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Contents.
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| Abstract Report of Council | 432 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1880 | 432–433 | ||
| Anniversary Address by the President, Dr. Newman | 433–438 | ||
| On Neobalæna marginata and Kogia breviceps. By Dr. Hector | 438–439 | ||
| On a Deposit of Chalk recently discovered near Oxford in Canterbury. By Dr. Hector | 439 | ||
| On Moa Feathers. By Dr. Hector | 439 | ||
| Further Contributions to the Ornithology of New Zealand. By W. L. Buller, C.M.G., Sc.D., F.R.S. | 439 | ||
| AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. | |||
| Address by the President, the Rev. Dr. Purchas | 441–446 | ||
| Notes on a Disease among Sheep in the Waikato District. By Major W. G. Mair | 446 | ||
| On the Mound-builders of North America. By J. Adams, B.A. | 447 | ||
| Notes on the Growth of Trees on Clay Soils. By W. Atkins | 447 | ||
| The possible Pacification of the World by means of a rational International Policy. By the Rev. S. Edgar | 447 | ||
| The Distress in England: its Causes and Remedies. By J. C. Firth | 447 | ||
| Note on Spiral Markings on Trenails. By the Rev. Dr. Purchas | 447 | ||
| Concerning Alcohol. By E. A. Mackechnie | 448 | ||
| Notes on the Rise and Progress of Architecture and the Fine Arts generally. By Albin Martin | 448 | ||
| The Distress in England: its Causes and Remedies; being a Reply to Mr. Firth's paper on the same subject. By the Rev. S. Edgar | 448 | ||
| Note on the American Horned Frog (Phrynosoma blainvillii). By B. S. Booth | 448 | ||
| On Landscape Art in the Province of Auckland. By K. Watkins | 448 | ||
| Remarks on Lepidosiren and other Fishes. By T. F. Cheeseman | 448 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 448–449 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1880 | 449 | ||
| PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. | |||
| On a Universal Code of Signals. By C. W. Adams | 451 | ||
| On Musical Tones in the Notes of Australian Birds. By C. W. Adams | 451 | ||
| Notes upon the Height of Mount Cook. By C. W. Adams | 452 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 452 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1880 | 453 | ||
| Notes on Ceramic and Industrial Art Specimens. By Prof. von Haast | 453 | ||
| OTAGO INSTITUTE. | |||
| A Criticism of Herbert Spencer's "First Principles." By the Rev. Prof. Salmond | 454 | ||
| The Unseen Universe. By J. S. Webb | 454 | ||
| Socialism, an Appeal to First Principles. By the Rev. Dr. Roseby | 454 | ||
| The Diptera of New Zealand. By Professor Hutton | 454 | ||
| On George Elliot's Poems. By the Rev. J. Upton Davis | 455 | ||
| Description of a new Fish. By Professor Hutton | 455–456 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1880 | 456 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 456 | ||
| WESTLAND INSTITUTE. | |||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 457 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1880 | 457 | ||