Contents - Volume 43, 1910

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• (title page)
• Contents.
  • Transactions.
  • Proceedings. [Following p. 680.]
  • List of Plates.

• (untitled)

  • Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1910.

    • Art. I.—The Chemical Composition of Meat-extract.
    • Art. II.—On certain Changes in the Composition of the Nitrogenous Constituents of Meat-extracts.
    • Art. III.—The First-noted Occurrence of Pentathionic Acid in Natural Waters.
    • Art. IV.—The Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions of Carbon-dioxide prepared under Pressure at various Temperatures; with Special reference to the Formation of a Hydrate at Low Temperatures.
    • Art. V.—On the Velocity of Evolution of Oxygen from Bleaching-powder Solutions in Presence of Cobalt-nitrate, and the Modifications produced by the Addition of various Compounds.
    • Art. VI.—Depression of the Freezing-point of Water by Carbon-dioxide in Solution.
    • Art. VII.—On the Rate of Oxidation of Acetaldehyde to Acetic Acid.
    • Art. VIII.—Studies on the Chemistry of the New Zealand Flora.
    • Art. IX.—Further Experiments on the Influence of Artesian Water on the Hatching of Trout.
    • Art. X.—Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera.
    • Art. XI.—A Revision of the Classification of New Zealand Tortricina.
    • Art. XII.—Additions to the Coleopterous Fauna of the Chatham Islands.
    • Art. XIII.—Notes on Entomological Collecting Tours during the Seasons 1908–9 and 1909–10.
    • Art. XIV.—New Species of Syrphidae.
    • Art. XV.—New Species of Lepidoptera.
    • Art. XVI.—Notes on the Larvae of some New Zealand Lepidoptera.
    • Art. XVII.—Note on the Dispersal of Marine Crustacea by Means of Ships.
    • Art. XVIII.—Revision of the New Zealand Stomatopoda.
    • Art. XIX.—Stellerids and Echinids from the Kermadec Islands.
    • Art. XX.—Description of an Undescribed Barnacle of the Genus Scalpellum from New Zealand.
    • Art. XXI.—Notes on the Saddleback of New Zealand (Creadion carunculatus).
    • Art. XXII.—Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats (VI).
    • Art. XXIII—New Species of Plants.
    • Art. XXIV.—Contributions to a Fuller Knowledge of the Flora of New Zealand: No.4.
    • Art. XXV.—Preliminary Note on the Fungi of the New Zealand Epiphytic Orchids.
    • Art. XXVI.—The rediscovery of Ranunculus crithmifolius Hook f.
    • Art. XXVII.—On the Flora of the Mangonui County.
    • Art. XXVIII.—List of Phanerogamic Plants Indigenous in the Wellington Province.
    • Art. XXIX.—Notes on the Botany of Lake Hauroko District.
    • Art. XXX.—Descriptions of New Native Phanerogams.
    • Art. XXXI.—The Igneous Rocks of the Waihi Goldfield.
    • Art. XXXII.—A Note on the Structure of the Southern Alps.
    • Art. XXXIII.—Rotomahana and District revisited Twenty-three Years after the Eruption.
    • Art. XXXIV.—Napier to Runanga and the Taupo Plateau.
    • Art.XXXV.—The Coalfields of West Nelson; with Notes on the Formation of the Coal.
    • Art. XXXVI.—On the Genesis of the Surface Forms and Present Drainage-systems of West Nelson.
    • Art. XXXVII.—The Mount Arrowsmith District: a Study in Physiography and Plant Ecology.
    • Art. XXXVIII.—The Younger Rock-series of New Zealand.
    • Art. XXXIX.—The Post-glacial Climate of Canterbury.
    • Art. XL.—A Preliminary Account of the Geological Features of the Christ church Artesian Area.
    • Art. XLI.—The Effects of the Disappearance of the New Zealand Bush.
    • Art. XLII.—The Platinum Gravels of Orepuki.
    • Art. XLIII.—Petrological Notes on Rock Specimens collected in South Victoria Land.
    • Art. XLIV.—The Post-tertiary Geological History of the Ohau River and of the Adjacent Coastal Plain, Horowhenua County, North Island.
    • Art. XLV.—Some Notes on the Marlborough Coastal Moraines and Waiau Glacial Valley.
    • Art. XLVI.—The Geology of the Kermadec Islands.
    • Art. XLVII.—Notes on Reptiles and Mammals in the Kermadec Islands.
    • Art. XLVIII.—On Some Calyptoblast Hydroids from the Kermadec Islands.
    • Art. XLIX.—The Crustacea of the Kermadec Islands.
    • Art. L.—Sponges collected at the Kermadec Islands by Mr. W. R. B. Oliver.
    • Art. LI.—Anatomy of Siphonaria obliquata (Sowerby).
    • Art. LII.—Two New Fossil Mollusca.
    • Art. LIII.—Maori Rock-engravings in the Kaipara District.
    • Art. LIV.—Reminiscences of Maori Life Fifty Years ago.
    • Art. LV.—The Verse-unit.
    • Art. LVI.—New Zealand Bird-song.
    • Art. LVII.—On Centroidal Triangles.
  • Index.

• Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1910 Part I

  • Contents.
    • Proceedings.
    • Abstracts.

  • Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute., 1910. Part I.

    • Wellington Philosophical Society. First Meeting 4th May, 1910.
    • Papers.—Halley and Halley's Comet: (1) Historical, by Mr. Thomas King; (2) Physical, by Rev. Dr. Kennedy, F.R.A.S.
    • Special Meeting: 30th May, 1910.
    • Second Meeting: 1st June, 1910.
    • Auckland Institute. First Meeting: 17th May, 1910.
    • Second Meeting: 6th June, 1910.
    • Third Meeting: 4th July, 1910.
    • Manawatu Philosophical Society First Meeting: 17th March, 1910.
    • Second Meeting: 21st April, 1910.
    • Otago Institute. First Meeting: 3rd May, 1910.
    • Second Meeting: 7th June, 1910.
    • Third Meeting: 5th July, 1910.
    • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Special Meeting: 20th April, 1910.
    • First Meeting: 4th May, 1910.
    • Second Meeting. 1st June, 1910
    • Third Meeting: 6th July, 1910.
    • Hawke'S Bay Philosophical Society. First Meeting: 27th May, 1910.
    • Second Meeting: 24th June, 1910.

  • Abstracts.

    • 1. Additions to the Fish Fauna of New Zealand,
    • 2. The Pharmacological Action of Tutu, the Toot-plant of New Zealand,
    • 3. New Zealand Ctenophores. “Raccolte planctoniche, fatte dalla R. nave ‘Liguria’”: vol. ii, Ctenofori,
    • 4. New Zealand Petrels.
    • 5. Globicephalus melas Traill.
    • 6. Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews.
    • 7. New Zealand Lichens.
    • 8. Maori Numeration.

• Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1910 Part II

  • Contents.
    • Proceedings.
    • Papers and Abstracts.

  • Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute., 1910. Part II.

    • Wellington Philosophical Society. Third Meeting: 6th July, 1910.
    • Fourth Meeting: 3rd August, 1910.
    • Special Meeting: 17th August, 1910.
    • Special Meeting: 22nd August, 1910.
    • Fifth Meeting: 7th September, 1910.
    • Auckland Institute. Fourth Meeting: 1st August, 1910.
    • Fifth Meeting: 29th August, 1910.
    • Sixth Meeting: 26th September, 1910.
    • Seventh Meeting: 24th October, 1910.
    • Manawatu Philosophical Society. Third Meeting: 5th September, 1910.
    • Fourth Meeting: 20th October, 1910.
    • Otago Institute. Fourth Meeting: 2nd August, 1910.
    • Fourth Meeting: 6th September, 1910.
    • Sixth Meeting: 4th October, 1910.
    • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Fifth Meeting: 3rd August, 1910.
    • Sixth Meeting: 7th September, 1910.
    • Seventh Meeting: 5th October, 1910.

    • Eighth Meeting: 19th October, 1910.

    • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute. Third Meeting: 5th August, 1910.
    • Fourth Meeting: 26th August, 1910.

    • Fifth Meeting: 7th October, 1910.

    • Papers and Abstracts. 1. Note on the Flora of Mount Egmont: a Correction.
    • 2. Additions to the Fish Fauna of New Zealand: No. II.
    • 3. The Alkaloids of the Pukatea.
    • 4. Pflanzengeographie.
    • 5. On the Fossil Osmundaceae.
    • 6. The Morphology of the Podocarpineae.
    • 7. Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand.
    • 8. Pratia angulata Hook. f., and Lobelia linnaeoides Petrie.
    • 9. Deforestation in New Zealand.
    • 10. Ourisia modesta Diels, eine neue Art Neuseelands.
    • 11. Pecten multisquamatus Dunker, and Pecten radiatus Hutton.
    • 12. Bird-life on the Kermadec Islands.

• Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1910 Part III

  • Contents.
    • Proceedings.
    • Papers.
    • Appendix.

  • Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute., 1910. Part III.

    • Eighth Annual Meeting.
    • Presidential Address.
    • Auckland Institute. Eighth Meeting: 22nd November, 1910.
    • Ninth Meeting: 6th February, 1911.
    • Annual Meeting: 27th February, 1911.
    • Wellington Philosophical Society. Sixth (Annual General) Meeting: 5th October, 1910.
    • Astronomical Section. Meeting, 22nd August, 1910.
    • Meeting, 29th September, 1910.
    • Meeting, 11th October, 1910.
    • Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Eighth Meeting: 2nd November, 1910.
    • Annual Meeting: 7th December, 1910.
    • Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute. Sixth Meeting: 4th November, 1910.
    • Annual General Meeting: 6th January, 1911.
    • Manawatu Philosophical Society. Annual Meeting: 7th December, 1910.

    • Annual Report.

    • Otago Institute. Seventh Meeting: 1st November, 1910.

    • Eighth Meeting: 6th December, 1910.
    • Annual Meeting: 6th December, 1910.
    • Annual Report.
    • Papers. 1. Glaciated Surfaces and Boulder-clay near Bealey.
    • 2. Notes on the Discovery of Dactylanthus Taylori.
    • 3. Geoplana aucklandica and Geoplana marrineri: a Correction in Nomenclature.
    • 4. Notes on the Vegetable Caterpillar.
• Appendix
  • New Zealand Institute Acts.
  • New Zealand Institute.
  • Former Honorary Members.
  • Former Manager and Editor. [Under the New Zealand Institute Act, 1867.]
  • Past Presidents.
  • Honorary Members.
  • List Of Institutions To Which The Publications of the Institute are Presented by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute.