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Oil Timber-frees of New Zealand. By Capt. Colliuson, 



R.E.. with notes hy Wm. Swainson, Esq., F.R.S., &c. 225 



On Laap or Lerp, the Cup-like Coverings of PsyllidcE 

 found on certain Eucalypti, with drawings. By 

 Thomas Dobson, Esq., B.A 235 



On a New Species of Manna from New South Wales. 



By Thomas Anderson, Esq , M.D., F.R.S E 241 



On the Coal between Western Port and Cape Liptrap, at 



Port Phillip. By G. H. Wathen, Esq 247 



On the Introduction and Naturalization of Petaurus 

 Scinreus in Tasmania. By Ronald C. Gunn, Esq., 

 F.L.S., &c 253 



On the Construction of Dams with a View to Irrigation 

 in Tasmania, with plates. By His Excellency Sir 

 W. T. Denison, F.R.S.,&c 257 



Meteorological Tables (Hobart Town) for 1849. By 

 Commander Kay, R.N., F.R S., Director of the 

 Royal Observatory, Hobart Town ,... 255 



Analysis of Tasmanian Coals. By Sir H. De La Beche, 



C.B.,F.R.S., &c 265 



Meteorological Table (Launceston) 1849. By W. R. 



Pugh,Esq.,M.D 266 7 



Proceedings at Monthly Evening Meetings 267 



Miscellanea: — 



Professor Owen's Remarks on the Observations " Sur 



rUrnithorhynque." Par M. Jules Verraux 178 



On a New Species of Apteryx. By John Gould, Esq , 



F.R.S., &c 183 



On Species of the Genus Placenta of Retzius. By J. E. 



Gray, Esq., F.R.S., &c. Ike 184 



Remarks on the Ovisrin of Plants, and the Physical and 



Geographical Distribution of Species. By the Rev. 



Dr Fleming ISO 



On the Fossil Botany and Zoology of the Rocks associated 



with the Coal of Australia. By Frederick M'Coy, 



M.G.S., and N.H.S.D., &c., witli nine plates. ..303— 331 



