CONTENTS OF VOL. XII. 



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Office-bearers, 1874 vii 



President's Address, 1874 . . . . ' ix — xxhi 



Office-bearers, 1875 xxv 



Vice-President's Address, 1875 xxvii — xlii 



Art. I. On the Utilization and Disposal of Excreta, by 



S. W. Gibbons, F.C.S 1 



IT. On the forthcoming Transit of Venus, by E. L. J. 



Ellert, F.E.S., F.E.A.S 1 



m. On a late Extraordinary Escape of a Miner from 



Drowning, by D. Kennedy, Esq 1 



TV. Observations on Sand-dunes of the Coast of Victoria, 



by E. Etheridge, Esq., Jun. . . . . . . 2 — 5 



V. On Abyssinian Tube "Wells, by Prancis Corbett, Esq. 5 — 10 



VI. On Cremation, by S. W. Gibbons, F.C.S 10 



VII. Is the Eucalyptus a Fever-destroying Tree ? By J. 



Bosisto, Esq 10—23 



VIII. On Some Processes of Scientific Eeasoning, by F. J. 



Pirani, M.A., C.E 23—32 



IX. On the Photographic Processes to be adopted in 

 Observing the Transit of Venus, by E. L. J. Ellert, 



F.E.S., F.E.A.S ' 32 



X. Notes on the Discovery of some Keys in the Shore 

 Formation of Corio Bay, near Geelong, by T. 



Eawlinson, C.E 33—43 



XI. The Week, by H. K. Eusden 43—60 



XII. Notes on some of the Physical Appearances Observed 

 in the late Transit of Venus, by E. L. J. Elleryj 



F.E.S., F.E.A.S 60—65 



XIII. Notes on some Upper Palaeozoic Polyzoa, from 



Queensland, by E. Etheridge, Jun., F.G.S. . . (jQ — 68 



XXV. On the Importance of a more close and systematic 

 Observation of the Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Phenomena of our Coasts, by T. Eawlinson, C.E. 68 



XV. On some of the Eesults of the Challenger Expedition, 



by George Foord, Esq 68 



