PAPERS, 1397. 



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1. Some Historical Aspects of the Referendum. By Professor 



W. Jethro Brown, M.A., LL.D. (Little) ix 



2. The Great Lake and its Water Power (Abstract) ... .. xviii 



3. On the Occurrence of Limurite in Tasmania (Plates) By 



W. H. Twelvetrees, F.G.S., and W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S. 1 



4. The Mount Dundas Narrow- Gauge Railway. By F. Back, 



General Manager Tasmanian Railways ... ... ... 7 



5. The Disposal of our Dead by Cremation. By Gregory Sprott, 



M.D.,D.P.H., Officer of Health for the City of Hobart... 13 



6. Some Igneous Rocks from the Heazlewood District, Tas- 



mania. By W. H. Twelvetress, F.G.S. and W. Petterd, 

 C.MZ.S 24 



7. On the Occurrence of Obsidian " Buttons " (Plates). By 



Messrs. W. H. Twelvetrees. F.G.S. , and W. F. Petterd, 



C.M.Z.S 39 



8. Notes on a New Trithuria (Plate). By Leonard Rodway ... 47 



9. The Iron Deposits of Tasmania. By W. G. Dauncey, C.E. 49 



10. Notes on a Specimen of Basalt-glass (Tachylyte), from near 



Macquarie Plains, with remarks on the Obsidian " But- 

 tons." By Thos. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S 54 



11. Occurrence of Spherulitic Felsite on the West Coast (Plate). 



By W. H. Twelvetrees, F.G.S., and W. F. Petterd, 

 C.M.Z.S 59 



12. Notes on some Recently Discovered and Other Minerals 



occurring in Tasmania. By W. H. Twelvetrees, F.G.S. 



and W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S 62 



13. Tasmanian Birds. By Malcom Harrison (communicated by 



A. Morton) 66 



14. Observations on the Working Results of the Hare System 



of Election in Tasmania (Diagrams). By R M. John- 

 ston, F.L.S., F.S.S., Registrar- General for Tasmania... 69 



15. Measurements of the Tasmanian Crania contained in the 



Tasmanian Museum (Plates). By A. H. Clarke, M.R.C.S.,E. 



and W. E. Harper 97 



16. Maori and Moriori Crania. By W. R. Harper ... ... Ill 



17. The Topaz-Quartz Porphyry or Stanniferous Elvan Dykes 



of Mt. Bischoff (Plate). By W. H. Twelvetrees, F.G.S., 



and W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S 119 



18. A List of the Tasmanian Fungi. By Leonard Rodway ... 129 



19. Notes on the Aborigines of Tasmania, extracted from the 



Manuscript Journals by George Washington Walker, 

 with an Introduction by James B. Walker, F.R.G.S. 

 By James B. Walker, F.R.G.S 145 



20. Further Notes on Obsidian "Buttons." By Thos. Stephens, 



M.A., F.G.S. 



21. Some Notes on the Tribal Divisions of the Aborigines of 



Tasmania. By James B. Walker, F.R.G.S 176 



22. Land Routes for Exploration of the Western Country. By 



Thos. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S. (Accidentally omitted 



from 1896 Proceedings) ... ... ... ... ... 189 



23.* The Application of the Hare System in Tasmania. By 



Professor W. Jethro Brown, M.A., LL.D 79 



* (Professor W. Jethro Brown's Paper will appear at the end of Papers which, 

 by an error, starts as page 79.) 



