CONTENTS OF YOL. IX. 



Preface 



Page, 

 V — vi 



President's Address . . 1 21 



Art. I. On the Temperature of the Solar Eadiation as 

 Measured by the Black Bulb Thermometer, by 



Mr. Ellert . . . . . . . . . . 23 26 



II. On Moral Responsibility, by Mr. H. K. Rusden 27 — 46 



III. On an Improved Pair of Scissors for the Excision 



of Snake Bite, by Professor Halford . . 47 



IV. On the Application of the Cold resulting from 



the Expansion of Compressed Air, to the Pre- 

 servation of Animal Food, communicated by 



Mr. J. D. Postle 47—52 



V. On the Formation of Gold Nuggets in the Aurifer- 

 ous Drift, by Mr. J. C. Newbery . . . . 52 — 60 

 VI. Notes on Aneroid Barometers, and on a Method of 



obtaining their Errors, by Mr. Ellery. . .. 60 — 62 



VII. On an Improved Method of rendering Casks Air 



Tight, by Mr. A. K. Smith 62—66 



VIII. On a Method of keeping Accurate Time in the 

 City, Suburbs, and on the Railways, by Mr. 



Ellery 66 — 71 



IX. Speculations of the Zodiacal Light, by Mr. T. E. 



Rawlinson . . . . 72 



X. On Colonial Gems, by the Rev. Dr. Bleasdale 72 — 75 

 XI. Description of a Clock made for the Lobby of the 



General Post Office, by Mr. Ellerz . . . . 75 — 76 

 XII. On the Teeth and Fossil Eye of the Icthyosaurus 



Australis (M'Coy) &c, by Professor M'Coy . . 77 — 78 



XIII. On the Ornamental Stones of the Colony, by Mr. 



Newber? 79 — 85 



XIV. Notes on the Various Theories as to the Origin 



of Species, by Mr. T. Harrison . . . . 85 



XV. Further Observations on Snake Poisoning, by 



Professor Halford 85—87 



