530 Index. 
Royal Institution, 311 
Royal Geographical Society, 311 
Russia, resources of, 179 
St. Helena, seeds forwarded, 490 
Salmon, introduction of, 40, 288, 
437, 514 xi 
, artificial propagation of, 
507 : : 
Sand from Victoria, 513 
Sand-stone, 165, 509 
_ ——-——, metamorphic, 165 
———_——,, transmuted, 510 
Scarlet fever, 460, 552 
Schist, ferruginous, 311 
, micaceous, 509 
Scolopendra, 336 
Seeds, presentation of, (Proceed- 
ings), passim 
Serpentine, 165 j 
Shale, 143, 153, 482 
—,, bluish, 153 
——, combustible, 143 
Shark, jaws of, 145, 329, 488 — 
Sheep, effect of climate, 358 
She-oak, tuberosities on, 333 
—, ditto, drawings, 512 
Shell (egg) within a shell, 149 
Shélls, sea, 139, 149, 150, 332, 479, 
482, 517 
, freshwater, 383, 479 
, ferruginous, 146 
, fossil, 506 
——,, identity of, 146 — 
Shipping, 13 ; 
Siam, King of, letter to Colonel 
- Butterworth, 505— 
Simpson, Dr., on reproduction of 
limbs, 180 =~ 
Slate, 158, 164, 166, 484 
Smith, A. E., model of telegraph, 
faa 515 ! f 4 
——, on defences of Hobart Town, 
0200 ; : 
Snakes, 310, 488 PHAR ty 
, black and white, 160 
Society of Arts, 331 
South Australia, specimens, 325° 
Spatangide, 189 
Spheria Gunnii, 154, 820 
Sphecotheres flaviventris, 196 
Spheniscus minor, 140 
Spit lizard, 515 
pirifer, 315 ; 
Spring Bay, chalybeate water, 332 
Squirrels, flying, 169 
Stalactites from Deloraine, 143 
Stereoseope, 502 : 
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Stilt, white-headed, 320 
Stoney, Capt. on American root 
extractor, 523 
, exhibits model of bridge, 520 
Storms, law of, 106, 164,171, 315 
Stringy-bark, 133, 137 
Submarine telegraph, 498 
Sulphate of magnesia, 162 
Sun pictures, 446 j 
Swainson, W., botanical report, 517 
Swamp gum, 132 
Scot sordidus, bird resembling, 
14 
Talbotype, 512 
Tapa cloth, mat, 489 % 
Tasmania, Bishop of, on mumm 
wheat, 141 
-Tea-plants, 519 
Teas, medicinal, 161 : 
Telegraph staff; model, 515 
Teredo navalis, ravages of, on colo- 
nial timber, 74, 165 ; 
Thibet, wild sheep from, 487 
‘Thrush, mountain, 140 
Thylacine, 157 
Thylacinus cynocephalus, 184. 
Tide, rise of, sudden, 481, 483, 512 
—, confirmed, 512 : 
Timbers, Tasmanian, 322 
Tin ore, 523 
Tinstone, 177 
Tom Thumb’s waistcoat, 493 
Trap rocks, vesicular, 146 
—— ——, tuffaceous, 165 
Trapa bicornis, seed: vessels, 493 
Tree lizard, 324 : ; 
Trees, dead, notice on, 337 
Trichechus rosmarus, cranium of, 
308 TEseGs 
Trichoglossus Australis, 140 
| Trigla polyommata, 336 
Trigonia, 146, 199 
Tropic bird, 489 | 
Tui, bird of New Zealand, 151 
Turkey-stone, 143 , 
Turnip crop, on manures for, 47 
pee hawk’s bill, carapace of, 
Unio sp. 329 
United States Census, 333, 372 
Ursus maritimus, 309 
Vanikolo, curiosities from, 139 
Victoria Regia, experiments, 335 
