CONTENTS. 



VOLUME XLI. 



Page. 



Officers for 1907-1908... ... ... ... ... ... ... (vii.) 



List of Members, &c ... ... (ix.) 



Art. I. — Presidential Address. By T. P. Anderson Stuart, 



m.d., ll.d., Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney. 1 



Art. II. — On some peculiarities in our coastal winds and their 

 influence upon the abundance of fish in inshore waters. By 

 H. C. Dannevig, Superintendent of Fisheries' Investigation, 

 Department of Fisheries, Sydney, New South Wales, (Com- 

 municated by F. B. G-uthrie, f.i.c, f.cs.) [With Plates']... 27 



Art, III. — Note on action of nitric acid in neutralizing alkaline 

 soil. By Pu. S. Stmmonds. (Communicated by F. B. Guthrie, 

 f.i.c, f.cs.) [With Plate] 46 



Art. IV. — Note on copper in andesite near Lautoka, Fiji. By 

 H. I. Jensen, b.sc, Macleay Fellow of the Linnean Society 

 of N. S. Wales in Geology. (By permission of the Council 

 of the Linnean Society.) ... ... ... ... 49 



Art. V. — Analysis of a specimen of sea-water from Coogee. By 

 C. J. White, Caird Scholar, University of Sydney. (Com- 

 municated by Prof. Liversidge, ll.d., f.r.s.) ... ... 55 



Art. VI. — Note on the effect of lime upon the availability of the 

 soil constituents. By F. B. Guthrie, f.i.c, f.cs., and L. 

 Cohen ... ... ... ... ... 61 



Art. VII. — Notes on some aboriginal tribes. By R. H. Mathews, 



l.s., Corres. Memb. Anthrop. Soc, Vienna ... 67 



Art. VIII. — The one- wheeled car. By Lawrence Hargrave ... 88 



Art. IX. — On the composition of the ash of a New South Wales 

 sea- weed Ecklonia exasperata, and the percentage of iodine 

 present. By C. J. White, b.sc, Caird Scholar, University of 

 Sydney. (Communicated by Prof. Liversidge, ll.d., f.r.s.) 95 



Art. X. — Problems of the artesian water supply of Australia, with 

 special reference to Professor Gregory's theory. By E. F. 

 Pittman, a.r.s.m., Government Geologist of New South 

 Wales. [With Plates'] : .. 100 



Art. XI, — A simple form of Sprengel vacuum pump. By J. A. 

 Pollock, b.e., b. sc , Professor of Physics in the University of 

 Sydney 140 



