CONTENTS. 



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Papees : — 



On Coal of Schouten Island, with coloured plate. By 



Joseph Milligan, F.L.S 1 



, — Whale's Head and South Cape, coloured 



plate 17 



■ — Fingal and East Coast, three plates 31 



Jerusalem and Kichmond, one coloured plate 67 



On the Aneroid Barometer, with a Diagram. By Com- 

 mander Kay, R.N.,r.E.S., &c 83 



Account of Dr. Motherwell's Analysis of certain Woods 



of Tasmania. By His Excellency Sir W. T. Denison, 



F.R.S.,&c 87 



Sir William Denison on the Manufacture of Potash from 



Tasmanian Woods 93 



Remarks on Dr. Motherwell's Report, and Experiments 



on a Hydraulic Cement. By Sir Wm. Denison 99 



Observations on Statistics of Van Diemen's Land for 



1848. By James Barnard, Esq 102 



On the Introduction of Salmon from the Rivers of 



Scotland into Tasmania. By the late Capt. C. E. 



Stanley, R.E , 135 



Meteorological Tables for 1847 and 1848, with Observa- 

 tions. By Commander Kay, F.R.S., &c.. Director of 



H. M. Royal Observatory, Hobart Town 144 



Proceedings at Monthly Evening Meetings from their 



institution 16th August, 1848, to the 31st December, 



1849 154 



Abstract of Meteorological Observations at Launceston 



for 1847 and 1848. By W. R. Pugh, Esq., M.D.... 178 

 On the Potato as an Article of National Diet ; the Potato 



Disease, &c; By J. E. Bicheno, Esq., F.R.S. , 



F.L.S., &c 187 



On Docks — Dry, Wet, and Floating. By His Excellency 



Sir W. T. Denison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c 198 



On the Modes of Shipping Coal at Ports in England. 



By His Excellency Sir W. T. Denison 209 



On the Construction of the Bridge and Causeway across 



the Derwent at Bridgewater. By William Porden 



Kay, Esq., Director of Public Works 214 



On Export and Consumption of Wattle Bark, and the 



Process of Tanning. By J. Mitchell, Esq., D.A.C.G. 2 1 9 

 On a Species of Pristis Cirrhatus. By J. E. Bicheno, 



Esq., F.R.S.. &c 223 



