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PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY.
On the Metallurgy of the Economic Minerals. By J. B. Stansell 518
Resolution regarding the late Mr. T. H. Potts 518
On the Goldfields of New Zealand. By Professor Hutton 518
Abstract of Annual Report and Accounts 519
Election of Officers for 1889 519
The Restoration of Philosophy. By Professor Haslam 519
OTAGO INSTITUTE.
On the Economic Position of New Zealand. By Professor J. Mainwaring Brown 520
Additions to the Museum 521
Remarks on Election of Professor Parker as F.R.S. 521
On the Early History of Otago. By Dr. Hocken 521
On Methods of mounting Animals. By Professor Parker 522
On the Conservation and Extension of the Amenities of Dunedin and its Neighbourhood. By Alexander Bathgate 522
On some Nepheline-bearing Rocks (Nepheline-Phonolites) from the Neighbourhood of Dunedin. By Professor Ulrich 522
On the Early History of Otago. By Dr. Hocken 522
Description of New Zealand Plants. By D. Petrie, M.A. 523
Descriptions of new Species of New Zealand Araneæ. By P. Goyen 523
On Gasteracantha ocellata. By P. Goyen 523
On Specimens of Birds mounted for the Museum. By Professor Parker 523
On a Specimen of Dinornis casuarinus. By Professor Parker 523
Abstract of Annual Report and Accounts 523
Election of Officers for 1889 523–524
On an Ancient Cosmogony. By A. Wilson, M.A. 524
WESTLAND INSTITUTE.
Abstract of Annual Report and Accounts 525
Election of Officers 525
HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE.
Remarks on Exhibits 526–527
The Moa and its Hunters. By L. Moore 527
Pope, the English Poet. By W. Colenso, F.R.S. 527
Exhibits of Specimens from the Kermadec Islands 527
On Experiments in Fish-hatching. By Mr. Balfour 527
NELSON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Remarks on Exhibits 529
The Royston Cave, Hertfordshire, its History, Origin, and Use, by R. J. Kingsley 529
Abstract of Annual Report and Accounts 529
Election of Officers for 1889 529
On Germs, their Baneful and Beneficent Influence on the Human Organism. By the Bishop of Nelson 529
Remarks on Exhibits 529–530