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Art. XXIV. Account of the Exploring Expedition from South 
Australia into the interior of New Holland. By Capt. Sturt. 329 
Art. XXV. On. the Landslips which hunt recently occurred on 
the -west bank of the River Tamar, Van Diemen’s Land. By 
Lieut. M. C Friend, U. N , F.R.S,, &c... 358 
Art. XXVI. List of Birds which frequent the upper portion of 
the River Goulburn, Port Phillip, New South Wales. By Mr. 
John Cotton, C.M.Z S.... 361 
Art. XXVII. Comparison of the Geology of Russia and Australia 365 
Art. XXVIII. Exports of Grain and Flour from Van Diemen’s 
Land, from 1889 to 1847 . 371 
Art. XXIX. Statistics of the Port of Launceston, Van Diemen’s 
Land, for 1847... 372 
Art. XXX. Notes on the Pataozoic Formations of New South 
Wales and Van Diemen's Land. By J. Beete Jukes, M.A., 
F.G.3. 374 
Art. XXXI. On the Jaw of the Diprotodon Australis, and its 
dental formula. By Edmund C. Hobson, MB___ 387 
Art. XXXII. Remarks to accompany Mr. Calder’s Paper on 
the country lying between Lake St. Clair and Macquarie Har¬ 
bour. By Lieutenant Kay, B. N., F. R. S., Director of the 
Magnetical Observatory, Hobart. 389 
MISCELLANEA. 
Dr. Hooker's Botanical Mission to India. 394 
On the Fossil Plants of the Carbonaceous Strata near Sydney, 
Australia. By Professor Sedgwick. 398 
Some Observations on the Skull of Phascolomys Vombatus. 
By J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S.. &c. 398 
Discovery of the Engs of the Moa, or Dinornis, of New Zea¬ 
land ... f .. 40O 
On a new species of Dawsonia.. 401 
PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 
Geographical Society of London . 40l 
Zoological Society of London. 403 
Minutes of the Tasmanian Society .; ,406 
Meteorological Register .-.*.. 409 
*** It is requested that all communications for the Tasmanian Society and To*- 
manian Journal may he addressed to the. Secretary, Mr. Uonai.I) C. Gts 1 ''' 
Launceston, Tasmania. 
