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Remarks on the New Zealand Rat. By Llewellyn Powell, M.D. 401
Notes respecting the Discovery of the Egg of the Moa at the Kaikoura Peninsula. By J. D. Enys 403
Continued Creation versus Darwinian Evolution. By Dr. A. C. Barker 404
Annual Report 405–406
Election of Office-bearers for 1872 406
On a simple method of supplying Water to the Christchurch Fire Engines. By R. W. Fereday 407
OTAGO INSTITUTE.
Notes on the Botany of Otago. By J. Buchanan 408
Abstract of Annual Report 409
Address by J. S. Webb, Vice-President 409–412
Remarks on the Collection of Birds in the Otago Museum. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. 412
Election of Office-bearers for year ending 30th June, 1872 413
Notes on Sir William Thomson's Hypothesis that the Germ of Life is derived from Meteors. By Martin Chapman 417–419
Account of some Presents recently received from the Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College. By J. S. Webb 419–420
On Proportion applied to Geometry. By D. Brent, M.A. 420
Notes on the Experiments on the so-called Psychic Force recently made by Mr. Crookes. By J. S. Webb 421–422
NELSON ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
On a Means of Detecting Incipient Combustion in Flax or Wool in Ships at Sea. By F. W. Irvine 423
Measurements of Brown Trout (Salmo fario) taken out of the Maitai. By T. Mackay 423
Sketch of the History of Astronomical Science; third paper—'Newton and his Times.' By Robert Lee 424
Presentations to the Museum by the Bishop of Nelson 424
On the Varieties of the Mulberry Tree as Food for the Silkworm (Part I). By T. C. Batchelor 424–426
On the Varieties of Food for and Management of the Silkworm (Part II.) By T. C. Batchelor 426–427
Abstract of Annual Report 427
Election of Office-bearers for 1872 428
On the American Blight on Apple Trees. By T. Mackay, C.E. 429–432
APPENDIX.
Meteorological Statistics of New Zealand for 1871 435–437
Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1871 437
Notes on the Weather during 1871 438–440
Lists of Members 441–446
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 Office-bearers and Extracts from the Laws of Incorporated Societies xiv–xvi