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Thursday, August aOCv - c-. 



1. — On the Age of the Mesozoic Rocks of the Lalil Eyre Sasiii' -By 



Prof. R.Tate, F.L.S., F.G.S.,&c ... ...... 22S 



2. — A Census of the Older Tertiary Fauna of Australia. By Prof. R. 



Tate, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c 231 



3. — Glacial Phenomena in South Australia. By Prof. R. Tate, 



F.L.S., F.G.S., &c 231 



4. — Origin of the Laterite in the New England District of New South 



Wales. By T. W. Edgeworth David, B.A., F.G.S , &c 233 



5. — The Mesozoic Plains of South Australia (South of Lat. 26*). By 



H. Y. L. Brown, F.G.S 241 



6. — The Desert Sandstone of Australia. By the Rev. J. E. T. 



Woods, F.G.S 245 



Friday, August 31. 



1.— On the Rocks of the Hauraki Gold-fielda. By Prof. F. W. 



Hutton, F.G.S 245 



2. — Cupriferous Tuffs of the Passage Beds between the Triassic 



Hawkesbury Series, and the Permo-Carboniferous Coal-Measures 



of New South Wales. By T. W. Edgeworth David, B.A., F.G.S. 275 

 3. — Micropetrographical Notes on Some of the Hydrothermal Rocks 



of New South Wales. By T. W. Edgeworth David, B. A., F.G.S. 290 



Monday, September 1, 



1 — The Geological Sequence of the Bowning Beds. By John 



Mitchell 291 



2. — Notes on Certain Boulders met with in the Beds and Reefs of the 



Gympie Goldfield, Queensland. By W. H. Rands, F.G.S. ... 297 



3. — On Metamorphism and the Rocks of the Bathurst District. By 



W. J. Clunies Ross, B.Sc, F.G.S 300 



4. — On the Advisability of Establishing an Association of Mining 



Engineers in New South Wales. By Felix Ratte, &c 300 



5. — On the Discovery of Fossils at Rockhampton. By James Smith 300 



6. — How can Australian Geologists safely rely upon the Order of 

 Succession of the Characteristic Genera of Fossil Plants of a far 

 distant Region, in the Determination of the Order and Relation- 

 ship of Australian Terrestrial Formations ? By R. M. Johnston, 

 F.L.S.,&c. 302 



Section D. — BIOLOGY. 



Wednesday, August 29. 



Address by Prof. Ralph Tate, F.L.S., F.G S., Presidentof the Section 312 

 1. — On the Action of Metallic Salts in the Development of Aspergillus 



nigrescens. By W. M. Hamlet, F.I. C, F.C.S 325 



2 — Respiration in the Roots of Shore Plants. By Dr. J. Bancroft... 327 



Friday, August 31. 



1 — Preliminary Notes on the Structure and Development of a Horny 



Sponge {Stelospongus flahdliformis). By A. Dendy, M.Sc, &c.... 332 



2. — Preliminary Observations on the Minute Anatomy of an Aus- 

 tralian Planarian. By A. Dendy, M.Sc 332 



3. — On the Development and Structure of the Pineal Eye in Hinulia 



and Grammaiophora. By W. J. M'Kay B.Sc 332 



