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- © New species of Tasmanian Marine Shells.” —“ Descrip- 
tion of two apparently new species of Ancillaria, Lam. :” 
by W. F. Petterd, C.M.Z.S. 
“ Notes on Jean Julien Houten De-Labillardiere :” by 
Baron F. Von Mueller, K.C.M.G., M.D. 
“ Remarks on Tin Ore Deposits at Mount Bischoff :” 
by Baron F. Von Groddeck. 
“ Earthquake Phenomena in Tasmania, with table :” by 
Captain Shortt, R.N. 
“ Notes on boring operations in search of Coal in Tas- 
mania, 1884, (continued ), with the abstracts of Records of 
boring in Upper Paleozoic Beds at Cascades, Hobart, 
1884, and in the Coal Measures at Tarleton, Mersey, 
1884 :” by T. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S. 
“ Water and Typhoid :” by W. F. Ward, A.R.S.M. 
“Teeland and the Icelander :” by the Rev. J. B. Wooll- 
nough. 
“Shells of the Group Polcystina:’ by C. J. Atkins. 
“The Scientific treatment of Waste Material: by 
W. H. Charpentier. 
“Australian Topography; Edel’s Land, De Witt’s 
Land, and Carpentaria:” by J. R. M‘Clymont, M.A. 
Edin. 
“Sketch Map General Geological Features of Tas- 
mania :” by C: P. Sprent and R. M. Johnston. 
Discussion took place, as usual, on the various papers, 
to some of which additional interest was lent by means of 
microscopic illustrations by Mr. Bastow and Mr. C. J. 
Atkins. In reference to the paper by the former, it may 
be mentioned that Mr. Bastow is at present engaged on a 
monograph of Tasmanian mosses, which will, no doubt, 
be of the greatest value to the future workers in that 
interesting branch of natural history. 
Liprary. 
The usual additions of periodic literature have been 
made to the Library, but special mention must be made of 
a valuable donation accruing from the interest on the 
“ Morton Allport Fund,” i.e., seven volumes Bleeker’s 
