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CONTEJJTS. 
Department of G-eology. 
Introduction 31 
Eoom I. (Fossil Plants) 32 
,, II. (Fossil Fishes) 33 
III. (Fossil Reptiles — Bird remains — Eggs — Mammalian remains) . . 35 
IV. (Fossil ReptOes — Mammalian remains — Fossil Sponges — Grigantic 
Bird, &c.) . . 37 
V. (Mammalian remains — Corals — Nummulites — Stone-lilies — Sea- 
urcLins — Worms — Fossil Insects — Crustacea — Shells) . 38, 41 
VI. (Osseous remains of the Edentata and large Pachydermata, such as 
Elephants and Mastodons — Remains and casts of Marsupial 
Animals — Fossil human skeleton — Human remains, with worked 
implements of stone and bone — Mammalian remains from South 
America — Remains of the " Pigmy Elephant " — Shells) . 40,42 
Department op Mineralogy. 
Introduction 45 
Meteorites 45 
Minerals. Division I. — The Native Elements, Room I. . . . .47 
II. — Compounds of the Arsenoid and Thionid Elements, Rooms I. 
and 11. 48 
III. — Compounds of the Halogen Elements, Rooms II. and III. . . 51 
IV. — Compounds of Oxygen, Rooms III. IV. II. and I. . . .51 
V. — Mineral Organic Substances, Room I. 58 
VI. — Pseudomorphs, Room //......... 58 
Department op Botany. 
IntroductioD 59 
Cellular Cryptoqams (Fungi, Algae, Lichens, and Mosses) . Uoom I. 60 
Vascular Cryptogams (Clubmosses, Horse-tails, Ferns, &c.) ,, 7. 60 
Monocotyledons (Grasses, Rushes, Palms, Screw-pines, &c.) „ II. 60 
Gymkosperms (Cycads, Conifers) n H- 65 
Dicotyledons — Parasitical Plants a II 66 
Fruits and Stems ,11 68 
Proteaceae ... ... ,,11. 69 
Fossil Plants I- 69 
