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CONTENTS.
PROCEEDINGS.
(INCLUDING MINUTES OF MEETINGS, ANNIVERSARY ADDRESSES, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS, ETC.)
| NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. | |||
| PAGES | |||
| Anniversary Address of the President, Sir George F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. | 1–7 | ||
| First Annual Report by the Governors | 9–10 | ||
| Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1868–69 | 11 | ||
| Second Annual Report by the Governors | 11–14 | ||
| Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1869–70 | 14 | ||
| WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. | |||
| Abstract Report of Council | 15 | ||
| Election of Office-bearers for 1870 | 15 | ||
| Description of a Specimen of Berardius Arnuxii. By F. J. Knox, L.P.C.S.E. | 15–16 | ||
| Geological Structure of the Kaimanawa Range. By J. Hector, M.D., F.R.S. | 16–17 | ||
| Anniversary Address of the President, the Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.S. | 17–24 | ||
| Notice of a Meteor observed from Wellington. By E. Stowe | 24 | ||
| Meetings for Discussion on Flax | 27–35 | ||
| Notes on Specimens of Adipocere. By J. Hector, M.D., F.R.S. | 73 | ||
| Notice of a Meteor observed from Wellington by Mr. Hardy | 76 | ||
| Results of Observations taken for Longitude by Meridian Transits of the Moon, taken at the Hutt Observatory. By Henry Jackson, Chief Surveyor Province of Wellington. (Abstract. ) | 82–83 | ||
| AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. | |||
| Abstract of Annual Report | 39 | ||
| Anniversary Address of the President, Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E. | 39–46 | ||
| On certain changes in the Habits of Rats, at Raglan. Letter from Captain Johnstone to Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. | 47 | ||
| On a supposed Native Rat, observed at Whangarei. Extract from a letter from Mr. J. Martin to Captain Hutton | 88 | ||
| On certain projected Street Improvements in Auckland. By R. W. Dyson | 90–91 | ||
| PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. | |||
| Interim Report of the Grass Committee, with Schedule of Queries and List of Native Grasses with regard to which information is specially desired | 51–52 | ||
| Resolutions passed respecting desirability of Establishing Schools of Mines in New Zealand | 92–93 | ||
| Draft Petition to House of Representatives on Establishment of Schools of Mines | 94 | ||