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Contents.
PAGES.


Abstract Report of Council 432
Election of Officers for 1880 432–433
Anniversary Address by the President, Dr. Newman 433–438
On Neobalæna marginata and Kogia breviceps. By Dr. Hector 438–439
On a Deposit of Chalk recently discovered near Oxford in Canterbury. By Dr. Hector 439
On Moa Feathers. By Dr. Hector 439
Further Contributions to the Ornithology of New Zealand. By W. L. Buller, C.M.G., Sc.D., F.R.S. 439
AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.
Address by the President, the Rev. Dr. Purchas 441–446
Notes on a Disease among Sheep in the Waikato District. By Major W. G. Mair 446
On the Mound-builders of North America. By J. Adams, B.A. 447
Notes on the Growth of Trees on Clay Soils. By W. Atkins 447
The possible Pacification of the World by means of a rational International Policy. By the Rev. S. Edgar 447
The Distress in England: its Causes and Remedies. By J. C. Firth 447
Note on Spiral Markings on Trenails. By the Rev. Dr. Purchas 447
Concerning Alcohol. By E. A. Mackechnie 448
Notes on the Rise and Progress of Architecture and the Fine Arts generally. By Albin Martin 448
The Distress in England: its Causes and Remedies; being a Reply to Mr. Firth's paper on the same subject. By the Rev. S. Edgar 448
Note on the American Horned Frog (Phrynosoma blainvillii). By B. S. Booth 448
On Landscape Art in the Province of Auckland. By K. Watkins 448
Remarks on Lepidosiren and other Fishes. By T. F. Cheeseman 448
Abstract of Annual Report 448–449
Election of Officers for 1880 449
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY.
On a Universal Code of Signals. By C. W. Adams 451
On Musical Tones in the Notes of Australian Birds. By C. W. Adams 451
Notes upon the Height of Mount Cook. By C. W. Adams 452
Abstract of Annual Report 452
Election of Officers for 1880 453
Notes on Ceramic and Industrial Art Specimens. By Prof. von Haast 453
OTAGO INSTITUTE.
A Criticism of Herbert Spencer's "First Principles." By the Rev. Prof. Salmond 454
The Unseen Universe. By J. S. Webb 454
Socialism, an Appeal to First Principles. By the Rev. Dr. Roseby 454
The Diptera of New Zealand. By Professor Hutton 454
On George Elliot's Poems. By the Rev. J. Upton Davis 455
Description of a new Fish. By Professor Hutton 455–456
Election of Officers for 1880 456
Abstract of Annual Report 456
WESTLAND INSTITUTE.
Abstract of Annual Report 457
Election of Officers for 1880 457