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INDEX. 



PAGE. 



Pliocene drifts classed homotaxi- 

 ally as Mammaliferous ... 242 



" Poison-berry tree " 220 



bushes" ... 215,224 



"Polai"... 211 



Polyophthalmus ... ... ... 139 



Polytropa margine-alba . . . ... 140 



Poly zoal limestone 242 



Pomaderris racenoosa ... ... 221 



Port Darwin, Jail Road, Sand- 

 stone from ... ... ... 332 



Port Jackson Marine Fauna ... 10 

 Porter, D. A., Notes on some 

 Minerals and Mineral Locali- 

 ties in the Northern Districts 

 of New South Wales... 78, 99 



Post Tertiary Deposits ... 40 



"Pox Plant" 214 



Pratt, Eev. George, on the com- 

 parison of Dialects of E. and 

 W. Polynesia and Australia,&c. 99 

 Precious Stones in N.S.W. ... 10 



Prehnite 364 



Pressure of wind ... ... 104 



" Prickly Acacia " 268 



Prospecting dish for gold ... 365 



Proceedings Medical Section ... 371 



„ Microscopical Section 373 



,, of the Society 44, 



98, 227, 230, 234, 278, 340, 366 



Psoratea tenax ... ... ... 221 



Pterigeron adscandens ... ... 221 



Pteropoda 243 



Public Schools, scientific teach- 

 ing in 11 



Pumiceous dust 320 



Pyrrhotine ... ... ... 364 



Pyrites magnetic ... [.. 364 



„ tin ... 365 



Pythia 113 



Q 



Queensland, artesian water in 30 

 ,, hemp 223 



R 



Rabbit pest 19 



Railway curves, a simple plan 



of easing 89,100 



Rainfall & Agriculture in N.S.W. 26 



„ Forest destruction and 



its effects on the ... 59, 227 



Recent Fauna of N. S. Wales... 243 



,, South Australia 243 



Tasmania ... 243 



Redruthite, silver in scales on 365 



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. 10 



. 114 



. 221 



. 222 



. 222 



. 86 



Resins, Australian 

 Respiration of Mollusca 

 Rhagodia ... 



,, Billardieri 

 ,, parabolica 

 Rhodochrosite ... 

 Ring-barking and its effects ... 

 Riseila 110, 113, 114, 117, 125 



,, melano stoma 116, 132 

 "River Black -oak" 



„ Oak" 



Rocks, microscopic examination of 32 



„ magnetite, attraction of 231 

 Rolleston, Christopher, C.M.G 



Biographical notice of 

 " Rolling Downs Formation ". 

 "Rosewood" 

 Rotella 



" Rough fig" ... 

 Rticker, Professor, letter from... 231 

 Russell, H. C, B.A., F.R.S., An 



improvement in Anemometers 



103, 227 



On the increasing Magni- 

 tude of Eta Argus ... 76,99 



Storm of 21st September, 



1888 256,278 



On a new self-recording 



thermometer ... ... 335, 341 



The Thunderstorm of 26 



October, 1888 338,341 



1S4 

 167 

 210 

 210 



3 



39 

 213 

 110 



226 



20; 



335 

 221 

 ... 311 

 ... 332 

 ... 333 

 ... 313 

 213, 220 

 ... 335 



Sahara desert sand 



"Salt-bush" 



Sand (beach) Java 



,, ,, Fanny Bay 



„ Sea, Bromo, Java 

 ,, Volcanic ... 

 "Sandalwood" ... 

 Sandstone, Adelaide River 



„ false-bedded Siliceous 309 



fluviatile 3:34 



„ Katherine Gorge ... 335 



Mary River, N.A. 332,335 



McMinn's Bluff ... 335 



„ Port Darwin Jail road 332 



„ (Red) Gorge and Yam 



Creek 334 



,, Victoria River ... 334 



Sanitary Section 8,47 



Sarcostemma ausirale ... ... 222 



Sarsia from Port Jackson ... 374 

 Sawerthal's Comet I., 1888, 

 observations of — at Windsor, 

 New South Wales 289 



