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Index. 



LeptanaP 322 



Letters of acknowledgment, 273, 



281,290 

 Lievesley, Mr., presents fish from 



Honolulu, 270 

 , seeds of plants 



from San Flancisco,270 

 Ligbt-liouses, 132 

 Lignite, 272 



Lillie, Rev. Dr., remarks on no- 

 dules in sandstone, 154 

 Limestone, crinoidal, 38 



, spiiiferous, 164 



-, tufaceous, 174 



-, compact blue, 279 

 Live stock in the colony, 122 

 Lizards, donations, 269, 279 



, venomous, 298 



Lobivanellus lobatus, 172 

 Lodoicea sechellarum, 280 

 Lynd, Lieut., on a remarkable 



bird of New Zealand, 274 

 ■ , on coal discovered 



at New Zealand, ib. 

 Lyne, Mr., reports coal near 



Douglas River, 163 

 Lyre-bird, 160, 172,298 



M'Arthiir, Mr., Camden, fruit 



trees and plants from, 299 

 M'Coy, Mr., on fossils occurring 



with the coal of Australia, 303 

 Mackinnon, Mr., presents relic of 



Flora Macdonald, 270 

 Macquarie Harbour, specimens 



from, 169 



expedition to, 168 



Madreporite, donation, 170 

 Magnesia, native, sulpbateof, 177 

 Mairi, 231 

 Makeig, Mr., presents model of 



coal drop machine, 277 

 Manganese, 161 

 Maning, Mr. F., on optical 



phenomenon, Maria Island, 



290 

 Manna, from white gum-tree, 



272 



— , new species, 241, 293 



Mantell, Mr. W., New Zealand, 



note from, 272 

 Manufactures and Trades, sta- 

 tistics, 124 

 Manuka, or tea-tree, 233 



Manures, application of, 297 

 Marble, Maria Island, 176 

 Matai, or i»/ai, 230 

 Mauritius, bulbs and cacti from, 



171 

 Mauritius, plants to Botanic 



Garden at, 295 

 Medals presented, 170, 176,268 

 Medical statistics. 111 

 Melaleuca sqiiarrosa, bark of, 172 

 Menura S7iperba, donations, 160, 



172 

 Meteoric iron, 298 

 Meteor seen at Southport, 271 

 Meteoroloj^ical Tables, Launces- 



ton, 178 

 , Royal 



Observatory, Hobart Town, 



144, 149, 2.55 

 Mica, iron, 161 

 Micaceous grit, 175 

 Mice exhibited, 158 

 Millet from Tolosa,272 

 Milligan, Joseph, F.L.S., reports 



on the coal basins of Van 



Diemen's Land, 1, 81 

 -, on Schouteu Island 



coal, 154 



-, geology of Southport, 



4, 155 



, on coal of East Coast, 

 158, 159, 166 



- , on coal at Richmond 



and Jerusalem, 161 



-, journal of expedition 



to JMacquarie Harbour, 160 



-, on galena at Norfolk 



Plains, 269 



-, on optical phenomenon , 



Sandy Bay, 290 



-, on a new shrub, 292 



Minerals, presented by Lieut. 

 Harrison, 158 



by Sir W. 



Denison, 159 



by 



Milligan, 160 

 Abbott, 283 



Mr. 

 by Mr. J. 

 by Lieut. 



Smith, R.N., 283 

 Miro, 232 

 Mitchell, D.A.C.G., on wattle 



bark, tanning, &c., 219, 281 



