Contents

• CONTENTSContents.
• SUBSECTIONTransactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1909.
  • ARTICLEArt. I.—Oceanic Comparatives.
  • ARTICLEArt. II.—List of Recent Shells found Fossil in New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. III.—Botanical Notes made on a Journey across the Tararuas.* Some of the information contained in this account i...
  • ARTICLEArt. IV.—Unrecorded Habitats for New Zealand Plants.
  • ARTICLEArt. V.—Some Additions to the Perlidæ, Neuroptera - Planipennia, and Trichoptera of New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. VI.—Notes on some Rocks from Parapara, Bluff Hill, and Waikawa.
  • ARTICLEArt. VII—On some Armour presented to Titore, a Nga Puhi Chief, by H.M. William IV in 1835.
  • ARTICLEArt. VIII.—The Present Position of New Zealand Palœontology; with a List of Papers on the Palœontology of New Zealand...
  • ARTICLEArt. IX.—Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera.
  • ARTICLEArt. X.—Lepidoptera from the Kermadec Islands.
  • ARTICLEArt. XI.—Early History of Rangitikei, and Notes on the Ngati Apa Tribe.
  • ARTICLEArt. XII.—The Waterloo of the Waikato, fought in 1830, and its Effects on the After-enacted Land Laws of that Part of...
  • ARTICLEArt. XIII.—The Vegetation of the Kermadec Islands.
  • ARTICLEArt. XIV.—The Mokoia Aerolite; with a Few Introductory Remarks on New Zealand Meteoric Phenomena.
  • ARTICLEArt. XV.—On the Radio-activity of the Artesian-water System of Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Evidence of its Eff...
  • ARTICLEArt. XVI.—On an Isopod inhabiting Ants' Nests in New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. XVII.—The Cam-lever Balance.
  • ARTICLEArt. XVIII.—Description of a New Native Grass (Poa).
  • ARTICLEArt. XIX.—On Poa breviglumis, Hook. f.
  • ARTICLEArt. XX.—On the Naturalisation of Calluna vulgaris, Salisb., in the Taupo District.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXI.—Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand: No. 3.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXII.—Notice of the Occurrence of Leucopogon Richei, R. Br., on the Mainland of New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXIII.—Some Recent Additions to the Flora of New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXIV.—The Absorption of Moisture from the Atmosphere by Wools.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXV.—The Formaldehyde Method for the Estimation of Nitrogen in Organic Substances.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXVI.—Bionomic Observations on certain New Zealand Diptera.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXVII.—A New Species of Empis.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXVIII.—On the Influence of Ripples on the Gas Content of the Artesian Waters of Christchurch.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXIX.—Petrological Notes on Rocks from the Kermadec Islands; with some Geological Evidence for the Existence of ...
  • ARTICLEArt. XXX.—Notes on the Geology of the West Coast Sounds.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXI.—An Apparent Relation between some of the Physical Properties of Solids.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXII.—A Possible Relation between Atmospheric Carbon-dioxide and Leaf-development.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXIII.—Some New Zealand and Tasmanian Arachnidæ.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXIV.—On the Aeration of the Auckland Lava-beds.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXV.—Additions to the Terrestrial Isopoda of New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXVI.—On the Coleoptera of the Kermadec Islands.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXVII.—Additions to the Coleopterous Fauna of the Chatham Islands.
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXVIII.—Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats (V).
  • ARTICLEArt. XXXIX.—List of Lichenes and Bryophytes collected in Stewart Island during the Botanical Survey of 1908.
  • ARTICLEArt. XL.—On a Non-flowering New Zealand Species of Rubus.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLI.—Some Theorems relating to Sub-Polar Triangles.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLII.—Note on the Geology of Mangaia.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLIII.—The Glaciation of New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLIV.—Botanical Evidence against the Recent Glaciation of New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLV.—The Discovery of Moa-remains on Stewart Island.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLVI.—A Comparative Study of the Anatomy of Six New Zealand Species of Lycopodium.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLVII.—A List of the Known Fishes of Kermadec and Norfolk Islands, and a Comparison with those of Lord Howe Island.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLVIII.—Notes on New Zealand Fishes.
  • ARTICLEArt. XLIX.—The Pipiwharauroa, or Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcococcyx lucidus), and an Account of its Habits.
  • ARTICLEArt. L.—The Remarkable Rainfall and Meteorology of Waihi.
  • ARTICLEArt. LI.—Captain Dumont D'Urville's Visit to Whangarei, Waitemata, and the Thames in 1827.
  • ARTICLEArt. LII.—Maori Forest Lore: Being some Account of Native Forest Lore and Woodcraft, as also of many Myths, Rites, Cu...
  • ARTICLEArt. LIII.—Classification of Verse.
  • ARTICLEArt. LIV.—The Physiography of Wellington Harbour.
  • ARTICLEArt. LV.—Notes on a Collection of Sea-anemones.
  • ARTICLEArt. LVI.—Description of a New Species of Moth.
  • ARTICLEArt. LVII.—Observations on some New Zealand Halophytes.
  • ARTICLEArt. LVIII.—On the Glacial Till in Hautapu Valley, Rangitikei, Wellington.
  • ARTICLEArt. LIX.—Further Notes on the Glaciation of the North Island of New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. LX.—Some Evidences of Glaciation on the Shores of Cook Strait and Golden Bay.
  • ARTICLEArt. LXI.—The Great Ice Age of New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. LXII.—A Geological Reconnaissance of Northernmost New Zealand.
  • ARTICLEArt. LXIII.—Maori Numeration: Being a Reply to Mr. Elsdon Best's Paper on “Maori Numeration” in Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vo...
• INDEXIndex
• SECTIONProceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1909
  • SUBSECTIONUntitled
  • SUBSECTIONIntroductory Note.
  • SUBSECTIONProceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 1908.
  • SUBSECTIONStatement of Receipts and Expenditure.
  • SUBSECTIONWellington Philosophical Society.
• SECTIONProceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1908-9.
  • SUBSECTIONUntitled
  • SUBSECTIONProceedings of the New Zealand Institute
    • ARTICLESeventh Meeting: 26th October, 1908.
  • SUBSECTIONHawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
  • SUBSECTIONManawatu Philosophical Society.
  • SUBSECTIONWellington Philosophical Society.
  • SUBSECTIONPhilosophical Institute of Canterbury.
    • ARTICLESecond Meeting: 2nd June, 1909.
  • SUBSECTIONOtago Institute.
    • ARTICLEPapers.—1. “Notes on the Ground-temperature at Owaka,”
  • SUBSECTIONAbstracts.
    • ARTICLE1. “Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific Echinoderms,”
    • ARTICLE2. “New Zealand Petrels.”
    • ARTICLE3. “Die tertiare Flora der Seymour-Insel,”
    • ARTICLE4. “Grundzüge der Pflanzenverbreitung in Chile,”
    • ARTICLE5. “The Male Gametophyte of Dacrydium,”
• SECTIONProceedings of the New Zealand Institute.
  • SUBSECTIONUntitled
  • SUBSECTIONPhilosophical Institute of Canterbury.
  • SUBSECTIONManawatu Philosophical Society.
  • SUBSECTIONOtago Institute.
    • ARTICLEPapers.—1. “Concentration of Ores,”
    • ARTICLE2. “On the Glacial Till in Hautapu Valley, Rangitikei, Wellington,” by Professor Park.
  • SUBSECTIONWellington Philosophical Society.
  • SUBSECTIONHawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
  • SUBSECTIONAuckland Institute.
  • SUBSECTIONAbstracts.
    • ARTICLE1. The Microgametophyte of the Podocarpineæ,
    • ARTICLE2. The Staminate Cone and Male Gametophyte of Podocarpus,
    • ARTICLE3. The Alkaloids of Senecio latifolius,
• SECTIONProceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1909.
  • SUBSECTIONUntitled
  • SUBSECTIONProceedings of the New Zealand Institute.
  • SUBSECTIONPresidential Address.
  • SUBSECTIONPhilosophical Institute of Canterbury.
  • SUBSECTIONManawatu Philosophical Society.
  • SUBSECTIONWellington Philosophical Society.
  • SUBSECTIONHawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
  • SUBSECTIONAuckland Institute.
  • SUBSECTIONAbstracts.
    • ARTICLE1. Cyperaceæ-Caricoideæ,
    • ARTICLE2. Osteology of Antarctic Seals,
    • ARTICLE3. Note on a Species of Hydra new to New Zealand,
    • ARTICLEUntitled
• APPENDIXAppendix

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