seaward Kaikouras). By L. Cockayne | 361–374 |
| XLVII. | Notes on the Growth of certain Native Trees in the Auckland Domain. By J. Stewart | 374–377 |
| XLVIII. | On the Leaf-structure of some Plants from the Southern Islands of New Zealand. By Miss E. M. Herriott | 377–422 |
| XLIX. | Description of a New Native Grass. By D. Petrie | 423–424 |
| L. | Appendix to List of Seaweeds of Norfolk Island. By R. M. Laing | 424 |
| LIV. | Two New Ferns. By H. C. Field | 495–498 |
– xi –

| IV.—Geology. | ||
| Art. II. | Magmatic Segregation in its Relation to the Genesis of certain Ore-bodies. By James Park | 11–16 |
| III. | Contact Metamorphism in its Relation to the Genesis of certain Ore-deposits. By James Park | 16–20 |
| IV. | Thermal Activity in its Relation to the Genesis of certain Metalliferous Veins. By James Park | 20–33 |
| V. | On the Rôle of Metasomatism in the Formation of certain Ore-deposits. By James Park | 33–36 |
| VI. | The Deposition of Mineral Matter from Aqueous Solutions in its Relation to the Filling of Cavities and Vein-fissures. By James Park | 36–39 |
| VIII. | Technical Analyses of Coal, and Coal-testing. By A. M. Wright | 42–45 |
| XIV. | On Crassatellites trailli. By Captain Hutton | 65–66 |
| XV. | On a Skeleton of Emeus crassus from the North Island. By Captain Hutton | 66–67 |
| LI. | The Occurrence of Gold at Harbour Cone. By C. N. Boult | 425–446 |
| LII. | On the Geology of the Clarendon Phosphate-deposits, Otago, New Zealand. By Arthur Robert Andrew | 447–482 |
| LIII. | The Gem Gravels of Kakanui; with Remarks on the Geology of the District. By J. Allan Thomson | 482–495 |
| LXII. | On the Treatment of Partially Decomposed Pyritic Tailings by the Cyanide Process. By H. Frank Shepherd | 558–560 |
| LXIII. | Geological Notes on the Country North-west of Lake Wakatipu | 560–567 |
| V.—Chemistry, Physics, etc. | ||
| VII. | The Temperature of Combustion of Methane in the Presence of Palladiumised Asbestos (Abstract). By H. G. Denham | 39–41 |
| IX. | Some New Compounds of a Similar Nature to Antifebrine. By P. W. Robertson | 45–50 |
| X. | The Estimation and Detection of the Alkaloids by means of their Double Sulphocyanides. By P. W. Robertson | 51–61 |
| XXIII. | On Temporary Stars. By M. Chapman | 139–143 |
| XXIV. | Notes on a Meteoric Appearance. By M. Chapman | 143–148 |
| LIX. | The Effect on Temperature of Molecular Association and Dissociation. By W. S. Page | 512–515 |
| LX. | The Resistance of Steel to Mechanical Shock, and the Determination of Material suitable for Machinery. By Professor Scott | 515–529 |
| LVI. | Brief Notes on the Theory of New Zealand Earthquakes. By G. Hogben | 502–509 |
| Records of Milne Seismographs— | |
| No. 16, Christchurch: Observer, H. F. Skey | 568–571 |
| No. 20, Wellington: Observer, G. Hogben | 572–574 |
– xii –

| Pages | |
| Annual Report of the New Zealand Institute | 577 |
| Proceedings—Wellington Philosophical Society | 583 |
| " Auckland Institute | 591 |
| " Philosophical Institute of Canterbury | 594 |
| " Otago Institute | 600 |
| " Westland Institute | 606 |
| " Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute | 607 |
| " Nelson Philosophical Institute | 609 |
| " Manawatu Philosophical Society | 610 |
