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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 Groupe; with particular reference to their 
Botany. By the Rev. W. Colenso. (concluded). 241 
Analysis of Soils at Mona Vale, Tasmania By Count P. E. 
Strzelecki...opposite 308 
Miscellanea. 
Shock of an Earthquake at Flinder’s Island. 309 
Alsopbila Australis. 310 
Fulica Tasmanica?.... 310 
Thylacinus Harrisii. 311 
On the Fossil Bones at Mount Macedon, Port Phillip .... 311 
Rapacity of Tasmanian Fish. 311 
Launceston Horticultural Society . 312 
Catalogue of Books in the Franklin Museum. Ancanthe.. 313 
Tasmanian Society—Minutes of the Meetings. 317 
On the First Discovery of Tasmania, in the months of Novem¬ 
ber and December, 1642. By the Rev. J. P. Gell. 321 
Description of an Improved Pluviameter. By Lieut. M. C. 
Friend, R.N., F.R.S. 328 
On the Heaps of recent Shells which exist along the shores of 
Tasmania. By R. C. Gunn, Esq. .. 332 
Gould’s Birds of Australia. 336 
On the Fossil Bones from Mount Macedon, Port Phillip. By 
E. C Hobson, M.D. (with two plates.) In a letter dated June, 
1845, addressed to Mr. R. C. Gunn . 344 
Miscellanea. 
Report of the Royal Society of Van Diemen’s Land. 348 
The Interior of Australia. 350 
The Moa, or Gigantic Bird of New Zealand... 359 
Course of the Hume River from the Hilly Districts to the 
junction of the Murrumbidgee. 360 
Statistics of Norfolk Island . 363 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 366 
Algce of Tasmania. 377 
Progress of Discovery in Australia. 384 
Eclipse of the Sun. 389 
Minutes of the Tasmanian Society. 390 
