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liy K. li. Lucas; "A Graphic Method of Show- 

 ing tin- Relations between the Temperature of 



(In- l>ew Point and the Temperature i.f tin- Air 

 for any (iiveii dimate." liy ( '. \V. Adams; " De- 



termining Longitude at Sea," l>y ('apt. Shorn ; 

 "Our 'rnsinanian Karth Tremors," by A. B. 

 Hi^s; and "The Science of the Unseen," by 



Aivhdeaeon IlilleS. 



B. Chemistry and Mineralogy. This section 

 wa> presided over by W. M. Hamlet, Government 

 Analyst of Tasmania, whose presidential ad- 

 dress hud to do with "The Progress of Chemistry 

 in Australasia." The following-named papers 

 were read : " Note on the Electrolysis of Fused 

 Salts of Organic Bases," " Occurrence of the New 

 Klement (iallium and Indium in a Blende from 

 IVelwood, New South Wales," "Note on the 

 Volatility of Magnesium " and " Lecture Experi- 

 mental on Gaseous Diffusion," by J. B. Kirkland ; 

 " The Analysis of the Cavendish Banana (Musa 

 Cavendishii) in Relation to its Value as a Food," 

 by W. M. Doherty; "On the Use of the Oleo- 

 refractometer in Organic Analysis," by W. M. 

 Hamlet; "On Some Mineral Waters of New 

 South Wales," bv J. C. Mingaye : " Analysis of 

 Storage-battery Plates," by A. ll. Jackson ; " The 

 Jarvisfield Mineral Waters of Picton, New South 

 Wales," by A. J. Sachs ; " Minerals of East Gipps- 

 land." by 'Donald Clark ; " The Rusting of Iron " 

 and "The Occurrence of Magnetite in Certain 

 Minerals," by Archibald Liversidge ; " Notes on 

 the Exudations Yielded by Some Australian 

 Species of Pittosporum," by J. II. Maiden ; 

 "Note on a Natural Bone Ash from Narra- 

 coorte," by N. T. M. Wilsmore ; and " Note on 

 an Analysis of Water from Lake Corangamite," 

 by A. W. Craig and N. T. M. Wilsmore. 



C. Geology and Palceonfology. This section 

 was presided over by Prof. T. W. E. David, who 

 holds the chair of Geology in the University of 

 Sydney. New South Wales. His address treated 

 of the "Volcanic Action in Eastern Australia 

 and Tasmania," with special reference to the re- 

 lation of volcanic activity to oscillations of the 

 earth's crust and to heavy sedimentation. The 

 following-named papers were read : " On Occur- 

 rences of Lepidodendron, near Bathurst. New 

 South Wales" and "Remarks on the Theory of 

 Coral Reefs," by W. J. C. Ross ; " An Inquiry 

 into Supposed Indications of Catastrophe," by 

 J. C. Corlette ; " On the Age of Mamnmliferous 

 Deposits in Australia," by Ralph Tate; "Notes 

 on the Application of Photography to Geologi- 

 cal Work." by J. H. Harvey; "Notes on the 

 I. at r Land Slips in the Dandenong Ranges, Vic- 

 toria," by P. Danvers Power; "On a Sample of 

 Cone in "Cone Structure." by A. J. Sachs; " De- 

 scription of Mount Bischoff and its Workings," 

 by II. W. F. Kayser; "Fossils from the Tertiary 

 Beds around Bairnsdale," by Donald Clark ; 

 ' Notes on the Permo-Carboniferous Rocks of 

 New South Wales," by T. W. E. David : and 

 " Notes on the Advantages of a Federal School 

 of .Mines for Australasia," by F. Provis. 



I). Biology. The presiding officer of this sec- 

 tion was W. Baldwin-Spencer, who is Professor of 

 Biology at Melbourne University. His address 

 consisted of a discussion on " The Fauna of Tas- 

 mania." Subsequent to a " Report of Commit 1 ee 

 on t lie Fertilization of the Fig," the following 

 papers were read: "On the Systematic Posi- 

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tion of Bithinia Huonensis " and "On the Affini- 

 ties of the Flornlas of Lord Howe and Norfolk 

 Island.-," by Kalph Tate; "On the Origin of 

 Struthion's Birds of Australasia," by F. W. llnt- 

 ton ; "Notes on Some- Land Planarians from 

 Tasmania and South Australia" and "Further 

 Observations on the Eggs of Peripatus," by A. 

 Dendy; " The Markings of Fish with Relation 

 to their Hereditary or Phylogenetic Import," by 

 W. Saville Kent; "Zoological Exploration of 

 Timor " and " The Geographic!. 1 I listribution of 

 Australian Limicolay' U W. \. Legge ; "On a 

 Trematode with Ciliated Integument," by W. A. 

 Haswell ; " Queensland Fungus Blights, by F. 

 M. Bailey; "On the Preservation of our Native 

 Plants and Animals," by A. F. Robin ; " Prelim- 

 inary Note on the Vesiculae Seminales and the 

 Spermatophores of Callorhyncus Antarcticus," 

 by Jeffrey Parker ; " Notes and Description of a 

 Young Echidna." by Alexander Morton ; " On 

 the Habits of Ceratodus, the Lung Fish of 

 Queensland," by W. Baldwin-Spencer ; " Review 

 of Queensland Lichens," by J. Shirley ; and " List 

 of Tasmanian Mosses," by W. A. Weymouth. 



E. Geography. This section was presided 

 over by Commander Crawford Pasco, R. N., who, 

 in his presidential address, discussed the explora- 

 tions of Australia and referred to the large area 

 of the globe yet to be explored within the Ant- 

 arctic circle. Subsequently the following-named 

 papers were read: "Report of the Antarctic 

 Committee," " Notes on a Magnetic Shoal near 

 Cossack, W. A.," by W. Osborne Moore ; " Ex- 

 plorations and Discoveries in British New Guinea 

 since the Proclamation of Sovereignty," by J. P. 

 Thomson ; " Icelandic Notes," by J. B. W. Wooll- 

 nough ; " A Draft of the Great South Land," by 

 A. Mault ; " The Influence of Spanish and Por- 

 tuguese Discoveries on the Theory of a Southern 

 Continent." by J. R. McClymont; "Dispatches 

 from the Elder Exploring Expedition," by D. 

 Murray; "Volcanic Phenomena in Samoa in 

 1866," by John Fmser ; and " Life and Work of 

 Sir John Franklin," by A. C. Macdonald. 



F. Economic and Social Science and Statis- 

 tics. The presiding officer of this section was 

 Richard Teece, the actuary of the Australian 

 M ut ual Provider^ Society, Sydney, whose address 

 had to do with a " New Theory of the Relation 

 of Profit and Wages." The following papers 

 were read: "On International Statistical Com- 

 parisons," by Robert Giffen ; "The Organization 

 of Industry, by Alfred De Lissa; "The Obliga- 

 tions of a Civil Government," by J. W. Cotton : 

 "The Effects of Protection on the Imports of 

 Australia," by A. Sutherland : " The Incidence 

 of Taxation," by N. J. Brown; "Is Capital the 

 Result of Abstinence?" by A. J. Ogilvy ; "Dis- 

 turbance of the Population Estimates bv Defect- 

 ive Records," by J I . II. llayter; "The Involution 

 of Hostility between Capital and Labor," by Mrs. 

 A. Morton : " The Wealth of Australasia,"' by T. 

 Coghlan ; "The Luneral. or a Table for discov- 

 ering Week-day Dates," by W. E. Stopford : "A 

 Layman's Criticism of Current Theories of Popu- 

 lation." by S. denies ; " Insanity and Crime," bv 

 E. Pariss-Nesbit : and "Australian Currencies,'' 

 by A. F. Basset Hull. 



<!. Anthropology. This section was presided 

 over liy Ixev. Lorimer Fison, of Queen's Colleire, 

 Melbourne, who di-cussed the subject of "An- 



