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Report of the Meteorological Council to the Royal Society for the year 
ending 31st March, 1884.—From the Meteorological Office, London. 
Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Melbourne Observa- 
tory in the years 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880.—From the Government 
Astronomer. 
Results of Rain and River Observations made in New South Wales 
during 1884.—From the Government Astronomer. 
Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Vol. III., Series 
_IL.,1V. Catalogue of Vertebrate Fossils, from the Siwaliks of India, 
in the Science and Art Museum, Dublin, by R. Lydekker, B.A. Plate 
and Woodcuts. 
Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Vol. V.,on the 
origin of Fresh Water Faunes, a Study in Evolution, by W. J. Sollas,’ 
M.A 
Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Vol. VI.— 
Memoirs on Coleoptera, of the Hawaiian Islands, by the Rev. T. 
Blackburn, B.A., and Dr. D. Sharpe. Plates IV. and V. 
Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, Vol. IV., n.s., 
July 1884, Pt. V.; Vol. IV., N.s., January 1885, Pt. VI.—From the 
Royal Dublin Society. 
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society.—New Series, Vol. II, 
Pt. [V.; 1885.—From the Society. 
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.—Vol. 
XVIL., 1884.—From the Trustees. 
PRESENTATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 
Mammals : 
Two Grey Opossums, Phalangista vulpina; Three Black Opossums, 
Phalangista fuliginosus ; Two Ring-tailed Opossums, Phalangista viver- 
rina, Mr. W. Lester. 
Two Tasmanian Tigers, Thylacinus cynocephalus; One Tasmanian 
Devil, Sarcophilus ursinus, Mr. W. Turvey. 
Duck-billed Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Mr. John Swan. 
Two Ring-tailed Opossums, Phalangista viverrina, Mr.T. M. Atkinson. 
Ring-tailed Opossum, Phalangista viverrina ; Golden-bellied Beaver 
Rat, Hydromys chrysogaster, Mr. A. Brent. 
Birds : 
Two Musk Ducks, Biziura lobata, Mr. R. Read. 
Blue Crane, Ardea nove hollandize, Mr. L. Massey. 
Mandarin Drake and Duck, Aix galericulata; Javanese Pheasant, 
Phasianus sp., Mr. EK. D. Swan. 
Ten species of American Birds’ Eggs, Mr. Geo. Hinsby. 
Fishes : 
Tail of an Indian Stinging Ray, Mr. W. H. Buckland. 
Crustacea : 
A Hermit Crab, Pagrus sp., Mrs. John McCance. 
Relics, Ete. : 
A Paper, The Saunders News Letter, Friday, May 16, 1777, Dublin, 
Mr. J. F. Kchlin. 
Two Swedish Coins, Mr. L. O. Laroson. 
WATER AND TYPHOID. 
Mr. W. F. Ward, A.R.S.M., Government Analyst, read the following 
paper on the Impurities of Water in Relation to Typhoid Fever :— 
At the request of the sanitary officer of the Launceston Corporation I 
have, at different times, examined 11 samples of water collected by him 
during his enquiries into outbreaks of typhoid fever ; to the results - 
obtained I shall refer later on, only stating now that they show painful 
neglect of the simplest necessary health precautions; some of the 
