VUl. CONTENTS. 



Proceedings of the Sections — continued. 



Section G [11.)— continued. page. 



*3. Available Plant Food in Soil. By W. A. Hargreaves, M.A., F.I.C. . . 642 



*4. Soil Surveys. By F. B. Guthrie 642 



*6. The Value and Aims of Plants Pathology. By D. Mc Alpine . . . . 642 



*6. Note on the Free Acid in Superphosphates. By F. B. Guthrie and 



A. A. Ramsay 643 



*7. On Methods of Soil Analysis. By W. A. Hargreaves, M.A., F.I.C. . . 643 



*8. Commercial Poultry Breeding. By D. F. Laurie 643 



SECTION H.— ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE. 



1. Waterworks Connections for Extinction of Fires. By Thos. Walker 



Fowler, M.I.C.E.M, &c 644 



*2. The Design of Country Waterworks. By J. W. H. Hullett . . , . . 650 



3. Parabolagraph : An Instrument for Drawing Parabolic Curves. By 



S. Smeaton, B.A 650 



4. The Making and Maintenance of Macadamised Roads with a View to 



the Prevention of Dust. By J. Vicars, M.C.E. . . . . . . 651 



5. The Relative Strength of Certain Beam Sections. By Ed. Vincent 



Clark, B.Sc, A.M.I.C.E 659 



*6. Bending Stresses in Wire Ropes. By R. W. Chapman, M.A., B.C.E. . . 662 

 *7. Artesian Water Supply in South Australia. By S. Smeaton, B.A. . . 662 



SECTION I.— SANITARY SCIENCE AND HYGIENE. 

 Address by R. Greio-Smith, D.Sc., President of the Section . . . . 238 



1. Some Notes on the Biological Treatment of Sewage, with special 



reference to the Working of Several Installations at North Sydney 

 (with plate). By Edw.\rd S. Stokes, M.B., Ch.M., D.P.H. .. 663 



2. The Diseases of Animals and Meat Inspection in Western Australia. 



By J. B. Cleland, M.D., Ch.M 685 



3. The Sanatorium Treatment of Consumption from a Public Health 



Point of View. By A. H. Gault, M.D 692 



*4. School Hygiene in Tasmania. By J. S. C. Elkington, M.D., D.Ph. . . 694 

 5. Consumption : A National Disease and its Remedy (with three plates) 



By C. Reissmann, M.A., M.D., B.Sc 695 



*6. The Acidity of Milk. By H. G. Chapman, M.D., B.S. . . . . 707 



*7. Precipitant Reactions in Relation to State Medicines and Hygiene. 



By Professor D. A. Welsh, M.A., B.Sc, M.D., &c 707 



*8. Some Aspects of District Nursing. By Sister Foster . . . . 707 



*9. The Use of Preservatives as Applied to Certain Food Adjuncts. By 



P. C. Mitchell 707 



SECTION J.— SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. 

 Address by Professor Henry Laurie, LL.D., President of the Section . . 250 



1. Motivation of School work. By E. A. Riley, M.A 708 



2. Literature for Children. By B. S. Roach . . . . . . . . 711 



3. Educational Method, with Special Reference to the Teaching of 



Mathematics and Physical Science. By W. R. Jauheson, B.Sc. 712 

 *4. Neuritis, Neurasthfenia, and Mental Diseases. By A. D. Leith 



Napier, M.D 727 



Exchanges and Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728 



List of Members, Adelaide Session . . . . , . . . . . . . 735 



Index to Authors and Subjects . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 741 



