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 REPORT, 



^^ The session of 1871 was opened on tlie 14tli 

 March, when a paper by M. Allport, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., entitled ' Observations on the Progress of 

 the Sahnon Experiment ' was read. The follow- 

 ing papers were brought forward at the various 

 meetings during the year : — ' 8ome Remarks on 

 the Geology of Bruni Island,' by the Rev. H. D. 

 Atkinson : ' On the Star -n Argus and its Nebula,' 

 by F. Abbott, F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S. ; ' On the Cul- 

 tivation of the Sugar Beet,' by F. Abbott, jun.. 

 Superintendent of Botanic Gardens ; ' On Sheep 

 Breeding,' by S. Smith Travers ; ' On a Mode of 

 Poisoning Rabbits on Sheep Runs, &c.,' by J. 

 Bisdee ; ' On the Geological Structm-e of Flinders 

 Island,' by C. Gould, F.G.S. ; ' On the Islands of 

 Bass' Straits,' by the same author ; ' On a New 

 Genus of Freshwater !Mollusks discovered in Tas- 

 mania,' by W. Legrand ; ' Notes as to recent re- 

 sults arrived at by the Royal Astronomical Society 

 relative to the Fluctuations of the Star ,, Argus 

 audits Nebula,' by F. Abbott, F.R.A.S. ; ^ On a 

 Process by which Vitality in Fggs (fowls') may be 

 Preserved for an Indefinite Period,' bv S. Smith 

 Travers. 



" In addition to the above papers the following 

 subjects have been introduced and discussed during 

 the session : — '' Sericiculture ' (with correspond- 

 ence) ; ^ The Cultivation of the Cork Oak in 

 Tasmania ' ; ^ Stone Alum, from Brook's Creek, 

 Tasmania ' ; ^ The Growth and Preparation of 

 Cork in Europe and Africa ' ; ' The Management 

 of the Mulberry Tree in Cliina and Japan for Silk 

 Culture ' ; ^ The Extraction of Su^^ar from Beet- 



