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Contents.
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| PROCEEDINGS. | |||
| WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. | |||
| Resolution regarding the late Hon. R. Pharazyn, M.L.C., and the late Mr. C. R. Carter | 602 | ||
| On the Brunner Mine Disaster. By Sir J. Hector | 602–603 | ||
| List of Exhibits | 603 | ||
| Exhibit of Drawings of Lepidoptera. By G. V. Hudson | 607 | ||
| Notes on Moa-bones in Gold-drift. By Sir J. Hector | 607–608 | ||
| Notes on the Vegetable Caterpillar. By C. Fitton. Communicated by G. V. Hudson | 608–609 | ||
| Nomination of Elector of Governors of the New Zealand Institute | 610 | ||
| Nomination of Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute | 610 | ||
| Congratulations to Mr. Tregear | 611 | ||
| Election of a Governor of the New Zealand Institute | 612 | ||
| Election of Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute | 612 | ||
| Remarks on the Preservation of Ancient Maori Records. By Sir J. Hector | 612 | ||
| Remarks on a Specimen of Osmium-iridium from Parapara. By Sir J. Hector | 613 | ||
| Note on a Rain of Blood in Australia. By Sir J. Hector | 613 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 613 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1897 | 613 | ||
| On Volcanic and Seismic Phenomena. By H. C. Field | 615 | ||
| AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. | |||
| On Fluorescence. By Professor F. D. Brown | 616 | ||
| Notice of the Occurrence of Diadema nerina in the Waikato. By S. T. Seddon | 616–617 | ||
| On South Africa. By F. G. Ewington | 617 | ||
| On Carlyle. By Professor C. W. Egerton | 617 | ||
| The Narcissus: Its History, Varieties, and Cultivation. By Professor A. P. Thomas, F.L.S. | 618 | ||
| A Month with the Maori. By Professor H. W. Segar | 618 | ||
| On Anti-toxins. By Dr. S. Roberton | 618 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 618–621 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1897 | 621 | ||
| PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. | |||
| List of Exhibits | 622 | ||
| The Historical Development of Domestic Art. By S. Hurst Seager, A.R.I.B.A. | 622 | ||
| On the Sulphur in the Christchurch Gas. By Dr. W. P. Evans | 623 | ||
| The French Miracle Plays. By Professor Michell-Clarke | 623 | ||
| The Behaviour of Solids under High Intensity of Stress. By Professor R. J. Scott, M.A. | 623 | ||
| Water Filtration. By Dr. W. H. Symes | 623 | ||
| The Improvement of Wild Flowers by Artificial Selection. By L. Cockayne | 623 | ||
| Synonymic List of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By R. W. Fereday | 624 | ||
| Order in the Irregularity in the Periodic Law. By Professor Bickerton | 624 | ||
| On the Cosmic Importance of Helium and other Light Gases. By Professor Bickerton | 624 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 624–625 | ||
| Election of Officers for 1897 | 625 | ||
| Presidential Address: On some Recent Progress in Biology. By Professor Dendy | 625 | ||