V. 



CONTENTS, 



VOLUME XXV. 



Page. 

 Officers foe, 1891-92 ix. 



Art. I. — President's Address. By A.'Leibius, ph. d., m.a., f.c.s. 1 



Art. II. — Notes on the large Death-rate among Australian Sheep 

 in Country infected with Cumberland Disease or Splenic 

 Fever. By M. Adrien Loir ... ... 46 



Art. III. — Nos. 13 and 14 Compressed-air Flying-machines. By 



Lawrence Hargrave. [Ten Plates] ... ... 52 



Art. IV. — A Cyclonic Storm or Tornado in the G-wydir District. 



By H. C. Eussell, b.a., c.m.g., f.r.s 58 



Art. V. — Preparations now being made in Sydney Observatory 

 for the Photographic Chart of the Heavens. By H. C. 

 Eussell, b.a , c.m.g., f.r.s. [One Plate] 61 



Art. VI. — Some Folk-songs and Myths from Samoa. Translated 

 by the Eev. G. Pratt, with introductions and notes by 

 John Fraser, ll.d. 70 



Art. VII. — On a Wave-propelled Vessel. By Lawrence Har- 

 grave. [Two Plates'] ... ... .86 



Art. VIII. — Notes on a Spontaneous Disease among Australian 



Eabbits. By M. Adrien Loir 89 



Art. IX. — Notes on some Celestial Photographs recently taken 

 at the Sydney Observatory. By H. C. Eussell, b.a., c.m.g., 

 f.r.s. ... " ... 93 



Arts. X., XL — Some Folk-songs and Myths from Samoa. Trans- 

 lated by the Eev. G. Pratt, with introductions and notes 

 by John Fraser, ll.d 96, 121 



Art. XII. — Notes on the Use, Construction, and Cost of Service 

 Eeservoirs in New South Wales. By C. W. Darley, 

 m. inst. c.e. [Five Plates] 147 



Art. XIII. — On the Constitution of the Sugar Series. By W. M. 



Hamlet, f.c.s., f.i.c 164 



Art. XIV. — Notes on the Eate of Growth of some Australian 



Trees. By H. C. Eussell, b.a., c.m.g., f.r.s 168 



Art. XV. — On Kaolinite from the Hawkesbury Sandstone. By 

 Henry G. Smith, Communicated by J. H. Maiden, f.l.s., 

 f.c.s. [One Plate] ... 171 



