xcii Contents. 



Art. XIII. On the Phenomena of Hailstorms in Victoi-ia, by E. 



Beough Smyth, Esq., C.E., F.G.S., &c. ... " ...135—1.38 



XIV. Report on the Steps taken in England to provide a Tele- 

 scope for observing the Jiebulce of the Southern 

 Hemisphere, by Professor Wilsox, M.A., Professor of 

 Mathematics in the University of Melboiirne, &c. ... 138 — 152 



XV. On the Nest, Egg, and Young of the Lyre Bird {Menura 



sM/)(?r&a.), by LuDwiG Becker, Esq. ... ... 153 — 154 



XVI. On the Tenacity of Life in the Platypus (Ornithorhyncus 



2Ja?-afZo.^i(«), by LuDwiG Becker, Esq. ... ... 155 — 156 



XVII. On Native Zinc, imbedded in Basalt, by Ludwig 



Becker, Esq. ... ... ~. ... ... 156—158 



Proceedings, &c. ... ... ... ... ... i — xxxvi. 



Report of the Council for the year 1856 ... xxxvi."^ — xxx^^ii* 



Balance Sheet to the end of 1856 ... 



Appendix ... ... ... ... xxxvii.— xxxix. 



