CONTENTS. 



FAFEES. 



Land Shells from Maria Island. By W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S.,L. 1 



Aerial Navigation (Abstract). By E. 0. Litchfield ... ... ii 



The Birds of Australia; Birds, Nests, and Eggs (Title). By A. 



J. Campbell F.L.S iii 



The Falls of Niagara as a Geological Chronometer. By Professor 



E. G. Hogg, M.A iii 



Descriptions of some Crustaceans from Cape Adare. By G. M. 



Tliomson, F.L.S .3 



Contiibutions towards a Systematic Catalogue of Tasmanian 



Diatomacese. By F. E. Burbury ... ... ... ... 4 



Notes on a Visit to the Museums at Perth and Adelaide, with 

 special reference to the Blacks of West Australia. By the 

 Right Rev. H. H. Montgomery, D.D v 



A System of Light Railwaj's for Tasmania (Abstract). By G. E. 



Moore, C.E. ... .. ... .. ... ... ... vii 



Observations liegardiug the discovery of a portion of a Fossil 

 Reptile, found on the N. -West Coast.' By R. M. Johnston, 

 F.SS 9 



Reservoirs^Irrigation in India, and Deductions, with special 

 refeience to the Hobart Reservoirs (Abstract). By C. B. 

 Target, C.E x 



Federal Finance (Title). By the Hon. N. J. Brown, M.E.C. .. x 



Hobart Society in 1845 (Abstract). By A. Mault... ... ... xii 



Further Notes on the Permo-Carboniferous Fossil Cliffs at 



Darlington, Maria Island. (Plates). By R. M. Johnston, F.S.S. II 



On some additions to the List of Minerals known to occur in 



Tasmania. By W. F. Petterd, F.Z.S.,L xiii 



The Present and Future Prospects of Timber in Tasmania. By 



Wm. Heyn .. 21 



Tasmauian Timber. By A. 0. Greene ... ... ... .. xviii 



Notes on Coal Discovery at Wynyard, Tasmania. By R. M. 



Johnston, F.S.S. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxii 



Astronomical Observations at Cape Town Observatory. By H. 



C. Kiugsmill, M.A. ... ... ... ... ... ... xxiii 



Notes on a Trip to the Barn Bluff Country. By J. W. Beattie... xxv 



Presentation to His Lordship the Right Rev. H. H. Montgomery, 



D.D. ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... xxxiv 



