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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL 

 SOCIETY OF VICTORIA, 1860. 



Vol. V. 



Inaugural Address of the President, His Excellency Sii- Henry 



Barkly, K.C.B., &c., &c 1— IS 



Art. L The "Three Sections," the " Tangencies," and a "Loci 

 Problem" of ApoUonius, and Porismatic Developments, 

 by ilARTiN- CtAkdtxkr, C.E. (formerly Science Scholar, 

 Queen's College, (Tahvay) ... ... ... ••• 19 — S9 



II, A Conmnuiication fi-om the Rev. W. B. Clarkk, of 

 Sydney, t( > His Excellency Sir Hemiy Barkly, K. C. B. , 

 &c. , &c. , President of the Royal Society of Victoria, on 

 Professor M'Cov's " New Tieniopteris" from the Coal-" 

 bearing Rocks of the Cape Patterson District in par- 

 ticular, and on the Evidence bearing on the Question of 

 the Age of Australian Coal Beds in general. — Commu- 

 nicated to the Society by His Excellency The Pkesidext S9— 95 

 III. A Commentary on "A Communication made by the Rev. 

 W. B. Clarke to His Excellency Sir Hexry Barkly, 

 K.C.B., &c., &c. , President of the Royal Society of 

 Victoria, on Professor M'Coy's 'New Ta^niopteris,' 

 &c., &c.," by Frederkk M'Coy, Esq., F.G.S., Hono- 

 rary Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 

 Professor of the Natural Sciences in the University of 

 Melbourne, Government Pahvontologist, and Director 

 of the National Museum ... ... .. ... 96—107 



IV. The Conjugal Condition of the People of Victoria, con- 

 sidered in relation to Laws of Divorce, by Frascis A, 



CoRBETT, Esq 108-127 



V, Remarks on the Physical Geography, Climate, &c., of the 

 Regions lying between the Rivers Lachlan and Darling, 

 by W. LocKHART Morton, Esq. ... ... ...128—140 



VI. On the Nest and Eggs of the Coach-whip Bird (Psophodes 

 Crepitans, GoiddV, and of the White-fronted Epthianura 

 (Epthianura Alhi/rons, Gould), ynth some general 

 remarks on the Nidification of Australian Birds, by A. 



DoBREE, Esq 141-144 



VII. On the Application of Galvanic Electricity to Practical 

 Astronomy, by R. J. L. Ellery, E.sq., Government 

 Astronomer ... ... ... .•• ••• 142 — 155 



