Report of the ... Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Том 4

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Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, 1893

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The Analysis of the Cavendish Banana Musa cavendishii
267
Note on a Natural Bone Ash from Narracoorte South Australia
275
Minerals of Eastern Gippsland By Donald CLARK B C E
285
On the presence of Magnetite in Certain Minerals and Rocks
296
On Iron Rust possessing Magnetic Properties By A LIVER
302
SECTION C
321
On a Sample of ConeinCone Structure found at Picton N S
327
Notes on the late Landslip in the Dandenong Ranges Victoria
337
On the Age of Mammaliferous Deposits in Australia By Pro
358
Notes on the PermoCarboniferous Rocks of New South Wales
364
Address by Professor W BaldwinSpencer M A President
366
tralia By ARTHUR DENDY M Sc F LS Abstract
369
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375
The Markings of Fish with relation to their Hereditary or Phylo
381
On a Trematode with ciliated Integument By Professor
387
Preliminary Note on the Vesiculæ Seminales and the Spermato
401
The Affinities of the Florulas in Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands
407
Icelandic Notes By Rev J W B WOOLLNOUGH M A
412
Explorations and Discoveries in British New Guinea since
419
Volcanic Phenomena in Samoa in 1866 By J FRAZER LL D
440
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460
On International Statistical Comparisons By ROBERT GIFFEN
463
The Organization of Industry By ALFRED DE LISSA
487
The Effects of Protection on the Imports of Australia By A SUTHERLAND M A
520
Is Capital the Result of Abstinence? By A J OGILVY
524
The Disturbance of Population Estimates by Defective Records By H H HAYTER
537
The Concentration of Population in Australian Capital Cities By H H HAYTER
541
The Evolution of Hostility between Capital and Labour By Mrs A MORTON
547
The Luneral By W E STOPFORD
554
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559
An Australian Federal Debt By J J FENTON
562
125
570
Insanity and Crime By E PARIS NESBITT
575
Samoa By Rev S ELLA
620
Notes on the Tannese By Rev W GRAY
645
Notes on the Loyalty Islands By Rev S M CREAGH
680
Group Marriage and Relationship By Rev L FISON M A
688
Malekula and its Customs By Rev J W Leggatt
697
Aneityum and its Customs By Rev J LAWRIE
708
Nair Polyandry and Dieri Pirauru By Rev L FISON M A
717
The New Hebrides By Rev D MACDONALD
720
The Origin of the Sense of Duty By A SUTHERLAND M A
735
SECTION H Sanitary Science and Hygiene President of SectionProfessor W H WARREN M I C E 1 The Etiology of Typhoid By E O GIBLIN M D
736
Infection in Disease By C E BARNARD M D
743
Cremation as a step in Sanitary Reform By T JAMES M D
747
SECTION I
787
Popular Errors about Art and Artists By J R ASHTON
795
Pioneers of Australian Literature By A SUTHERLAND M A
812
Secondary Education in Australia By P A ROBIN
822
Elementary Science in Primary Schools By J RULE Inspector
834
The Scientific Method of learning Languages By R T ELLIOTT
840
The Modern Lyric from a Musical Standpoint By Miss
848
Tennysons Poetic Rhythms By E TRAGO WEBB
854
A Definition and Vindication
868
Railway Extension and Break of Guage By ALLAN STEWART
877
154
881
The Benefits derived from and Method of carrying out Detail
883
Notes on Hydraulic Lime and Mortarmaking By A O SACHSE
893
170
903
On the evidence for the prevalence of the Circular Form
906
The Truthful Treatment of Brickwork By A NORTH
912
Report of Committee on the Tides of the Coast of South
921
Brick Fronts to Buildings versus Cement and vice versa
931
Report of Committee on the Fertilization of the Fig
974
Report of the Antarctic Committee
987
The Influence of Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries on
993

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