IV 
CONTENTS. 
PARE 
Statistics of Tasmania, 1838—1841 : Extracts from the Intro¬ 
ductory Letter to His Excellency Sir John Franklin. By 
the Rev. T. J. Ewing, Corr. Mem. of the London Statistical 
Society. *^1 
Abstract of Tables kept by W. Wyatt, Esq., showing the Highest, 
Lowest, and Mean Temperature, &c., &c., in Adelaide, South 
Australia, for the Year ending 31st October, 1812 . 150 
Miscellanea. 
Mastodontoid Pachyderm of Australia . 151 
Nettles . 164 
The Comet. 165 
Tasmanian Society—Minutes of the Meetings. 156 
List of Members . 160 
A classification and description of some newly discovered Ferns, 
collected in the Northern Island of New Zealand, in the sum¬ 
mer of 1841-2. By Wm. Colenso, Esq. 161 
Notes on the Teeth and Poison Apparatus of the Snakes of Tas¬ 
man’s Peninsula. By Dr. James W. Agnew, M.D. 190 
Account of Macquarie Harbour. By T. J. Lempriere, Esq., 
D.A.C.G. (concluded) .. 200 
Extract from a Letter, “ On some Fossil Bones discovered-at 
Mount Macedon, Port Phillip.” By Dr. E. C. Hobson, M.D. 208 
Memoranda of an Excursion, made in the Northern Island of 
New Zealand, in the summer of 1841-2; intended as a contri¬ 
bution towards the ascertaining of the Natural Productions of 
the New Zealand Gioupe; with particular reference to their 
Botany. By Wm. Colenso, Esq. 210 
Abstract of Meteorological Observations, during 1840-1, at Mel¬ 
bourne, Port Phillip .opposite 234 
Miscellanea 
Natural History of Antarctic Expedition. 235 
Botany of the Antarctic Voyage. 235 
Flora Antarctica . 23G 
Flora Novae Zealand:®... 237 
Flora Tasmanica . 237 
The Boomerang. 238 
Wingless Birds of New Zealand. 239 
Fossil Crustacean from New Holland. 240 
Count Strzelecki . 240 
