Contents.
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| APPENDIX. | |||
| Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1872 | xix–xxi | ||
| Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1872 | xxi | ||
| Comparative Abstract for 1872 and Previous Years | xxii | ||
| Notes on the Weather during 1872 | xxiii–xxiv | ||
| Lecture on the Formation of Mountains. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S. | xxv–xxxiv | ||
| On the Influence of Temperature on Infant Mortality. By Dr. Deck | xxxv–xlii | ||
| Observations on the Zodiacal Light, tending to show its Connection with the Sun's Motion in Space. By H. Skey | xliii–xlvii | ||
| Notes on the Zodiacal Light. By J. S. Webb | xlvii–xlix | ||
| On the Work of the Past Year in Astronomy and Celestial Physics. By J. S. Webb | l–lviii | ||
| List of Members | lix–lxv | ||
| Preface | iii | ||
| Addenda et Errata | iv | ||
| Contents | v–ix | ||
| List of Plates | ix–x | ||
| 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 Officers and Extracts from the Rules of Incorporated Societies | xiv–xvi | ||
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Plate I. | Hector.—Skulls of Clymenia obscura and Electra clancula | 158 |
| II. | {{{1}}}„ Skulls of Delphinus forsteri and Clymenia novæ-zealandiæ | 158 |
| III. | {{{1}}}„ Dolichodon layardii, lower jaw and tooth; Electra clancula; Delphinus forsteri | 162 |
| IV. | {{{1}}}„ Skull of Epiodon chathamiensis | 166 |
| V. | {{{1}}}„ Lower jaw and teeth of E. chathamiensis | 166 |
| VI. | {{{1}}}„ Tympanic bones—1a. & b. Neobalæna marginata; 2. Eubalæna australis; 3a. & b. Megaptera novæ-zealandiæ; 4a. & b. Mesoplodon knoxi; 5a. & b. Berardius arnuxii | 170 |
| VII. | Hutton.—Scorpis hectori, Chilodactylus spectahilis, Mendosoma lineata | 262 |
| VIII. | {{{1}}}„ Sebastes percoides, Scorpæna cruenta, Neptomenus bilineatus, Ditrema violacea | 262 |
| IX. | {{{1}}}„ Cyttus traversi, Eleotris radiata, Clinus rubrum, Mugil cephalotus | 264 |
| X. | {{{1}}}„ Ctenolabrus knoxi, Labrichthys bothryocosmus, L. psittacula | 264 |
| XI. | {{{1}}}„ Calloptilum punctatum, Ammotretis guntheri, Rhombusolea leporina | 268 |
| XII. | {{{1}}}„ Rhombosolea tapirina, Clupea sprattus var. antipodum, Geotria chilensis, G. australis | 271 |
| XV. | {{{1}}}„ Lepidotrigla brachyoptera, Eleotris gobioides, Trypterygium compressum, Clinus flavescens, Photicthys argenteus, Scopelus parvimanus | 268 |
