1158 PRECIS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES OP REPORTS, 1888-95, 



W. SavilleKent, F.L.S. ; W. H. D. Le Souef ; F. A. Skuse ; D. Sullivau, 

 F. L.S. ; J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A. Section E [Geography]: W. H. 

 Misken, F.E.S. (President's Address); Rev. S. Ella. Section F [Fconomic 

 and Social Science and Statistics] : R. M. Johnston, F.L.S. (President's 

 Address); H. H. Hayter, C.M.G. ; Fred. Turner, F.R.H.S. Section G 

 [Anthropology] : Hon. John Forrest, C.M.G. , M.L.C. (President's Address) ; 

 James Barnard ; Rev. R. H. Codrington ; Bolton S. Corney ; Rev. W. W. 

 Gill, LL.D. ; A. W. Howitt ; Rev. Geo. Pratt ; Rev. A. J. Webb. Section 

 H [Sanitccri/ Science and Hygiene] : J. Ashburton Thompson (President's 

 Address) ; J. Jamieson, M.U. ; F. A. Nyulasy, M.B., Ch.B. ; J. W. Smail, 

 M.Inst.C.E. ; W. L. ])e Roberts, C.E. Section I [Literature and Fine 

 Arts] : J. W. Agnew, M.D. (President's Address). Section J [Architecture 

 and Engineering] : Professor W. H. Warren, M.Inst.C.E. (President's 

 Address) ; Professor Kernot, M.A., C.E. ; John Snlman, F.R.I. B.A. 



Beports of Research Committees. — (1) Mineral Census of Australasia ; (2) The 

 State and Progress of Chemical Science in Australasia with special reference to 

 Gold and Silver Appliances used in the colonies and elsewhere ; (3) Bibliography 

 of the Australasian, Papuan, and Polynesian Races ; (4) Australasian Biological 

 Station ; (5) Construction and Hygienic Requirements of Places of Amusement in 

 Sydney ; (6) Australasian Geological Record ; (7) Town Sanitation. 



Volume III —Contents. 



Christchurcii Session— 13 J.\n., 1891. (595 pages.) 



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

 A [Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanics] : Papers by the follow- 

 ing : — Professor Lyle, M.A. (President's Address) ; Professor A. \V. Bickerton ; 

 Professor W. H. Bragg, M.A. ; A. C. Gifford ; Geo. Hogben, M.A. ; John T. 

 Meeson, B.A. Section B [Chemistry and Mineralogy] : Professor Orme 

 Masson, M.A., D.Sc. (President's Address) ; Professor Bickerton ; N. T. M. 

 Wilsmore, B.Sc. Section C [Geology aud Pakeontology] : Reginald A. F. 

 Murray, F.G.S. (President's Address) ; J. H. Baker ; H. Hill, F.G.S. ; James 

 Park, F.G.S. ; Professor Geo. H. F. Ulrich, F.G.S. Section D [Biology] : 

 Professor W. A. Haswell, D.Sc, F.R.S. (President's Address) ; Professor A. 

 Bickerton ; J. T. Kirk, F.L.S. ; Professor T. J. Parker, D.Sc, F.R.S. ; Geo. 

 M. Thomson, F.L.S. Section E [Geography] : G. S. Griffiths, F.G.S. (Presi- 

 dent's Address) ; F. R. Chapman ; Captain Crutchley, R.N., F.R.G.S. ; Dr. 

 T. M. Hocken ; J. T. Meeson, B.A. ; C. W. Parnell ; S. Percy Smith, F.R.G.S. 

 Section F [Economic and Socicd Science] : Hon. G. W. Cotton, M.L.C. 

 (President's Address). Section G [Anthropology] : A. W. Howitt (Presi- 

 dent's Address); Rev. W. W. Gill, LL.D.; R. Coupland Harding; Rev. 

 Jas. W. Stack ; E. Tregear, F.R.G.S. ; John White. Section H [Sanitary 

 Science and Hyr/iene] : Hon. Allan Campbell, M.D., M.L.C. (President's 

 Address) ; Benj.' Backhouse, H.A.R.I.B.A. ; W. E. Cook, M.C.E. ; Court- 

 ney Nedwill, M.D., and Edwin Cuthbert, M.Inst.C.E. ; I. de Zouche, M.D. 

 Section I [Literature and Fine Arts] : R. H. Roe, M.A. (President's Address). 

 Section J [Architecture and Engineering] : John Sulman, F.R.I. B.A. 

 (President's Address) ; C. W. Adams ; C. Napier Bell ; R. \V. Chapman, 

 M.A., B.C.E. ; E. Dobson, M.Inst.C.E. ; J. P. Maxwell, M.Inst.C.E. ; W. 

 H. Warren, M.Inst.C.E. ; Robt. Wilson, F.R.S.E. 



Beports of Besearch Committees.— {\) The Committee to investigate and report 

 upon the Seismological Phenomena of Australasia ; (2) The Tides of South 

 Australia ; (3) The Unification of Colours and Signs of Geological Maps ; (4) The 

 Improvement of Museums as a Means of Popular Education ; (5) The Fertilisation 

 of the Fig in the Australasian Colonies ; (0) The Location and Laying out of 

 Towns ; (7) The Question of Antarctic Exploration ; (8) Rust in Wheat. 



