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Author Index. 
Introduction. 
Melbourne , 1934. 
Th^ year 1934 marks the centenary of the settlement of 
Victoria, an event which is being widely celebrated by the 
Government and citizens. It has a further significance, however, 
for the Royal Society of Victoria, since the eightieth volume of 
the publications of the Society is appearing contemporaneously. 
Eighty years ago, about the middle of 1854, the Victorian 
Institute for the Advancement of Science and the Philosophical 
Society of Victoria were founded in Melbourne. A year later, 
they combined under the name of Philosophical Institute of 
Victoria, which body was granted a Royal Charter, and became 
the Royal Society of Victoria in 1860. The only alteration since 
that date has been the absorption in 1882 of the first Microscopical 
Society of Victoria, which thereupon ceased issuing its Journal. 
It should be noted that the present Microscopical Society of 
Victoria has no connexion with the Royal Society of Victoria, 
except that it meets in the same building. 
No general index to the various publications has ever been 
published, though in 1861 Tables of Contents for the first seven 
volumes were printed in Transactions (8vo.), vol. v. (1860). 
Much trouble has been caused by this lack of an index, especially 
owing to the inability of research workers to locate quickly any 
desired paper among the fifteen hundred papers and reports. 
Pending the appearance of a general index, this Author Index 
is submitted. 
In it, Reports of Committees are indicated, but all Presidential 
Addresses, Reports of Sections, and Annual Reports of the 
Council are omitted. In the case of papers in the early volumes, 
reference to the Proceedings of the monthly meetings will 
usually produce additional information. The only current 
publication is the Proceedings. 
Beneath is a list of the publications which have been printed, 
together with the respective abbreviations used in the following 
pages (shown in square brackets) : — 
Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science. 
Transactions and Proceedings. Vol. I. (1854-55). 
[“ Tr. & Proc. Viet. Inst.”] 
Philosophical Societv of Victoria. Transactions. Vol. I. 
(1854-55). [“ Trans. Phil. Soc.”] 
Philosophical Institute of Victoria. Transactions. Vols. 
1-4. 1855-56—1859. [“Trans. Phil. Inst.”] 
