CONTENTS, 



Opening Address by G-eorge R. Smalley, Esq., B.A., F.R.A.S., Vice- 

 President ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 



Akt. I. — On the Value of Earth Temperatures, by G-eorge R. Smal- 

 ley, Esq., B.A., F.E.A.S., Vice-President ... 12 



„ II. — On the Improvements effected in Modern Museums in 

 Europe and Australia, by Gerard Kreft, Esq., 

 F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., Curator of the Sydney Museum 51 



„ III. — On the Hospital Requirements of Sydney, by Alfred 



Roberts, Esq. 25 



„ IV. — On the Causes and Phenomena of Earthquakes, espe- 

 cially in relation to shocks felt in Australia, by 

 the Rev. W. B. Clarke, M.A., F.G.S., &c, Vice- 

 President ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 



„ V.— On the Water Supply of Sydney, by Professor Smith, M.D. 86 

 „ VI. — Results of "Wheat Culture in New South Wales during 



the last ten years, by Christopher Rolleston, Esq. 96 



„ VII. — Remarks on the Dry Earth System of Conservancy, by 



Edward Bedford, Esq. E.R.C.S 103 



}) VIII. — On Pauperism in New South Wales, past, present, and 



future, by Alfred Roberts, Esq 107 



