Contents - Volume 39, 1906

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• Circular. New Zealand Institute.
• (title page)
• (untitled)
• In Memoriam.
• Contents.
• List of Plates at the End of the Volume.
• New Zealand Institute.
  • Board of Governors.
• New Zealand Institute Act.
  • 1903, No. 48.
  • Regulations.

• Transactions

  • Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1906.

    • Art. I.—The Fungus Flora of New Zealand.—Part II.
    • Art. II.—Transpacific Longitudes.
    • Art. III. — Notes on the Flesh-eating Propensity of the Kea (Nestor notabilis).
    • Art. IV.—Notes on the Distribution of Ores in Horizontal Zones in Vertical Depth.
    • Art. V.—Notes on the Formation of Zones of Secondary Enrichment in certain Metalliferous Lodes.
    • Art. VI.—Notes on the Origin of the Metal-bearing Solutions concerned in the Formation of Ore-deposits.
    • Art. VII.—Notes and Descriptions of Lepidoptera.
    • Art. VIII.—The Increase of Nitrogen in certain Soils due to Nitroculture.
    • Art. IX.—Notes on New Zealand Echinoderms; with Description of a New Species.
    • Art. X.—Note on the Bipolarity of Littoral Marine Faunas.
    • Art. XI.—The New Zealand Plateau.
    • Art. XII.—On the Occurrence in New Zealand of Platalea regia, Gould.
    • Art. XIII.—New Zealand Ctenophores,
    • Art. XIV.—On the Presence of another Australian Frog in New Zealand.
    • Art. XV.—Maori Numeration: Some Account of the Single, Binary, and Semi-vigesimal Systems of Numeration formerly employed by the Maori.
    • Art. XVI.—Two New Species of Leech in New Zealand.
    • Art. XVII.—On a New Species of Pennatulid (Sarcophyllum bollonsi).
    • Art. XVIII.—Recent Observations respecting the Origin of the Vegetable Caterpillar.
    • Art. XIX.—Notes on the Entomology of the Routeburn Valley.
    • Art. XX.—The Influence of the Earth's Rotation on the Course of the Rivers on the Canterbury Plains.
    • Art. XXI.—Notes on Protective Resemblance in New Zealand Moths.
    • Art. XXII.—Note on the Occurrence of Phyllitis fascia (Muell.), Kuetz, in New Zealand.
    • Art. XXIII.—On the Occurrence of Fredericella sultana in New Zealand.
    • Art. XXIV.—On the Radio-activity of certain Soils.
    • Art. XXV.—On Introduced Birds.
    • Art. XXVI.—Results of Dredging in Hauraki Gulf; with Descriptions of Seven New Species.
    • Art. XXVII.— Notes on, and Additions to, the New Zealand Molluscan Fauna.
    • Art. XXVIII.—Notes on the Natural History of the Kea, with Special Reference to its Reputed Sheep-killing Propensities.
    • Art. XXIX.—On Isogonal Transformations: Part I.
    • Art. XXX.—Some Observations on the Coastal Vegetation of the South. Island of New Zealand.—Part I: General Remarks on the Coastal Plant Covering.
    • Art. XXXI.—Supplementary Note on the Defoliation of Gaya in New Zealand.
    • Art. XXXII.—Note on the Cook Strait Habitat of Veronica macroura, Hook. f.
    • Art. XXXIII.—Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats (II).
    • Art. XXXIV.—Note on the Behaviour in Cultivation of a Chat ham Island Form of Coprosma propinqua, A. Cunn.
    • Art. XXXV.—On the Vegetation of the Westport District.
    • Art. XXXVI.—Notice of the Occurrence of Hydatella, a Genus new to the New Zealand Flora.
    • Art. XXXVII.—Notes on Pittosporum obcordatum.
    • Art. XXXVIII.—Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand: No. 1.
    • Art. XXXIX.—Notes on certain Maori Carved Burial-chests in the Auckland Museum.
    • Art. XL.—Notes on the CallianassidÆ of New Zealand.
    • Art. XLI.—The Comparison of the Oceanic Languages.
    • Art. XLII.—Notes on a Coal (?) from Boby's Creek, Waipara.
    • Art. XLIII.—Observations on New Zealand Fishes, &c., made at the Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery.
    • Art. XLIV.—Geological Notes on South-west of Otago.
    • Art. XLV. —Dates on which Introduced Birds have been liberated, or have appeared, in different Districts of New Zealand.
    • Art. XLVI.—Oil-wells and Oil-prospects along the East Coast.
    • Art. XLVII.—Notes on Two Marine Gymnomyxa.
• New Zealand Institute
  • New Zealand Institute.
    • Thirty-Eighth Annual Report.

• Proceedings

  • Wellington Philosophical Society.
    • First Meeting: 2nd May, 1906. Mr. Martin Chapman, President, in the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 6th June, 1906. Mr. Martin Chapman, President, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting: 4th July, 1906. Mr. Martin Chapman, President, in the chair.
    • Fourth Meeting: 1st August, 1906. Mr. Martin Chapman, President, in the chair.
    • Fifth Meeting: 5th September, 1906. Mr. Martin Chapman, President, in the chair.
    • Annual Meeting: 3rd October, 1906. Mr. Martin Chapman, President, in the chair.
  • Auckland Institute.
    • First Meeting: 4th June, 1906. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 2nd July, 1906. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting: 6th August, 1906. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
    • Fourth Meeting: 3rd September, 1906. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
    • Fifth Meeting: 1st October, 1906. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
    • Sixth Meeting: 15th October, 1906. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
    • Seventh Meeting: 29th October, 1906. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
    • Annual General Meeting: 25th February, 1907. Professor A. P. W. Thomas, Vice-President, in the chair.
  • Philosophical Institute Of Canterbury.
    • First Meeting: 2nd May, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 6th June, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting: 11th July, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.
    • Fourth Meeting: 8th August, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.
    • Fifth Meeting: 5th September, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.
    • Sixth Meeting: 3rd October, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.
    • Seventh Meeting: 13th November, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.
    • Eighth Meeting: 29th November, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.
    • Annual Meeting: 5th December, 1906. Mr. R. Speight, President, in the chair.

  • Otago Institute.

    • First Meeting: 8th May, 1906. The President, Dr. P. Marshall, occupied the chair.
    • Second Meeting: 12th June, 1906. The President, Dr. Marshall, in the chair.
    • Third Meeting: 11th July, 1906.
    • Fourth Meeting: 14th August, 1906. The President, Dr. Marshall, in the chair.
    • Fifth Meeting: 11th September, 1906. The President, Dr. Marshall, in the chair.
    • Paper.—1. “On the Occurrence of Geonemertes in the North Island,”
    • Sixth Meeting: 9th October, 1906. The President, Dr. Marshall, in the chair.
    • Seventh Meeting: 13th November, 1906. The President, Dr. Marshall, in the chair.
    • Annual Meeting.
  • Hawke'S Bay Philosophical Institute.
    • Annual Report.
• Appendix
  • New Zealand Institute.
  • List Of Institutions To Which This Volume Is Presented By The Governors Of The New Zealand Institute.
  • Index.