Coutruts. 



Parte 



Proceedings for March, 1871 5 



Jjctter from Dr. "Wallace on Sericiculture 7 



Letter from Dr. Story, Swansea, on cultivation of Cork-Oak, and 



Siiuill ill Tiismania .. ... ; 8 



Proceedings for April, 1871 10 



Letter from ^Ir. INIcIntyi-e on Alum from Brook's Creek, Tasmania ... 30 

 Remarks on Eev. H. D. Atkinson's Paper on the Geology of Bruni 



Island 11 



Proceedings for May, 1871 12 



Letter from JMr. Ellery, Melbourne, relative to Eclipse Expedition to 



Cape York Peninsula 12 



Carnivorous Marsupials, alleged existence of, on Bmni Island) 13 



Observations on the Progi-ess of the Salmon Experiment. By Morton 



F.Z.S., F.L.S. 14 



7j Argus and its surrounding Kebula, &c. By F. Abbott, F.R.A.S., 



&c 17 



Pi'oceedings for June, 1871 23 



Journals of House of Commons, 1644 24 



Discussion on Sugar-Beet Cultivation 24 



Cork, growth and preparation of 24 



1^1 ulberry Tree, cultivation of, in China and Japan 20 



Freshwater INIoUusks, new Genus of 27 



Proceedings for Julv, 1871 27 



August, 1S71 29 



Destruction of Rabbits on Sheep Runs, best mode of, discussion on ... 30 

 The Sugar-Beet. By. F. Abbott, jun.. Superintendent Botanic Gardens 31 



Sheep-breeding. By S. Smith Travers 34 



The Salmon Trout. By M. Allport, F.Z.S., F.L.S 43 



Rabbits. By Mr. John Bisdee, of Button Park 46 



I'roceedings for October, 1871 49 



Presentation of Books received from America ... 50 



Sugar-Beet, value of, as food for cattle 51 



Letter from Hon. J. Maclanachan on Rabbit Nuisance 51 



Export of Rabbit Skins ... 52 



Letter from F. S. Corrance, Esq., I\I.P., on Salmon Experiment in 



Tasmania 53 



Proceedings for November, 1871 54 



Tr.tvertine from Dunrobin 54 



Letter from Mr. S. Travers on a method of preserving the vitality in 



Egffs for a lengthejied period of time 



The Islands in Bass's Straits. By Charles Gould, Esq., F.R.S. 



■n Argus and its Nebula. By F. Abbott, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S. 



List of Fellows 



Mmutes of Annual General Meeting 



Report for 1871 



Balance-sheet for ditto 



Books purchased and presented 



Presentations to Museum 



Plants and Seeds received at Gardens 



Ditto sent from Gardens 



Tench cUtto 



Plants supplied for decoration of Public Places 



Plants introduced into Society's Gardens dui'ing the year 



Meteorology for March, 1871 i. 



Notes on the Meteorology and Mortality for the month of March, 1871 ii. 



