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Proceedings, March, 1873 1 



Fijian Pottery ... ,. 2 



Iron Ore from Hope Island 2 



Minerals, Presentation of, specimens by C. Gould, Esq. ... ^,. 3 



Slate from Pijier's River ... 3 



Eabbits, Destruction of at Lowe's Park 4 



Address, Opening, by Lord Bishop of Tasmania 5 



Proceedings, April, 1873 6 



Presentation of Apteryx and Strygops 6 



Cuttle Fish, Monster, found on East Coast New Zealand 7 



Eemarks on Hobart Town as a station for observing the Transit of 



Venus in 1874 ... 7 



Proceedings, May, 1873 9 



Transit of Venus, 1874. By F. Abbott 11 



Proceedings, June, 1873 ... 21 



Armour, Presentation of Suit of 21 



Tin Ore from Mount Bischoff 21 



Aborigines, Stone implements of 22 



Possession Island as a station for observing Transit of Venus 22 



Proceedings, July, 1873 23 



Aborigines, Implements, &c. of, by J. Scott, Esq., M.H.A. ... ... 24 



Thyrsites, new species of 25 



British Museum, Presentation of Books by Trustees of 26 



Proceedings, August, 1873 27 



Coal from Rostrevor, Spring Bay 28 



Aborigines, Weapons of, by Mr. R. Thii'kell 28 



Weaver Bird of Ceylon, On the ; by W. V. Legge, R. A., F.Z.S., etc. 30 



Mersey Coal Measures, On the, by T. Stephens, M. A 36 



Tertiary Beds near Launceston, On the composition of, by R. M. 



Johnston 39 



Proceedings, September, 1873 49 



Thyrsites micropus. Note on, by Professor McCoy 50 



King's Islands, Note on. 50 



Botany of Tasmania, remarks on, by Baron von Mueller 51 



Proceedings for October, 1873 53 



Moa Skeleton, Presentation of 56 



Cheironccies, Remarks on , 56 



Salmonoid from Bagdad Creek, Remarks on 56 



Water Weeds, Remarks on 57 



