viii . Contents. 



PAGES 



XIII. An Attempt to Simplify and Generalise the Theory and 

 Practice of Railway Curves, by William Hill, Esq. , 

 C.E., with a plate ... ... - ...123—141 



XIV On the Resources of Victoria and their Development, 



by William E. Bryson, Esq., C.E. ... ... 141—159 



XV Notes on the Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of Victoria and 

 other parts of Australia, by P. H. MacGillivray, 

 A.M., M.R.C.S., with two plates ... ... ...159—168 



XVI. On Some Tertiary Rocks at Portland Bay, by Rev. 



Julian Edmund Woods, Penola, South Australia ... 169 — 172 



XVII. On a new Photo-Lithographic Process, by John Wal- 

 ter Osborne, Esq., with an illustrative map ... 172 — 183 

 XVIII. Notes on the Plants collected during Mr. John Macdouall 

 Stuart's recent Expedition into the North-West interior 

 of South Australia, by Dr. Ferdinand Mueller ... 183— 18S 



XIX. Notes of a recent personal visit to the unoccupied 

 Northern District of Queensland, by William Lock- 

 hart Morton, Esq., with a Map of the District ... 188 — 199 

 XX. On a new application of Lever Power in the Extraction 

 of Teeth, by the Hon. David E. Wilkie, M.D., M.L.C. 

 with a plate ... ... ... •■• ... 200—204 



XXI. Address of the President, Ferdinand Mueller, M.D., 

 Ph.D., F.R.G. and L.S., &c, &c, on the occasion of 

 Opening of the Hall of the Society ... ... 204—210 



PEOCEEDINGS. 



Minutes of the Meetings of the Institute ... ... i. — lvii. 



Annual Report for 1859 ... ... ... ... lix.— Ixi. 



Balance Sheet for 1859 ... ... ... ... lxii. 



Reports of Committees ... ... ... lxiii.— Lxx. 



List of Institutions, Learned 'Societies, &c, receiving 

 copies of the Transactions of the Philosophical Institute 

 of Victoria for 1859 \ ... ... lxxi.— Ixxiii. 



List of the Members of the Institute, as at 31st Decem- 

 ber,1859 ... ... ... ... lxxvii.— Ixxxvi. 



Appendices, containing : 1. Report of a Committee of the 

 Institute on the "Resources of the Colony of Vic- 

 toria." 2. Report of a Public Meeting held in Mel- 

 bourne on the 23rd January, 1860, on the subject of 

 "Australian Exploration." 3. Reprint of the 

 Contents of Former Volumes of the "Transac- 

 tions of the Lnstitute" ... ... end of volume 



Laws of the Institute ... ... ... ditto 



