Vol. XXV. 



1891. 



JOUMAL & PROCEEDINGS 



(0(0 j j 



ROYAL SOCIETY 



OF 



NEW SOUTH WALES, 



EDITED BY 



THE HONORARY SECRETARIES. 



COlTT^flTTS. 



President's Address. By A. Leibius, ph. d., m.a., f.c s 



Notes on the large Death-rate among Australian Sheep in Country infected 



with Cumberland Disease or Splenic Fever. By M. Adrien Loir 



Nos. 13 and 14 Compressed-air Flying-macbines. By Lawrence Hargrave. [Ten 



Plates] 



A Cyclonic Storm or Tornado in the Gwydir District. By H. C. Russell, b.a., 



cm. a., f.r.s 



Preparations now being made in Sydney Observatory for the Photographic 



Chart of the Heavens. By H. C. Russell, b.a., c.m.g., f.r.s. [One Plate]... 

 Some Folk-songs and Myths from Samoa. Translated by the Rev. G. Pratt, 



with introductions and notes by John Fraser, ll.d. 70,96,121, 



On a Wave-propelled Vessel. By Lawrence Hargrave. [Two Plates.] 



Notes on a Spontaneous Disease among Australian Rabbits. By M. Adrien Loir 

 Notes on some Celestial Photographs recently taken at the Sydney Observatory. 



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



Notes on the Use, Construction, and Cost of Service Reservoirs in New South 



Wales. By.C. W. Darley, m. inst. c.e. [Five Plates.] 



On the Constitution of the Sugar Series. By W. M. Hamlet, p.c.s., p. i.e. 

 Notes on the Rate of Growth of some Australian Trees. By H. C. Russell, b.a., 



C.M.G., F.R.S 



On Kaolinite from the Hawkesbury Sandstone. By Henry G. Smith, Communi- 

 cated by J. H. Maiden, p.l.s., f.c. s. [One Plate.] 



A contribution to the Microscopic Structure of some Australian Rocks. By the 

 Rev. J. Milne Curran, f.g.s. [Three Plates.] ;.. 



On some New South Wales and other Minerals. (Note No. 6.) By A. Liversidge, 

 m. a. , f.r.s., Professor of Chemistry, Sydney University 



Artesian Water in New South Wales, (Preliminary Notes). By Prof T. 

 Edgeworth David, b.a., f.g.s 



Proceedings ... 



„ of the Sections— Civil and Mechanical Engineering Section... 



,, ,, Medical Section 



„ „ Microscopical Section 



Additions to the Library 



Index to Volume XXV 



Exchanges and Presentations, Title Page, Contents, &c. 



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