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PAGES.
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| OTAGO INSTITUTE.
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| The Science of the Weather. By D. Petrie, M.A. |
556
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| The Fauna of New Zealand. By Prof. Hutton |
556
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| A Plea for the Study of Politics. By the Hon. R. Stout, M.H.R. |
557
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| Description of two new Crabs. By Prof. Hutton |
557
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| Notes on the New Zealand Shells in the "Voyage au Pôle Sud." By Prof. Hutton |
557
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| Domestic Æsthetics, and the Higher Education of Women. By the Rev. A. R. Fitchett |
558
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| On Magnetic Dip. By A. H. Ross (abstract) |
558–559
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| The Mechanism of Voice and Speech. By Prof. Scott |
560
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| On the Scientific Form of Harbours. By W. G. Jenkins |
560
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| Annual Report of the Council |
560
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| Election of Officers for 1879 |
561
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| Address by the President, W. N. Blair, C.E. |
561–566
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| HAWKE BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE.
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| A Memorandum of my First Journey to the Ruahine Mountain Range, and of the Flora of that Region: Part I. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. |
567
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| Election of Officers for 1878–9 |
567
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| Abstract of Annual Report |
567
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| On the Moa (Dinornis, sp.) By W. Colenso, F.L.S. |
568
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| On the beneficial Raising of Trees suited for Timber and Firewood. By F. W. C. Sturm |
568–570
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| Memoranda of a Journey in which he succeeded in crossing the Ruahine Mountain Range, with Notes on the local Botany and Topography of that District: Part II. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. |
570
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| On certain New Zealand and Australian Barks useful for Tanning Purposes. By J. A. Smith |
570–571
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| New Specimens in Natural History, described. By W. Colenso |
572
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| WESTLAND INSTITUTE.
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| Notice of a Tadpole found in a drain in Hokitika. By F. E. Clarke |
573
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| On the Discovery of Moa Bones near Marsden. By W. D. Campbell |
574
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| Election of Officers for 1879 |
574
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| Abstract of Annual Report |
574
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| NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.
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| Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Governors |
577–578
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| Museum |
578–581
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| Meteorology |
582
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| Time-ball Observatory |
582
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| Laboratory |
582
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| Accounts of the New Zealand Institute, 1877–8 |
582
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| APPENDIX.
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| Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1878 |
xxi–xxiii
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| Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1878 |
xxiii
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| Comparative Abstract for 1878, and previous years |
xxiv
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| Notes on the Weather during 1878 |
xxv–xxvi
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