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'i^'•^/ CONTENTS, 



Page. 



Objects and Rules of the Association . . . . . . . . . . x. 



Officers and CouncU, and Members of Committees . . . . . . xv. 



Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of Sections . . , . xvi. 



General Programme of the Meeting xvii. 



Extracts from the Minutes of the Meeting of the General Council, 



September 26th, 1893 xix. 



Extracts from the Minutes of the Meeting of the General Council, 



October 2nd, 1893 xxi. 



Committees of Investigation Appointed at the Meeting of General 



Council, October 2nd, 1893 xxi., xxii. 



Table showing Attendance and Receipts, and Sums paid on Account of 



Grants for Scientific Purposes . . . . . . . . . . xxiv. 



General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for Adelaide Meeting xxv. 



Balance-sheet Seismological Committee . . . . . . . . . . xxvi. 



Donations to Library . . . . . . . . . . • . . • xxvii. 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES. 



Address by Professor Ralph Tate, F.G.S., F.L.S., President of the 



Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 



Address by H. C. Russell, C.M.G., B.A., F.R.S., President of 



Section A 70 



Address by C. N. Hake, F.C.S., F.I.C., President of Section B. . . 97 

 Address by Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., President 



of Section C 103 



Address by C. W. de Vis, M.A., President of Section D 104 



Address by A. C. MacDonald, F.R.G.S., President of Section E, . . 119 



Address by Rev. S. Ella, President of Section F. ,. .. .. 133 



Address by H. C. L. Anderson, M.A., President of Section G. .. 144 



Address by R. J. Scott, A.M.I.C.E., President of Section H. . . 16« 



Address by A. Mault, President of Section J. ,. .. .. .. 176 



Address by Professor Laurie, LL.D., President of Section J. . . 196 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



Report of Committee on Seismological Phenomena in Australasia . . 207 



Report of Committee on the Systematic Conduct by the various 

 Governments of .Australia of the Photographic Work of the 



different Geological Surveys . . . . , , . . . . . . 226 



Progress Reports of the Committee upon the Evidences of Glacial 



Action in Australasia during the Tertiary and Post -Tertiary Eras 229 



Report of Committee on the Protection of Native iFauna , . . . 241 



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