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TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE

Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. XXXV.

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WILLIAM THOMAS LOCKE TRAVERS.

See p. xviii.

TRANSACTIONS

AND

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE,

1902

VOL. XXXV.

(Eighteenth of New Series)

EDITED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE INSTITUTE

By

SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S.

Director

Issued July, 1903

WELLINGTON

JOHN MACKAY, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

KEGAN, PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., PATERNOSTER HOUSE,
CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON

CORRIGENDUM.

Page 92, line 14. For the dishes read tin dishes.

CONTENTS.

TRANSACTIONS.

I.—Miscellaneous.
			PAGES.
Art.	I.	The Bird as the Labourer of Man. By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S.	1–11
	II.	The Cultivation and Treatment of the Kumara by the Primitive Maoris. By Archdeacon Walsh	12–24
	III.	Foot tracks of Captain Cook. By H. D. M. Haszard	24–32
	IV.	Following the Tracks of Captain Cook. By Russell Duncan	32–45
	V.	Food Products of Tuhoeland: being Notes on the Food-supplies of Non-agricultural Tribes of the Natives of New Zealand; together with some Account of various Customs, Supsrstitions, &c, pertaining to Foods. By Elsdon Best	45–111
	VI.	Notes on a Bone Pendant in the Form of a Lizard (?), found on the Sandhills at Wainui; and on some other Bone Objects. By A. Hamilton	111–113
	VII.	On a Stone Relic found at Orepuki, Southland. By A. Hamilton	113–116
	VIII.	Remarks on the Trade and Public Debt of New Zealand. By H. W. Segar, M.A., Professor of Mathematics, University College, Auckland	117–122
	IX.	The Flood of Gold. By Professor H. W. Segar	122–139
	X.	Nature's Efforts at Sanitation. By R. H. Makgill, M.D., D.P.H.	139–152
	XI.	Technical and Scientific Training. By H. Hill, B. A., F.G.S.	153–168
	XII.	The Maoris To-day and To-morrow. By H. Hill	169–186
	XIII.	An Account of the Fiji Fire-walking Ceremony, or Vilavilairevo, with a Probable Explanation of the Mystery. By Robert Fulton, M.B., C.M., Edin.	187–201
	XIV.	The Adjustment of Triangulation by Least Squares. By C. E. Adams, B.Sc. (Honours), A.I.A., late Engineering Entrance Scholar and Engineering Exhibitioner, Canterbury College; late Senior Scholar in Physical Science, New Zealand University	201–208
	XV.	The Travelled Goat: a Great Lexicographer, a Celebrated Painter, and a Distinguished Botanist. By Taylor White	209–210
	XVI.	The Horse: a Study in Philology. By Taylor White	211–219
	XVII.	The Fight against Tuberculosis in the Australian Colonies and New Zealand. By John P. D. Leahy, M.B., D.P.H.	220–225
	XVIII.	Malaria and Mosquitos. By Ernest Roberton, M.D.	225–239
	XIX.	Chips from an Ancient Maori Workshop. By Captain G. Mair, N.Z.C.	240–242

II.—Zoology.
	XX.	On some New Species of Macro-lepidoptera. By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S.	243–245
	XXI.	On some New Species of Lepidoptera (Moons) from Southland. By Alfred Philpott	246–249
	XXII.	On Charagia virescens, Dbld. By Ambrose Quail, F.E.S.	249–255
	XXIII.	A Fly and a Spider (Pompilidæ, Salius monachus, Sm.; and Porrhothele antipodiana). By Ambrose Quail	256–258
	XXIV.	On the Anatomy of Paryphanta busbyi, Gray. By R. Murdoch	258–262
	XXV.	On the Occurrence of Paludicella in New Zealand. By A. Hamilton	262–264
	XXVI.	Short Notes on various Insects. By F. W. Hilgendorf, M.A., B.Sc.	264–267
	XXVII.	The Rotifera of New Zealand: a Revised and Expanded List. By F. W. Hilgendorf	267–271
	XXVIII.	On a New Species of Odontria. By J. H. Lewis, F.E.S.	272
	XXIX.	On a New Species of Earthworm from Norfolk Island. By W. Blaxland Benham, Professor of Biology, University of Otago	273–274
	XXX.	On an Earthworm from the Auckland Islands—Notiodrilus aucklandicus. By W. Blaxland Benham	275–277
	XXXI.	On the Old and some New Species of Earthworms belonging to tbe Genus Plagiochæta. By W. Blaxland Benham	277–290
	XXXII.	A List of the Hymenoptera of New Zealand. By P. Cameron. Communicated by Captain Hutton	290–299
	XXXIII.	On the Marine Mollusca of Totaranui Bay, Nelson. By Professor James Park, F.G.S., Otago University School of Mines	299–304
	XXXIV.	On a New Species of Psyllidæ. By George R. Marriner, Assistant, Biological Laboratory, Canterbury College	305–309
	XXXV.	Notes on the Whitebait of New Zealand. By A. J. MacKenzie, Curator, Kanieri Lake Fish-hatchery, Westland. Communicated by Sir J. Hector	309–310
	XXXVI.	Notes on the New Zealand Whitebait. By E. Gibson. Communicated by Sir J. Hector	311
	XXXVII.	Notes on the New Zealand Whitebait. By Sir J. Hector	312–319
	XXXVIII.	Notes on Fish found in the Piako River. By Captain G. Mair, N.Z.C.	319–320

III.—Botany.
	XXXIX.	On the Pollination of Rhabdothamnus solandri, A. Cunn. By D. Petrie, M.A.	321–323
	XL.	On the Musci of the Calcareous Districts of New Zealand, with Descriptions of New Species. By Robert Brown	323–342
	XLI.	Structure of Leaf of certain Species of Coprosma. By Miss N. A. R. Greensill, M.A.	342–355
	XLII.	On some Recent Changes in the Nomenclature of the New Zealand Myrsinaceæ. By L. Cockayne	355–359
	XLIII.	The Stem-structure of some Leafless Plants of New Zealand, with Especial Reference to their Assimilatory Tissue. By Miss A. C. Finlayson, M.A. Communicated by Dr. Chilton	360–372
	XLIV.	Note on Hybrid Ferns. By H. C. Field	372–373
	XLV.	An Account of the Plants growing at "The Gums," Taita, in Addition to List published in 1896. By T. Mason	374–377
	XLVI.	On New Species of Grasses from New Zealand. By Professor E. Hackel. Communicated by T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S.	377–385

IV.—Geology.
	XLVII.	The Kingston Moraine. By Dr. P. Marshall	388–391
	XLVIII.	On the Geology of the Rock-phosphate Deposits of Clarendon, Otago. By Professor James Park, F.G.S., Director, Otago University School of Mines	391–402
	XLIX.	Notes on the Occurrence of Native Lead at Parapara, Collingwood. By Professor James Park	403–404

V.—Chemistry and Physics.
	L.	Notes on the Aurora in the Southern Hemisphere. By Henry Skey	405–408
	LI.	On the Construction of a Table of Natural Sines by Means of a New Relation between the Leading Differences. By C. E. Adams, B.Sc. (Honours), A.I.A., late Engineering Entrance Scholar and Engineering Exhibitioner, Canterbury College; late Senior Scholar in Physical Science, New Zealand University; Lecturer on Applied Mathematics and Surveying, Lincoln College, and Geology, Victoria College	408–413
	LII.	Two Spherical Harmonic Relations. By C. Coleridge Farr, D.Sc.	414–415
	LIII.	On the Interpretation of Milne Earthquake Diagram. By C. Coleridge Farr	415–419
	LIV.	On the Use of the Standard Functions in Interpolation. By E. G. Brown	420–427
	LV.	On New Zealand Mean Time, and on the Longitude of the Colonial Observatory, Wellington; with a Note on the Universal Time Question. By Thomas King, Transit Observer, Colonial Observatory	428–451
	LVI.	The Molecular Complexity of the Fatty Acids and their Derivatives in Phenol Solution. By P. W. Robertson, Sir George Grey Scholar, Victoria College	452–465
	LVII.	The Exhibition of a Maximum or Minimum in the Properties of certain Series of Organic Compounds. By P. W. Robertson	465–476
	LVIII.	A Contribution to the Chemistry of Colophony. By T. H. Easterfield and G. Bagley	476–482

I.—Miscellaneous—continued.
	LIX.	On a Supposed Magnetic Sense of Direction in Bees. By F. W. Hilgendorf, M.A., B.Sc.	483–489
	LX.	List of Papers on the Geology of New Zealand. By A. Hamilton	489–546

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.

Thirty-fourth Annual Report			549–551
Accounts for 1901–2			551



PROCEEDINGS.

WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Note on Somateria mollissima. By Sir W. Buller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.			555
Remarks on Opossums. By Sir J. Hector			555–556
Note on the Carunculated Shag			556
Remarks on Wairaki Clay. By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S.			556
Remarks on Infusorial Earth. By T. Hustwick			557
Abstract of Annual Report			557
Election of Officers for 1903			557
Address by the President (W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S.)			558

AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.
A Visit to Tahiti and the Society Islands. By Josiah Martin			559
Japanese Mediævalism. By the Rev. W. G. Dixon			560
Tennyson. By Professor Egerton			560
Universal Equal Suffrage. By E. E. Vaile			560
Abstract of Annual Report			560–561
Election of Officers for 1903			561

PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY.
Penguins and Petrels. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S.			562
The Production of Colour by Absorption. By Dr. W. P. Evans			562
The Present State of our Knowledge of the Electrical Conditions of the Atmosphere. By C. Coleridge Farr, D.Sc.			563
The Provençal Troubadours. By Professor T. G. R. Blunt			564
The Strength and Elasticity of some Australian and New Zealand Timbers. By Professor R. J. Scott			564
Note on a Fresh-water Isopod (Phreatoicus). By H. B. Kirk			564
Abstract of Annual Report			565
Election of Officers for 1903			565

OTAGO INSTITUTE.
Resolution regarding the Mount Cook Reserve			566
Impressions of Florence. By Miss M. E. Marchant			566
Report on the Marine Fish-hatchery at Portobello			567
Remarks on Fossil Cetacean Teeth. By A. Hamilton			567
Protection and Reclamation of Sea-coasts by planting. By Dr. Truby King			567
On Tænia echinococcus and Hydatid Disease. By Dr. Barnett			568
On the Wanganui Gravels. By Dr. P. Marshall			568
Exhibits by Professor Benham			569
Abstract of Annual Report			569–571
Election of Officers for 1903			571

WESTLAND INSTITUTE.
Abstract of Annual Report			589
Election of Officers for 1903			572

HAWKE'S BAY PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE.
The Birth and Development of Architecture. By R. N. Anderson			573
The Honey-bee as seen through the Microscope. By Dr. Kennedy, M.A.			573
Wagner. By H. Large			573
Abstract of Annual Report			574
Election of Officers for 1903			574

NELSON INSTITUTE.
Abstract of Annual Report			575
Election of Officers for 1903			575



APPENDIX.

Meteorology of New Zealand—
Comparative Abstract for 1902 and Previous Years			579
Average Temperature of Seasons compared with those of the Previous Year			579
Remarks on the Weather during 1902			580
Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1902			581
Records of Milne Seismograph No. 20 at Wellington, 1902			582–592
Records of Milne Seismograph No. 16 at Christchurch, 1902			593–597
New Zealand Institute, Honorary Members			598–599
New Zealand Institute, Ordinary Members			599–607
List of Institutions and Persons to whom this Volume is presented by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute			608–613
Index			615–619

Corrigenda		Back of title.
Contents			v.–ix.
List of Plates			ix.–x.
Board of Governors and Officers of the New Zealand Institute			xi.
Abstract of Rules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute			xi.–xiii.
Roll of Incorporated Societies			xiv.
Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rules			xiv.–xvii.
In Memoriam—William Thomas Locke Travers			xviii.–xix.
In Memoriam—Thomas Mason			xx.

LIST OF PLATES.

Portrait of the late William Thomas Locke Travers		Frontispiece.
Portrait of the late Thomas Mason		{{{1}}}„
[Note.—These are placed together at the end of the volume.]
Plate		To illustrate Article
I.	Haszard.—Site of Captain Cook's Transit Observatory, Mercury Bay	III.
II.	{{{1}}}„Ditto	III.
III.	{{{1}}}„Map of Mercury Bay	III.
IV.	Duncan.—Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound	IV.
V.	{{{1}}}„Cook's First Landing-place	IV.
VI.	Duncan.—Grass Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound	IV.
VII.	{{{1}}}„Cook's Cove, Tolago Bay	IV.
VIII.	Hamilton.—Bone Relics of the Maori	VI.
IX.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	VI.
X.	{{{1}}}„Stone Relic	VII.
XI.	Segar.—Diagram of Trade of New Zealand	VIII.
XII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	VIII.
XIII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	VIII.
XIV.	{{{1}}}„Diagram of Public Debt of New Zealand	VIII.
XV.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„Supply of Gold, 1850–1900	IX.
XVI.	Fulton.—To illustrate Fijian Fire-walking Ceremony	XIII.
XVII.	{{{1}}}„Ditto	XIII.
XVIII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XIII.
XIX.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XIII.
XX.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XIII.
XXI.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XIII.
XXII.	Benham.—Earthworms	XXIX.—XXXI.
XXIII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XXIX.—XXXI.
XXIV.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XXIX.—XXXI.
XXV.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XXIX.—XXXI.
XXVI.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XXIX.—XXXI.
XXVII.	Murdoch.—Anatomy of Paryphanta busbyi	XXIV.
XXVIII.	Quail.—Charagia virescens	XXII.
XXIX.	{{{1}}}„Porrhothele antipodiana and Salius monachus	XXIII.
XXX.	Hudson.—New Species of Macro-lepidoptera	XX.
XXXI.	Lewis.—Odontria epomeas, n.s.	XXVIII.
XXXII.	Philpott.—New Species of Lepidoptera	XXI.
XXXIII.	Marriner.—Trioza alexina, n.s.	XXXIV.
XXXIV.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XXXIV.
XXXV.	R. Brown.—New Zealand Mosses	XL.
XXXVI.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XL.
XXXVII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XL.
XXXVIII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XL.
XXXIX.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XL.
XL.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XL.
XLI.	Greensill.—Leaf-structure of Coprosma sp.	XLI.
XLII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XLI.
XLIII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XLI.
XLIV.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XLI.
XLV.	Finlayson.—Stem-structure of Leafless Plants	XLIII.
XLVI.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XLIII.
XLVII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XLIII.
XLVIII.	Robertson.—Molecular Complexity of Fatty Acids	LVI.
XLIX.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	LVI.
L.	Farr.—Artificial Seismograms	LIII.
LI.	Mair.—Ancient Maori Ornaments and Implements	XIX.
LII.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	XIX.
LIII.	Hogben.—Records of Milne Seismograph No. 20	See p. 582
LIV.	{{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„	{{{1}}}„p. 582