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Objects and Rules of the Association ... ... xiii. 



Officers and Council, 1S8S ... ... ... ■ ... .. ... xv. 



Arrangements for the First Meeting xvii. 



Time Table ... ... . . ... ... . . . . ... ... xx. 



List of Excursions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xx. 



Places and Times of Meeting and Officers from Commencement ... xxii. 



Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Sections of the 



Association from the Commencement ... ... ... ... xxiii. 



Evening Lectures ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... xxiv. 



Table showing the Attendance and Receipts xxv. 



Treasurer's Account ... .. ... ... ... ... ... xxvi. 



Resolutions passed by the General Committee, August 27, 18S8 ... xxvii. 



Extracts from the Minutes of the Meeting of the General Com- 

 mittee, August .31, 1888 ... ... ... ... ... ... xxviii. 



Meetings of the Council, October 9th and 17th ; Extracts from 



the Minutes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxi. 



Places of Meeting in 1890 and 1891 xxxii. 



Genei'al Statement of Sums which have been paid on Account of 



Grants for Scientific Purposes ... .. ... ... ... xxxii. 



Committees of Investigation appointed at the General Meeting, 



1888 xxxii. 



Errata et Corrigenda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxv. 



Address by the President, H. C. Russell, B.A., F.R.S., &c., 



Government Astronomer, N. S. Wales, &c. ... ... ... 1 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 



Section A.— ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, 

 AND MECHANICS. 



Wednesday, August 29. 



PAGE 



Address by Mr. R. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., &c., President of the Section 26 

 1. — On the Law of Molecular Force. By W. Sutherland, M. A., 



B.Sc 39 



2.— On Molecular Refraction. By W. Sutherland, M.A., B.Sc. ... 42 



Thursday, August .30. 



1. — Astronomical and Meteorological Workers in New South Wales, 



1778 to 1860. By H. C. Ru.ssELL, F.R.S., &c 45 



2. — Note on the Polarity of Magnetic Rocks. By Professor Arthur 



RUCKER 94 



3. — On the Variation of Barometric Pressure and of Wind. By N. 



A. Graydon 94 



4. — On the New Physical Laboratory at the University of Sydney. 



By Prof. Richard Threlfall, M.A 95 



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