CONTENTS 



Page. 

 Opening Address by the Eev. W. B. Clarke, M.A., F.G-.S., Vice- 

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



Abt. I. — On Post Office Savings Banks, Friendly Societies, and 

 G-overnment Life Assiu-ance, by C. EoUeston, Esq., 

 Auditor-G-eneral ... ... ... ... ... 49 



„ II. — Remarks on the Eeport of the Water Commission, espe- 

 cially with reference to the Greorge's Eiver scheme, 

 by Andrew Grarran, Esq., D.C.L 58 



,, III.— On the Botany Watershed, by E. Bell, Esq., M.I.C.E. 74 



„ IV. — Notes on the Auriferous Slate and Granite Veins of 



New South Wales, by H. A. Thomson, Esq. ... 88 



„ V. — On the Occurrence of the Diamond near Mudgee, by 

 Norman Taylor, Esq., and Professor Thomson, 

 Sc. D 94 



