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AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.
Anniversary Address by the President. (Abstract) 558
On a new Genus of Silphida. By Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. 558
Our Water Supply. By Mr. Justice Gillies 558
Descriptions of some new Species of Beetles of the Genus Sagola. By Captain T. Broun 558
The Law of Tolerance. By E. A. Mackechnie 558
Comparative Philology and its relation to Polynesia. By Prof. T. G. Tucker 559
New Species of Carabidæ. By Captain T. Broun 559
A Visit to Lord Howe's Group, Central Polynesia. By G. H. Moore 559
Psychological Investigations. By W. D. Campbell, F.G.S. 559
New Species of Coleoptera. By Captain T. Broun 559
The Spell of the Supernatural. By E. A. Mackechnie 559
New Species of Coleoptera. By Captain T. Broun 559
The Citizenship of Women. By Dr. Wallis 560
The New Zealand Railways. By S. Vaile 560
Abstract of Annual Report 560
Election of Officers for 1884 560
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY
The Small Birds Question. By M. Murphy 561
On the Artesian Water Supply of Christchurch. By G. Gray 561
On the Economic Limit to the Use of Reservoirs. By E. Dobson 561
Notes on the Fertilization of Red Clover. By J. B. Armstrong 561
A Visit to the Central Alps of New Zealand. By Dr. R. von Lendenfeld 562
The Germ Theory of Disease, with special reference to the Infectiveness of Consumption. By Dr. R. H. Bakewell 562
On the Hot Winds of Canterbury. By F. Barkas 562
Abstract of Annual Report 563
Election of Officers for 1884 563
OTAGO INSTITUTE.
Embryos of Callorhynchus antarcticus described. By Dr. T. J. Parker 564
The Nationalization of Land. By F. R. Chapman 564–565
The Lower Harbour and Bar of Otago. By G. M. Barr, C.E. 565
Skeleton of Porbeagle Shark exhibited. By Dr. Barker 565
Technical Education. By Prof. Mainwaring Brown 565
New Species of Coprosma. By D. Petrie 565
Abstract of Annual Report 566
Election of Officers for 1884 566
Science and Ordinary Knowledge. By A. Montgomery 566
WESTLAND INSTITUTE.
Abstract of Annual Report 567
HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE.
Election of Officers for 1883 568
Abstract of Annual Report for 1882 568
Contributions towards a better Knowledge of the Maori Race. Part V. On the Hawaiki of the Maoris and the Greenstone Legends. Division I. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. 568
The Indigenous Vegetable Products of the Country. By W. Colenso 569