CONTENTS. VU. 



Proceedings of the Sections — continued. 



Section D — continued. page. 



10. The Anatomical Variations Presented by a case of a Thoracopagous 



Lamb Monster, together with an Account of the Developmental 

 Explanation of the same. By Richard J. A. Berry, M.D., 

 F.R.C.S. 508 



11. Some Remarks on the Natural History and Diseases of the Rats of 



Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia. By J. BuKTON 

 Cleland, M.D., Ch.M. 516 



SECTION E.— GEOGRAPHY. 

 Address bv Thomas Walker Fowler, M.Inst.G.E., F.R.G.S., &c., President 



of the Section '•iOO 



1. An Investigation into the Physiography of the Ben Lomond Plateau, 



Tasmania. By Colonel W. V. Legge, F.R.G.S., F.L.S.. &c. . . 521 



2. Allusions to Penguins and Seals in a Roteiro of the First Voyage of 



Vasco da Gama to India. By James R. McClymont, M.A . . 526 



3. Notes of Voyage to Ysabel Island, Solomons Group, and Le ua Niua 



(Ontong Java or Lord Howe), and Tasman Groups. By Rev. G. 



Brown, D.D " • • • • 528 



*4. Explorations in Central Australia. By H. Verb Barclay, F.R.G.S. . . 539 



5. Notes of a Cruise Round .Melville and Bathurst Islands. By Lionel 



C. E. Gee, S.M 539 



6. South Australian Latitude and Longitude. — A short Account of the 



Determination of Geographical Positions of Places in South Aus- 

 tralia. By C. Hope Harris . . . . . . . . • • 548 



7. In Search of Leichhardt in 1882. By William N. Fraynb . . . . 556 



SECTION F.— ANTHROPOLOGY AND PHILOLOGY. 

 Address by R. Parkinson, President of the Section . . . . . . 209 



1. The Place of the Australian Aboriginal in Recent Anthropological 



Research. By W. Ramsay Smith, D.Sc, M.B., CM. (with twelve 

 plates) 558 



2. Some Notes on Scientific Travel Amongst the Black Population of 



Tropical Australia in 1904, 1905, 1906 (with seventeen plates 



and map). By Professor Hermann Klaatsch, M.D. .. .. 577 



3. How can Tropical and Sub-Tropical Australia be EfiFectively 



Developed 'i By Matthew Mackie . . . . . . . . 593 



4. Origin of the Melanesian and Polvnesian Races. By Rev. Isaac 



Rooney, F.R.G.S ' 616 



SECTION G (I.).— SOCIAL AND STATISTICAL SCIENCE. 

 Address by Professor Francis Anderson, President of the Subsection . . 217 

 1. The Limits of State Interference. By W. M. Hughes . .- . . . . 622 



*2. The Origin of Our Political Ideals, By Professor Jethro Brown, 



LL.D 632 



3. Proportional Representation. By Miss C. H. Spence . . ^ . . 632 



*4. Classification of Diseases and the Causes of Death. By W. T. 



Weedon . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • 634 



5. The Use and Scope of Statistics (with three plates). By W. 



Siebenhaar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • 634 



*6. Tne Financial Relations of the Australian Commonwealth States. 



By Hon. D. Mackinnon 641 



SECTION G (II.).— AGRICULTURE. 

 Address by Thomas Cherry, M.D., M.S., President of the Subsection . . 227 



*1. Drainage in Connection with Irrigation. By A. S. Kenyon, C.E. . . 642 

 *2. Milling Characteristics of Australian Wheats. By F. B. Guthrie 



and G. W. Morris 642 



