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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 150 
Algte of Tasmania. By \V. II. Harvey, M.D., See . 153 
Meteorological Register . ICO 
Account of the Exploring Expedition into the Interior of New 
South Wales. By Sir T. L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General .... 165 
Account of the Exploring Expedition from South Australia into 
the Interior of New Holland. By Captain Sturt. 182 
Alga of Tasmania. By W. II. Harvey, M.D., &c. 209 
Proceedings of Learned Societies— 
Royal Geographical Society .. 210 
Royal Institution of London. 214 
Linnman Society. 219 
British Association for the Advancement of Science. 220 
Entomological Society of London. 222 
Zoological Society of London . 230 
Minutes of the Tasmanian Society. 236 
Meteorological Register . 244 
Account of the Exploring Expedition from South Australia into 
the Interior of New Holland. By Captain Sturt . 249 
On the Osteology of the Marsupialia. Comparison of the Skulls 
• of the Wombats of Continental Australia and of Van Diemen’s 
Land, whereby their specific distinction is established. By 
Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. 271 
On the Skull now exhibited at the Colonial Museum of Sydney, 
as that of the “Bunyip.” By W. S. Macleay, Esq., F.L.S., 
On the IIuou Piue, and on Microcacbrys, a new Genus of Coni¬ 
fer® from Tasmania; together with remarks upon the Geogra¬ 
phical Distribution of that Order in the Southern Hemisphere. 
By Joseph Dalton Hooker, M.D., R.N., Botanist to the 
Antarctic Expedition . 278 
Exports of Produce from Van Diemen’s Laud to Great Britain, 
for the season 1846-7 . 297 
Miscellanea— 
On the Extinct Mammals of Australia, with Additional Ob¬ 
servations on the genus Dinornis of New Zealand. By 
Professor Owen .. 297 
A new genus of Sea-Snake from Port Essington. By J. 15. 
Gray, F.R.S. 298 
Smelting by Electricity .. 099 
