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Contents.
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IV.—Miscellaneous.
LIII. Our Earliest Settlers. By R. C. Barstow 421–432
LIV. Historical Traditions of the Taupo and East Coast Tribes. By Samuel Locke 433–459
LV. The Origin of the Boomerang. By W. D. Campbell, F.G.S. 459–460
LVI. On the Importance of Forestry. By D. W. McArthur, Inspector of Forests 461–463
LVII. The Surface Features of the Earth and Local Variations in the Force of Gravity. By T. B. Wakelin, B.A. 463–467
LVIII. Hawaii-nei and the Hawaiians. By F. B. Hutchinson, L.R.C.P. 467–472
LIX. The Effects of School Life on Sight. By B. Schwartzbach, M.D. 472–477
LX. On the Constitution of Comets. By the Rev. P. W. Fairclough 477–484
LXI. Macquarie Island. By John H. Scott, M.D., F.R.S.E. 484–493
LXII. Is New Zealand a healthy Country? An Enquiry. By Alfred K. Newman, M.B., M.R.C.P., with Statistics by F. W. Frankland 493–510
NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.
Fourteenth Annual Report of the Board of Governors 513–514
Accounts of the New Zealand Institute 1881–82 514
Reports on Museum, Geological Survey, Publications, Libraries, Meteorology, Observatory, and Laboratory 514–520

PROCEEDINGS.
WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Does Morality depend on Free Will? By the Rev. H. Vere White, M.A. 523
Notes on the Katipo, a Venomous Spider of New Zealand. By C. H. Robson 523
On the Search for Concealed Coal in New Zealand. By J. C. Crawford, F.G.S. 523
Manufacture of Granolithic Cement. By J. C. Crawford 524
On suitable Hedge Plants for New Zealand. By J. C. Crawford 524
On harvesting Crops independent of Weather. By J. C. Crawford 524
On Ensilage. By J. C. Crawford 524
On Comet Seeking. By Mr. Tebbutt 524
On Weather, Health, and Forests in Mauritius. By Dr. Meldrum 524
Occurrence of a Triple Meteor. By M. Chapman 524
Presentation of Awards for Wool shown by the Colony in England 524
On the Thames Gold Fields, and the Laws which govern the Distribution of the Gold. By S. H. Cox, F.G.S. 525
On a Waterspout which occurred in Cook Straits. By J. W. A. Marchant 525
Exhibit of Pottery and Glassware 525
On the Decline of the Hawaiian Race and the peculiar Forms of Disease prevalent among them. By Dr. F. B. Hutchinson 526
Remarks on some Bones lately discovered by Mr. H. T. Wharton in Caves at Highfield, Canterbury. By Dr. Hector 526
Remarks on the Great Comet of 1882. By Dr. Hector 526–527
Catch of Dajus forsteri and Retropinna osmeroides in the Hutt River 527
On Ancient Science. By the Rev. T. Le Menant des Chesnais 527
Remarks upon Mr. Travers' Paper on Sand-fixing. By J. C. Crawford, F.G.S 528
Remarks on a Trout caught by the Natives at Wanganui. By Messrs. Field and Drew 528