Page. 
Tho Patent Law..... . 47 
Agricultural Societies. 73 
Influence of the Australian Climate upon Euro¬ 
peans — P. Divorty, AI.D., 11th Regiment . 83 
Railways United States—Capt. Douglas Galton^ 91,114 
Correspondence. 
Marble and Limestone Quarries .. 93 
Silurian Eossils. 135 
Letter from Rev. IV . Scott, Colonial Astro¬ 
nomer .. 2G4 
Report of a Lecture, by Mr. Grove, at the 
Royal Institution, on Molecular Impres¬ 
sions, by Light and Eloctricity . 265 
Letter from London Correspondent on the 
Leviathan . 266 
Mr. John W.Giles on the Steam Plough ... 2CG 
Mr. Meston on Palmer’s Patent Railway ... 2C9 
Analysis of Australian and New Zealand Coal... 91 
The Shvploration of the Interior. 97 
List of Prizes given..113, 114 
Notices to Correspondents. 116 
Education in Science....,. 119 
Internal Communications.. 139, 150, 159 
Mr. Marltham's Letter to Alfred Denison, Esq... 148 
Markham's Digring Machine . 156 
The Rivers of Australia. Rv Mr. P. S. Pepper- 
come, C.E. 159 
The Action of Sydney Water upon Lead. 183 
The Horse -Locomotive) and Power-Engine. By 
Mr. F- S. Peppercorne, C.E... 190 
Sorghum Saccharatum, Mode of Making Sugar 
from. 190 
Architecture for New South Wales . 203 
On the Vitality of Seeds. By Dr. Dauheney ... 211 
Popular Recreations . 223 
Age of Discovery . 243 
Inaugural Address delivered at the Annual 
Meeting of the British Association in Dublin, 
1857. By the Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, D.D., 
President Elect. 204 
Pc r . 
On tho Improvement of Tidal Rivers. By Dr. 
Strang. 211 
Remarks on the Steam Pumping Engine of 
Cornwall. By F. S. Peppercorne, C.E. ... 211 
Remarks on Motive Power and on the Application 
of Power to Machinery. By F. S. Peppercorne, 
Esq., C.E. 235 
Colonial Endemics amongst Grazing Stock. By 
Air. R. Meston . 239 
Health Tables . 19, 41, 72, 95,117, 137 
. 157,202,222,242,272 
. 158,182,201,221,241,271 
Meteorological Table for Sydnev, New South 
Wales, for 2Years, from July,1855,to June,lS57, 
Means and Sums . . . 15 
Extracts— 
Photography" . 156 
Extract from the Address of the President, 
Sir F. Pollock, Lord Chief Baron . 53 
EdiblcNestsofSwallows . 156 
Preservation of Animal Substances . 16 
Extraction of Fatty Alatters . 17 
Sulphuric Acid Barometer . 17 
Negretti’s Self-Registering Alinimum Ther¬ 
mometer . 17 
Photography—The Photo-Galvanic Process 
of Engraving.; . ; . 17 
Mayall's New Material for the reception of 
Photographic linages . 17 
Substitute lor the Potato . 18 
New Telegraphic Wires in India, by Thomas 
Allan, C.E... 115 
Preservation of Fresh Meats, by George 
Hamilton, F.C.L. UC 
Filtration of Water, bv H. Af. Witt, F. C. S. 116 
Improved Ships’ Masts, Tuxford’s Traction 
Enrino, Anesthetics Destroying Insects, 570 
Hay Tea, Causes of Fires . 273 
