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No. 1—March, 1954.
• Maori Affairs and the New Zealand Press—II. By Richard H. T. Thompson 1
• Mind Over Matter—Magical Performances in the Gilbert Islands. By R. G. Roberts 17
• The Hawaiian Variety of Dioscorea pentaphylla, an Edible Yam. Hawaiian Plant Studies 22. By Harold St. John 27
• Are there Linguistic Affinities between Maori and Kannada? Some Reflections. By V. Lakshmi Pathy 35
• Notes on Patu in the Dominion Museum. By W. J. Phillipps 43
• Book Notices 55
• Comparative Philology and Polynesian Studies. By Prof. Alan S. C. Ross 59
• Some Physical Characteristics of the Polynesians and their Possible Relationship to Other Racial Types. By Ray A. Carreyett 69
• Contributions to Marquesan Archaeology. By Bengt Danielsson 75
• Portulaca—A Speciality in the Diet of the Gilbertese in the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific. By I. G. Turbott 77

No. 2—June, 1954.
• Anuta and Tikopia: Symbiotic elements in social organization. By Raymond Firth 87
• Notes on Ivory in Hawaii. By Schuyler Cammann 133
• Stratification in Otago Archaeological Sites. By L. Lockerbie 141
• Tohungaism and Makutu. Some beliefs and practices of the present day Maori. By G. Blake Palmer 147
• An Authentic Austral Islands Tiputa. By Donald Stanley Marshall 165
• A Maori Drinking Cup as Used in Otago 167
• Book Notices 171
• Palau Islands 174

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Nos. 3 and 4—September-December, 1954.
• European Influences on Tapu and the Tangi. By W. J. Phillipps 175
• Preliminary Report on a Fisheries Survey in Tonga. By Hon. Vaea, Inspector of Agriculture, and W. Straatmans, Head of Department of Agriculture 199
• Maori Affairs and the New Zealand Press—III. By Richard H. T. Thompson 216
• Corrections to Journal Numbers, etc. 227
• History of the South African Commission for the Preservation of Natural and Historical Monuments, Relics and Antiques in the Union of South Africa. By J. R. Harding 228
• An Ethnographic Excusion to the Mountain Province of Luzon, Philippines. By Roger Duff 234
• Some Bay of Islands Maori Place-names. By A. C. T. Abraham 243
• Anthropology at the Manila Congresses, 1953. By Professor H. Otley Beyer 247
• The Seabrook Adze. By Donald Stanley Marshall 251
• The Guam Museum. By J. Henry Baird 253
• Notes on Two East Coast Carvings. By W. J. Phillipps 255
• Rewiti Tuhurouta Kohere 258
• Report on the Transactions of the Palmerston North Polynesian Discussion Group 260
• Letters to Editor 263
• Book Reviews and Notices 274
• Notes and Queries 279
• List of Members 282