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Volume 40, 1907

Contents.

Transactions.
I.—Miscellaneous. Pages
Art. XII. Early Visits of the French to New Zealand. By Dr. Hocken, F.L.S. 137153
XIII. The Passing of the Maori: An Inquiry into the Principal Causes of the Decay of the Race. By Archdeacon Walsh 154175
XV. Maori Forest Lore: Being some Account of Native Forest Lore and Woodcraft, as also of many Myths, Rites, Customs, and Superstitions connected with the Flora and Fauna of the Tuhoe or Ure–wera District: Part I By Elsdon Best 185254
XXXI. On Isogonal Transformations: Part II. By Evelyn G. Hogg, M.A. 333339
XXXII. Right–sidedness. By Joshua Rutland 339340
XL Captain Dumont D'Urville's Exploration of Tasman Bay in 1827. Translated by S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S. 416447
XLII. Metre. By Johannes C. Andersen 466485
XLVI. The Struggle for Foreign Trade. By H. W. Segar, M.A. 520533
XLIX. A Preliminary Note of a Metaphysical Research. By Maurice W. Richmond, B.Sc., LL.B. 538540
II.—Zoology.
VII. Recent Observations on New Zealand Macrolepidoptera, including Descriptions of New Species. By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S. 104107
VIII. Description of a New Ophiuroid. By H. Farquhar 108
IX. A Heteropterous Hemipteron of New Zealand. By G. W. Kirkaldy 109
XVI. Additions to the New Zealand Molluscan Fauna. By W. H. Webster, B.A. 254259
XVII. The Bipolar Theory. By H. Farquhar 259261
XVIII. Notes on the Destruction of Kumaras from the Friendly Islands (Tonga), caused by an Imported Weevil, with Descriptions of the Larva, Pupa, and Perfect Insect, &c. By Major T. Broun, F.R.E.S. 262265
XIX. Notice of the Occurrence of the Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) in the North Auckland District. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. 265266
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XX Notes on the Occurrence of certain Marine Reptilia in New Zealand Waters. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. 267269
XXII. Preliminary Note on some Stages in the Development of a Polychœte. By H. B. Kirk, M.A. 286288
XXXIII. A New Placostylus from New Zealand. By Henry Suter 340343
XXXIV. Result of Dredging for Mollusca near Cuvier Island, with Descriptions of New Species. By Henry Suter 344359
XXXV. Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Mollusca. By Henry Suter 360373
XXXVI. Notes on some New Zealand Marine Mollusca. By Tom Iredale 373387
XXXVII. A Preliminary List of the Marine Mollusca of Banks Peninsula. By Tom Iredale 387403
XXXVIII. List of Marine Molluscs collected in Otago. By Tom Iredale 404410
XXXIX. List of Marine Mollusca from Lyall Bay, near Wellington. By Tom Iredale 410415
XLIII. The Disappearance of the New Zealand Birds. By Dr. R. Fulton 485500
XLIV. The Little Barrier Bird–sanctuary. By James Drummond, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 500506
XLVII. Further Notes on Lepidoptera. By George Howes, F.E.S. 533534
XLVIII. Additional Notes on the Kea. By George R. Marriner, F.R.M.S. 534537
III.—BOTANY.
I. Young Stages of Dicksonia and Cyathea. By G. B. Stephenson, M.Sc. 116
III. The Development of some New Zealand Conifer Leaves with regard to Transfusion Tissue and to Adaptation to Environment. By Miss E. M. Griffin, M.A. 4372
XXI. Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand: No. 2. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 270285
XXIII. Description of a New Species of Veronica (Linn.). By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S. 288289
XXIV. Account of a Visit to Mount Hector, a High Peak of the Tararuas, with List of Flowering–plants. By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S. 289304
XXV. Some Hitherto–unrecorded Plant–habitats (III). By L. Cockayne, Ph.D. 304315
XXVI. Notes on the Spread of Phytophthora infestans, with Special Reference to Hybernating Mycelium. By A. H. Cockayne 316320
XLI. Notes on Botanical Nomenclature; with Remarks on the Rules adopted by the International Botanical Congress of Vienna. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 447465
XLV. The Grasses of Tutira. By H. Guthrie–Smith 506519
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IV.—Geology and Chemistry
II. Some Aspects of the Terrace–development in the Valleys of the Canterbury Rivers. By R. Speight, M.A., B.Sc. 1643
IV. Some Observations on the Schists of Central Otago. By A. M. Finlayson, M.Sc. 7279
V. Geology of Centre and North of North Island. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc. 7998
VI. Fossils from Kakanui. By J. Allan Thomson, B.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc. 98103
X. The Scheelite of Otago. By A. M. Finlayson, M.Sc. 110122
XI. Some Alkaline and Nepheline Rocks from Westland. By J. P. Smith 122137
XIV. On a Soda Amphibole Trachyte from Cass's Peak, Banks Peninsula. By R. Speight, M.A., B.Sc. 176184
XXVII. Note on the Gabbro of the Dun Mountain. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc. 320322
XXVIII. The Analyses of certain New Zealand Meat Products. By A. M. Wright, F.C.S. (Berlin), M.Am.C.S. 322324
XXIX. The Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen by Nitrogen–fixing Bacteria in certain Solutions. By A. M. Wright, F.C.S. (Berlin), M.Am.C.S. 324326
XXX. The Transformation of Barley into Malt. By Percy B. Phipson, F.C.S. 326332
List of Plates at the End of the Volume.
Plate To illustrate Article
IV. Young Stages of Tree-ferns.—Stephenson I
VIVIIA. Terrace-development.—Speight II
VIIIX. Leaves of Conifers.—Griffin III
XIXII. Central Otago Schists.—Finlayson IV
XIII. Geological Map.—Marshall V
XIV. Kakanui Fossils.—Thomson VI
XV. Macro-lepidoptera.—Hudson VII
XVI. Scheelite.—Finlayson X
XVIIXIX. Rocks from Westland.—Smith XI
XXXXI. Mollusca.—Webster XVI
XXII. Imported Weevil.—Broun XVIII
XXIII. Development of Polychœte.—Kirk XXII
XXIV. Right-sidedness.—Rutland XXXII
XXV. New Placostylus.—Suter XXXIII
XXVI, XXVII, XXX. New Mollusca.—Sutep XXXIV
XXVIIIXXX. New Mollusca.—Suter XXXV
XXXI. New Mollusca.—Iredale XXXVI
XXXIIXXXIV. Keas.—Marriner XLVIII