CONTENTS. 



PAGi-: 

 Art. I. Biography of Berzelius. By Professor H. Rose 



of Berlin. (Concluded from vol. liii., p. 221), 1 



II. Notes on the Geology of Ceylon. — Laterite For- 

 mation. — Fluviatile Deposit of Nuera Ellia. 

 By E. F. Kelaart, M.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., As- 

 sistant Surgeon to the Forces. Communicated 

 by the Author, . . . . .28 



III. On the Condition and Prospects of the Aborigines 



of Australia. By W. Westgarth, Esq. (Con- 

 cluded from vol. liii., p. 241), 



9. Past and Present' Methods, and Proposed Plans 



for the Welfare of the Aborigines, . 36 



10. Prospects of Aboriginal Civilisation, . 41 



11. General Review, . . . . . 42 



IV. Synopsis of Meteorological Observations made at 



the Observatory, Whitehaven, Cumberland, in 

 the year 1851. By John Fletcher Miller, 

 Esq., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E., &c. 

 Communicated by the Author, ... 46 



V. On the Basin-like Form of Africa. By Sir R. I. 

 Murchison, late President of the Geographical 

 Society, . . . . . .52 



VI. Solidification of the Rocks of the Florida Beefs, 



and the Sources of Lime in the Growth of 

 Corals. By Professor Horsford, of Harvard, 56 



VII. Observations on a remarkable Deposit of Tin-Ore 



at the Providence Mines, near St Ives, Corn- 

 wall. By William Jory Henwood, Esq., 

 F.R.S.,F.G.S., Member of the Geological So- 



