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X CONTENTS Agriculture Papers.

Monday, IOth January, 1898. page.

1. The Making and Improvement of Wheats for Australian Condi- tions : Details of the Work, its Aims, and Matters of Interest connected with it. By Wm. Farrer, M.A 908

O'Callaghan 909
 * 2. Bacteriology in Eelation to Australian Dairying. By jNI. A.


 * 3. The Propagation of Fruit Trees. By A. H. Benson, M.R.A.C. 909

F.R.H.S 909
 * 4. Gramineae of Western Australia. By, F.L.S.

F.R.H.vS 909
 * 5. Salsolaceæ of Western Australia. By, F.L.S.,

6. The Supposed Poisonous Plants of Western Australia. By, F.L.S., F.R.H.S 910

Tuesday, 11th January, 1898.

7. Applied Entomology in Western Australia. By C. Fuller ... 920


 * 8. Economic Entomology. By W. W. Froggatt 921


 * 9. On the Pine Trees of N. S. Wales. By R. T. Baker, F.L.S.... 921

By H. W. Potts, F.C.S
 * 10. Milk Analysis in its Relation to the Butter and Chee.se Industries. 921

11. Wine Culture in New South Wales. By F. B. Kyngdon, M.R.A.C 922

12. The Colour of Flowers, and its Influence on Bee-life. By 937

13. Experiments with Fodder Plants, Native and Imported. By D. McAlpine 945

14. The Mesquit Tree {Prosopis dulci.^) and its Sweet Pods. By T. Steel, F.C.S., F.L.S 946

15. Note on the Correspondence between the Results of Chemical Analysis of a Soil and its Productiveness. By A. N. Pearson... 947

Wednesday, 12th January 1898.

16. The Economic Feeding of Working Horses. By T. U. Walton, B.Sc, F.I.C, F.C.S 953

Prevented. By J. P. Dowlixg 955
 * 17. The Queensland Tick : How its Progress Southwards might be

18. The Farmers' Weights and Measures. By Henry Lord, G.T.C.A.C 956

19. Forestry in N. S. Wales. By W. S. Campbell, F.L.S. ... 958

20. Farmers' Institutes. By W. S. Campbell, F.L.S 962

21. 'Note on Emex Australis. By R. Helms 962

Section H.— ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE.

Friday, 7th January, 1898.

Address by A. B. Moncriefe, M.Inst. C.E., M. Am. Soc. C.E., &c., President of the Section ... ,.. ... ... ... ... 967

Saturday, 8th January, 1898.

1. Notes on the Principles adopted in Constructing Unballasted Lines of Railways in N.S. Wales. By H. Deane, M.A., M.Inst. C.E., Engineer-in-Ciiief, Railways Construction, N. S. Wales .. 977

2. The Commercial Conditions governing Railway Extension in Australia. By C. 0. Burge, M.Inst. C.E 979

3. On the Rapid Erection of a Steel Viaduct to replace a Timber Structure on the N.S. Wales Railways. By W. Shellshear, M.Insl. C.E 983