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| Remarks on the New Zealand Rat. By Llewellyn Powell, M.D. | 401 | ||
| Notes respecting the Discovery of the Egg of the Moa at the Kaikoura Peninsula. By J. D. Enys | 403 | ||
| Continued Creation versus Darwinian Evolution. By Dr. A. C. Barker | 404 | ||
| Annual Report | 405–406 | ||
| Election of Office-bearers for 1872 | 406 | ||
| On a simple method of supplying Water to the Christchurch Fire Engines. By R. W. Fereday | 407 | ||
| OTAGO INSTITUTE. | |||
| Notes on the Botany of Otago. By J. Buchanan | 408 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 409 | ||
| Address by J. S. Webb, Vice-President | 409–412 | ||
| Remarks on the Collection of Birds in the Otago Museum. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. | 412 | ||
| Election of Office-bearers for year ending 30th June, 1872 | 413 | ||
| Notes on Sir William Thomson's Hypothesis that the Germ of Life is derived from Meteors. By Martin Chapman | 417–419 | ||
| Account of some Presents recently received from the Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College. By J. S. Webb | 419–420 | ||
| On Proportion applied to Geometry. By D. Brent, M.A. | 420 | ||
| Notes on the Experiments on the so-called Psychic Force recently made by Mr. Crookes. By J. S. Webb | 421–422 | ||
| NELSON ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. | |||
| On a Means of Detecting Incipient Combustion in Flax or Wool in Ships at Sea. By F. W. Irvine | 423 | ||
| Measurements of Brown Trout (Salmo fario) taken out of the Maitai. By T. Mackay | 423 | ||
| Sketch of the History of Astronomical Science; third paper—'Newton and his Times.' By Robert Lee | 424 | ||
| Presentations to the Museum by the Bishop of Nelson | 424 | ||
| On the Varieties of the Mulberry Tree as Food for the Silkworm (Part I). By T. C. Batchelor | 424–426 | ||
| On the Varieties of Food for and Management of the Silkworm (Part II.) By T. C. Batchelor | 426–427 | ||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 427 | ||
| Election of Office-bearers for 1872 | 428 | ||
| On the American Blight on Apple Trees. By T. Mackay, C.E. | 429–432 | ||
| APPENDIX. | |||
| Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1871 | 435–437 | ||
| Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1871 | 437 | ||
| Notes on the Weather during 1871 | 438–440 | ||
| Lists of Members | 441–446 | ||
| Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute | xi | ||
| Abstracts of Rules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute | xi–xiii | ||
| List of Incorporated Societies | xiv | ||
| List of Office-bearers and Extracts from the Laws of Incorporated Societies | xiv–xvi | ||