CONTENTS. 



PAGES. 



ART. I. On a new form of Propeller for Steam Ships, by David E. 



Wilkie, M.D., with three plates ... 1 — 12 



II. On the "LyreTSrd" (Meimra Superba) by J. WoOD Beilby, 



Esq., Gipps Land 12—14 



III. On the Phenomena attending an Interesting Case of Mirage, 



by Professor Wilson, M. A., Melbourne University ... 14 — 15 



IV. On the Cestracion PMKppi (Port Jackson Shark), Trigon in and 



Terehratula, of the Australian Seas, by Sizar Elliott, 



Esq 15—17 



V. On a new Mineral, from Mdvor, by K. P.ROUGH Smyth, Esq., 



C.E., F.G.S 17—19 



VI. On the Octoclinis Macleayana, a new Australian Pine, 

 described by FERDINAND MUELLER, M.D., Ph.D., 

 F.R.G.S., Colonial Botanist of Victoria, with a plate ... 20 — 22 



VII. On the Murray River Cod, with particulars of experiments in- 

 stituted for introducing this fish into the Yarra-Yarra, by 

 Edward Wilson, Esq 23 — 34 



VIII. On the supply of Water to the Town of Geelong, by 'John 

 Millar, Esq., C.E., F.S.A-, &C, Engineer-in- Chief to the 

 Geelong Water Commission ... ... ... ... ... 34 — 61 



IX. On the Construction of an Instrument for ascertaining the 

 Dew Point, by R BROUGH Smyth, Esq. C.E., F.G-S,, with 

 a plate 61—62 



X. Account of some new Australian Plants, by FERDINAND 



Mueller, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.G.S., &c, with two plates ... 62—77 



XI. On the Introduction of the British Song Bird, by EDWARD 



Wilson, Esq 77—88 



XII. On a Suggestion for a new Mode of Life Insurance, by Pro- 

 fessor Wilson, M. A,, Melbourne University 88—92 



XIII. On a General Introduction of Useful Plants into Victoria, by 



Ferdinand Mueller, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.G.S., &c. ... 93—109 



XIV. On Railway Gradients, by William Austen Zeal, Esq., 109—124 



XV, Recent Discoveries in Natural History on the Lower Murray, 



by William Blandowski, Esq 124 — 137 



XVI- On the Astronomy and Mythology of the Aborigines of Vic- 

 toria, by William Edward Stanbridge, Esq, 137—140 



