CONTENTS 



Page. 

 Opening Address by Professor Smith, M.D., Vice-President 1 



Aet. I. — Remarks on the Nebula around Eta Argus, by H. C. 



Eussell, Esq 15 



„ II. — Magnetic Variations at Sydney, by H. C. Eussell, Esq. ... 25 



„ III. — Remarks on the Botany of Lord Howe's Island, by 



Charles Moore, Esq 2& 



„ IV. — New G uinea — a highly promising iield for settlement and 

 colonization, — that such an object could be most 

 easily and successfully accomplished, by the Kev. 

 Dr. Lang 35 



,J v.— On the Constitution of Matter, by Professor Pell. 



