CONTENTS OF VOL. XIX. 



PAGE 



President's Address, 1882 .. .. .. .. .. .. xi — xxvi 



Art. I. The Phanerogamia of the Mitta Mitta Source Basin 



and their Habitats, by James Stirling . . . . 1 — 23 



II. Quantity of Water Consumed in Irrigation, by W. W. 



Culcheth, M.I.C.E 25—48 



III. Australian Mosses, enumerated by William Mitten, Esq. 49 — 96 



IV. Electric Lighting, by E. E. Joseph 97—105 



V. Experiments upon the Hardwoods of Australia, compiled 



by F. A. Campbell, C.E '.. .. 106—111 



VI. Floods on the Eiver Barwon, by W. C. Kernot, M.A., C.E. 111—115 



VII. Influence of Light (fn'tne Development of Bacteria, by 



J. Jamieson, M.D 116—124 



VIII. Railway and Marine Signals, and the necessity of accu- 

 rate Testing of the Sight of Signal and Look-out 

 Men, by J. T. Eudall, F.E.C.S 124-129 



IX. Descriptions of New, or Little Known, P©lyzoa (Part 



II), by P. H. MacGillivray, M.A., M.E.C.S., &c. .. 130—138 



X. Notes on the Storms of High South Latitudes, by D. W. 



Barker, F.M.S 139—143 



XI. Propulsion of Steam Vessels without Machinery, by 



Captain Griffiths . . . . . . . . . . 143 



XII. A Physical Description of the Island of Tasmania, by 



Eev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. . . 144—166 



XIII. An Improved Grab Crane, by C. W. Maclean . . . . 166 — 169 



XIV. Apparatus to be used in Viewing Transit of Venus, in 



December, 1882, by E. L. J. Ellery 169 



XV. On the Performance of some Timekeepers, by E. J. 



White, F.E.A.S 170—188 



XVI. Experiments on Model Girders, by W. C. Kernot, M.A., 



C.E 189—190 



XVII. Descriptions of New, or Little Known, Polyzoa (Part 



HI), by P. H. MacGillivray, M.A., M.E.C.S., &c. . . 191—195 



XVIII. On Electric Eailways, by Mr. Peter Behrendt .. 196 



XIX. Methods of Election, by Professor E. J. Nanson . . 197—240 



XX. The Oceanic Languages Shemitic : a Discovery, by 



Eev. D. Macdonald 241—273 



XXI. On the Occurrence of Alcohol and Idoform in a supposed 



Non-Alcoholic Wine, by Mr. E. S. Marks . . . . 274 



XXH, Patent for " Improvements in Contrivances for Varying 

 the Gauge of the Wheels of Boiling Stock for Eail 

 and other Permanent Ways," by D. Anderson . . 275 — 280 



