CONTENTS.
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| Anniversary Address of the President, Sir George F. Bowen, G.C.M.G., delivered to the Members of the New Zealand Institute, July 24, 1869 | 3–9 | ||
| Anniversary Address, delivered to the Members of the Wellington Philosophical Society, June 19, 1869, by J. C. Crawford, F.G.S., Vice-President | 306–398 | ||
| Anniversary Address, delivered to the Members of the Auckland Institute, June 7, 1869, by T. B. Gillies, President | 405–410 | ||
| Anniversary Address, delivered to the Members of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, October 8, 1869, by Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., President | 421–424 | ||
| Inaugural Address, delivered to the Members of the Otago Institute, July 20, 1869, by His Honor Mr. Justice Ward | 425–427 | ||
| TRANSACTIONS. | |||
| Natural History. | |||
| Art. | I. | On the New Zealand Sword-fish. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. | 13–16 |
| II. | On the Tuatara (Hatteria punctata). By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. | 17–20 | |
| III. | On the Anatomy of Naultinus Greyii. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. | 20–21 | |
| IV. | On the Balænidæ, or Whales with baleen. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. With Notes by Dr. Hector | 21–28 | |
| V. | On Seals of the genus Stenorhyncus, captured on the East Coast of Otago. By J. S. Webb | 28–32 | |
| VI. | On a (probably new) variety of the Small-nailed Seal,—Stenorhyncus Leptonyx, of Cuvier, and De Blainville, and allied to the Phoca Leopardina of Jameson. By Rev. Charles Fraser, M.A., F.G.S. | 33–34 | |
| VII. | On a species of Ophisurus, found on the Coast of New Zealand. By James Hector, M.D., F.R.S. With anatomical observations by F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. | 34–40 | |
| VIII. | On the Birds of New Zealand. By T. H. Potts | 40–78 | |
| IX. | Description of two Birds new to the Fauna of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. | 78–80 | |
| X. | On the introduction of the Pheasant into the Province of Auckland. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. | 80 | |
| XI. | On the Katipo, a poisonous spider of New Zealand. By F. W. Wright, L.M.P. New Zealand | 81–84 | |
| XII. | On four Fishes, commonly found in the River Avon; with a consideration of the question, "What is Whitebait?" By Ll. Powell, M.R.C.S.St.A. | 84–87 | |
