ii Contents. 



XVII, On Extensive Infusoria Deposits in the Mallee Scrub, near 

 Swan Hill, on the Lower Murray River, in Victoria ; and 

 on the presence of Fucoidae in Silurian Rocks, near Mel- 

 bourne, by William Blandowski, Esq., with two plates 141 — 146 



XVIII Observations on the Saw Fish, by Thomas E. Rawlinson, 



Esq., C.E 146—148 



XIX. An Historical Review of the Explorations of Australia, by 

 Ferdinand Mueller, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.G.S., &c, with 



two plates 148—168 



XX- Observations on some Metamorphic Rocks, in South Aus- 

 tralia, by the Reverend Julian Edmund Woods ... 168—176 



Proceedings — Reports of Committees i- xxiii 



„ Minutes of the Meetings of the Institute xxiv— 



Report of the Council for the year 1857 li ~ mi 



Balance Sheet to the end of 1857 liv— lv 



Appendix lvii-lxii 



List of Members, as at 31st December. 1857 



Laws of the Institute, adopted 25th September, 1857 



List of the Officers of the Institute for 1 857 



Errata.— Sixth line from bottom of page xx of "Proceedings," for "two," 

 read five saddle horses. ■ 



