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Pniccodings for March, 1872 1 



April, 1872 5 



May, 1872 10 



Political Economy. By E. C. Nowell, Government Statistician and 



Clerk to the Lefjislative Council 12 



Meteorology for March, 1872 i. 



Notes on the Meteorology and Mortality of the month of March,1872 ii. 



Meteorology for April, 1872 iv. 



Kotes on the Meteorology and Mortality of the month of April, 1872 v. 



Iileteorology for May, 1872 vii. 



Kotes on the Meteorology and Mortality of the month of May, 1872 viii. 



IJooks presented by Smithsonian Institution 2 



Ditto Royal Astronomical Society 2 



Silurian Kocks from Trial Bay 2 



Vital Statistics of Tasmania, remarks on 3 



Pisciculture in Tasmania 7 



Tuicroscopical Meeting 11 



Proceedings for June, 1872 21 



July, 1872 23 



August, 1872 ^ 26 



7j Argus. Alterations whicli have taken place in the Nebula, 

 &c., surrounding tj Argus, from February, 1871, to Febru- 

 ary, 1872. By F. Abbott, F.KA.S., F.R.M.S 27 



Large Aquatic Animals in Upland Lakes of Tasmania. By C. Gould, 



Esq.,F.G.S 32 



INIeteorology for June, 1872 xL 



Meteorology for July, 1872 xii. 



Meteorology for August, 1872 xiii. 



"Whistling Duck ( Dendrociigna eytoni) shot at Bridgewater 22 



Foetal ]\Iarsupial, development of 23 



Kew shells from near Partridge Island 24 



PorpTryries from neighbourhood of the Black Bluff Mountain ... 24 



Iron from Ilfracombe 24 



Tree Fern (Cyathea affinis) lately found on North Coast, Tasmania 25 



Proceedings for September, 1872 39 



October, 1872 42 



November, 1872 46 



Account of an Exploratory Tour from Port Esperance, towards 



Adamson's Peak. By J. R. Scott 50 



Irregularity in the Growth of the Salmon. By M. Allport, F.L.S., 



F.Z.S., &c 55 



On the Technology of a Beet Sugar Factory, for "Working up the 



Produce of Five Hundred Acres of Beet. By J. Barnard ... 57 



Meteorology for September, 1872 xv. 



„ October, 1872 xvi. 



,, November, 1872 xvii. 



Fi-uit Pigeon ( Lamprotreron superhus) shot at Quamby 40 



Animal seen in Lake Tiberias, Tasmauia 40 



