JV CONTENTS. 



CHEMISTRY. 



6. Preparation and Properties of Aluminium. 7. Solubility 

 of Carbonate of Soda. 8. On a Compound of Methyle 

 and Tellurium. 9. Examination of the Rind of the 

 Mangosteen, .... 378-380 



BOTANY. 



10. Gutta Percha of Singapore. 11. Mora excel sa. 12. Ve- 

 getable Oils in the Amazon and Rio Negro Districts. 

 13. Cyperus polystachyus. 14. Palma Jagua of the 

 Orinoco. 15. Fungus in a Cavity of the Lung. 

 16. Aloe- Wood, or Aloes of Scripture. 17. Origin 

 of the Cultivated Wheat. 18. Balanophoraceae. 

 19. Wellingtonia gigantea. 20. Medicinal and 

 Economical Plants of Victoria, . 380-386 



MINERALOGY. 



21. Mineralogy of the Dolomite of the Alps. 22. Remark- 

 able Brazilian Diamond, . . 386-388 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



23. Relative Levels of the Red Sea and Mediterranean. 



24. Uprise in the South Sea Islands, . . 388 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



25. Uncertainty of Preserving Records in Walls or Founda- 

 tions of Buildings, .... 388 



ERRATA IN LAST NUMBER, 



Page 146, line 37, for geology, read zoology, 

 ,, 149, line 3, for lay worm, read lugworra, 

 „ 153, line 32, read " the services that we find the scientific. Amidst 



arduous duties a naval officer," &c. 

 „ 154, line 16, for Now, read That 

 ,, 155, line 10, read " It is true that natural history, unlike its sister sciences, 



physics and chemistry," &c. 

 ,, 168, line 33, after the word birds, insert are regarded, 



