168 
Herbert Vale cherry, 111 
Hume, A., on Egg of Jabiru, 138 
Ibis, gold in gizzard of, 48 
Index, — 
Indian ink, 146 
Inks, on indelible, 150 ; composition 
of, 145 
Inquiry, maize disease, 108 
Jabiru, Australian and Indian, 137 ; 
eggs and nest of Australian, 
138; eggs of Indian, 139 
Johnstone River plants, 47 
Kilkivan, coal at, 135; cobalt at, 
129; gold at, 129; minerals of, 
129; silver at, 130 
Librarian, appointment, 114 
Lindon, E. B., on alunite, 157; 
native zinc, 154; topaz and tin, 
155 
Living tree-stump, 38 
Macleay, W., on Chanos, 141 
Maiva, village of, 9 
Maize disease, 109 
Marks, W. D., on native zinc, 154 
Moth in maize, 110 
Native zinc, 154 
Nature of heat, 51 
New England, nature of soil, 20 
New Guinea, trip to, 2; birds in 
confinement, 10; conservation 
of trees, 9; native dance, 9; 
eating roots, 7; man catcher, 
9; pottery ware, 4; stone- 
headed clubs, 5 ; tenure of land, 
6 ; tribal distinctions, 6 
New members, 1, 32, 37, 40, 48, 120, 
151 
Norton, A., on decadence of forests, 
15; on living tree-stump, 38; 
on schistose rock, 48 
O’Connor, D., on fish acclimatiza- 
tion, 139; on Chanos, 141 
Overman, on cobalt, 134 
Palm, caryota urens, 33 
Patoecus fronto, exhibit, 142 
Peach moth, 110 ; 
Peccaries, allied to fossil pig, 44 
Phalacrognathus, exhibit of, 48 
Phaseolus, conogethesattacking, 111 
Phillips, J. A., origin of tin ores, 157 
Photography, principles of, 149 
Photographs of Rhizophora, 39 
INDEX. 
Pig, fossil, 42 
Plusia, destructive, 35 
Port Moresby Harbour, 4 
Post-pliocene artiodactyle, 42 
Potatoe, destruct. of, 36 
Potts, J., on trip to N. Guinea, 2 
Preservation by refrigeration, 49 
Prevost, on heat, 57 
President’s address, 116 
Procherus n. g. De Vis, 42; inci- 
sors of, 44; molar of, 43 
Rankine, quoted, 52 
Refrigeration of meat, 49; practi- 
cally applied, 78 
Report of Council, 1886-7, 112; of 
Delegate to Sydney, 158 
Rhizophora, photographs of, 39 
Salvadori, on Jabiru, 138 
Schistose, rock from Gladstone, 48 
Tarrietia trifoliata, fruit of, 47 
Tenure of land in N. Guinea, 6 
Thorpe, J., exhibits, 142, 157 
Tin and topaz, 155; origin of tin 
ores, 157 
Thylacoleo, femur of, and of Sarco- 
philus, 123; do. of Phascolomys, 
123; do., of Dasyurus, 126; 
comparative measurements, 126 
Thylacoleo, a carnivore, 127; its 
habits, 128 
Tolson, J., on preservation of food, 
&c., 49 
Topaz and tin associated, 155 
Trigonia, from Moreton Bay, 36 
Tryon, H., on Alunite, 157; on 
Epilachna, 36; on double Egg, 
157; on Jabiru Egg, 136; on 
Trigonia, 36; Report of Aus- 
tralasian Association Meeting, 
158 
Underwood, on inks, 145 
Village Island, 3 
Wendouree Lake, fish from, 140 
Williams River, 10 
White, W. T., on Jabiru, 138 
Woods, Rev. J. E. T., on Chanos, 
141 
Xenorhynchus australis and asiati- 
cus, 136 
Zinc, native, 154; in Queensland, 
155 
