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| PAGES.
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| OTAGO INSTITUTE. | |||
| The Science of the Weather. By D. Petrie, M.A. | 556 | ||
| The Fauna of New Zealand. By Prof. Hutton | 556 | ||
| A Plea for the Study of Politics. By the Hon. R. Stout, M.H.R. | 557 | ||
| Description of two new Crabs. By Prof. Hutton | 557 | ||
| Notes on the New Zealand Shells in the "Voyage au Pôle Sud." By Prof. Hutton | 557 | ||
| Domestic Æsthetics, and the Higher Education of Women. By the Rev. A. R. Fitchett | 558 | ||
| On Magnetic Dip. By A. H. Ross (abstract) | 558–559 | ||
| The Mechanism of Voice and Speech. By Prof. Scott | 560 | ||
| On the Scientific Form of Harbours. By W. G. Jenkins | 560 | ||
| Annual Report of the Council | 560 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1879 | 561 | ||
| Address by the President, W. N. Blair, C.E. | 561–566 | ||
| HAWKE BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. | |||
| A Memorandum of my First Journey to the Ruahine Mountain Range, and of the Flora of that Region: Part I. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. | 567 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1878–9 | 567 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 567 | ||
| On the Moa (Dinornis, sp.) By W. Colenso, F.L.S. | 568 | ||
| On the beneficial Raising of Trees suited for Timber and Firewood. By F. W. C. Sturm | 568–570 | ||
| Memoranda of a Journey in which he succeeded in crossing the Ruahine Mountain Range, with Notes on the local Botany and Topography of that District: Part II. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. | 570 | ||
| On certain New Zealand and Australian Barks useful for Tanning Purposes. By J. A. Smith | 570–571 | ||
| New Specimens in Natural History, described. By W. Colenso | 572 | ||
| WESTLAND INSTITUTE. | |||
| Notice of a Tadpole found in a drain in Hokitika. By F. E. Clarke | 573 | ||
| On the Discovery of Moa Bones near Marsden. By W. D. Campbell | 574 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1879 | 574 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 574 | ||
| NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. | |||
| Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Governors | 577–578 | ||
| Museum | 578–581 | ||
| Meteorology | 582 | ||
| Time-ball Observatory | 582 | ||
| Laboratory | 582 | ||
| Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1877–8 | 582 | ||
| APPENDIX. | |||
| Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1878 | xxi–xxiii | ||
| Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1878 | xxiii | ||
| Comparative Abstract for 1878, and previous years | xxiv | ||
| Notes on the Weather during 1878 | xxv–xxvi | ||