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Places and times of meeting, with names
of officers, from commencement, xxxix.
List of former Presidents and Secretaries
of Sections, xlix.

List of evening lectures, lxvii.

Lectures to the Operative Classes, lxx.
Officers of Sections present at Oxford,
lxxi.

Officers and Council for 1894-95, lxxiii.
Treasurer's account, lxxiv.

Table showing the attendance and re-

ceipts at the annual meetings, lxxvi.
Report of the Council to the General
Committee at Oxford, lxxviii.
Committees appointed by the General
Committee at Oxford: (1) receiving
grants of money, lxxxi.; (2) not receiv-
ing grants of money, lxxxvi. Papers
ordered to be printed in extenso, lxxxix.
Resolutions relating to the constitu-
tion and titles of sections, xc. Resolu-
tions referred to the Council for con-
sideration, and action if desirable, ib.
Synopsis of grants of money appropriated
to scientific purposes, xci.

Places of meeting in 1895 and 1896, xcii.
General statement of sums which have
been paid on account of grants for
scientific purposes, xciii.
General meetings, cviii.

Address by the President, Lord Salisbury,
K.G., D.C.L., F.R.S., Chancellor of the
University of Oxford, 3.

ABEL (Sir F.) on the best method of estab
lishing an international standard for
the analysis of iron and steel, 237.
Abelian system of differential equations,
a method of determining all the rational
and integral algebraic integrals of the,
by W. R. Westropp Roberts, 557.

ABERCROMBY (Hon. R.) on meteorological
observations on Ben Nevis, 108.

ABNEY (Capt. W. de W.) on the best
methods of recording the direct inten-
sity of solar radiation, 106.

on the action of light upon dyed
colours, 238.

on wave-length tables of the spectra
of the elements and compounds, 248.
ADAMS (Prof. W. G.) on practical electri-
cal standards, 117.

Addition theorem, Prof. Mittag-Leffler
on the, 561.

Aerotonometer and gas-burette, Prof. L.
Fredericq on an, 807.

Africa, tropical, the climatological and
hydrographical conditions of, third
report on, 348.

After-damp, Dr. J. Shaw Lyttle on the
effects of, 817.

Agriculture, co-operation in, Harold Moore
on, 736.

Air, experiments to find if subtraction of
water from, electrifies it, Lord Kelvin,
Maclean, and A. Galt on, 554.

a new gaseous constituent of,
Lord Rayleigh and Prof. W. Ramsay
on, 614.

Alcyonium, the development of, Dr. S. J.
Hickson on, 345.

Aldehyde, phosphorus, and sulphur, the
rate of oxidation of, Dr. T. Ewan on,
609.
Algæ, some chalk-forming and chalk-
destroying, by Prof. T. Johnson, 683.
two Irish brown, by Prof. T. John-
son, 683.

an exhibition of, by A. Church,
684.
ALLEN (E. J.) on the later stages in the
development of decapod Crustacea, 345.
(Prof. F. J.) on mirror writing,

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793.

ALLEN (J. Romilly) on an ethnographical
survey of the United Kingdom, 419.
Alps, iodine value of sunlight in the, Dr.
S. Rideal on the, 612.
*Alternate currents, Prof. S. P. Thompson
on some advantages of, 756.
Amentiferæ, phylogenetic position of the
Chalazogamic, Miss M. Benson on the,

687.

America, a new light on the discovery of,

by H. Y. Oldham, 715.

Amides, the constitution of the acid, Dr.
J. B. Cohen on, 625.

Amphioxus, the species of, J. W. Kirkaldy
on, 685.

*Amphisile, the vertebræ of the, W. E.
Collinge on, 683.

Anallagmatic displacements of the regu-
lar bodies in n-dimensional space, the
order of the groups related to the,
Prof. P. H. Schoute on, 562.
Analysis of iron and steel, sixth report
on the best method of establishing an
international standard for the, 237.
Ancient and prehistoric remains of Gla-
morganshire, second report on the, 418.
ANDERSON (Dr. Joseph) on an ethnogra-
phical survey of the United Kingdom,
419.

(Dr. Tempest) on the collection,
preservation, and systematic registra-
tion of photographs of geological in-
terest in the United Kingdom, 27 k.

on the correction of optical instru-
ments for individual eyes, 586.

on certain volcanic subsidences in
the north of Iceland, 650.
Aniline, the specific heat of, the influence
of temperature upon, E. H. Griffiths on,
568.

Animal life, the homes and migrations of
the earliest forms of, as indicated by
recent researches, Dr. H. Hicks on, 657.
Antarctic geographical, meteorological,

and natural history observations, report
of the Committee for making, 358.
Anthropological Section, Address by Sir
W. H. Flower to the, 762.
Anthropometric laboratory at the Not-
tingham meeting, report on the work of
the, 444.

work in schools, report on, 439.
Appendix:

I. Circular sent to Schools, 440.

II. Suggestions for Anthropometric
Observations in Schools, 441.

*Antiquity of man in Belgium, Prof. M.

Lohest on the, 784.

APPLEYARD (G.) and Dr. J. B. COHEN,
popular method for the estimation of
carbon dioxide in the air, 619.
Archæopteryx, the wing of, viewed in the
light of that of some modern birds,
W. P. Pycraft on, 693.

*Arctic expedition, the Jackson-Harms-
worth, A. Montefiore on the, 717.
+Armenia, Russian, Dr. A. Markoff on,
711.

ARMSTRONG (Prof. H. E.) on the inresti-
gation of isomeric napthalene derica-
tives, 268.

on the teaching of science in elemen-
tary schools, 359.
Aromatic diazo-compounds, the formation
of indazol derivatives from, Prof. E.
Noelting on, 622.

series, ortho-dinitroso derivatives of
the, Prof. E. Noelting on, 620.
Arrhenius' law of dissociation, the deter-
mination of, Dr. Meyer Wildermann on,
616.
Arsenic, Schuller's yellow modification
of, Prof. H. McLeod on, 615
Astronomical theory of ice ages and
general ages, the inadequacy of the,
E. P. Culverwell on, 660.

*ATKINSON (Edward) on prices, wages,
and the standard of value, 730.

-(R. W.) on the prehistoric and
ancient remains of Glamorganshire,
418.
Atmosphere of a rotating planet, the lar
of molecular distribution in the, G. H.
Bryan on, 100.

Atomic weight of carbon, Prof. J. A.
Wanklyn on the, 619.

AYRTON (Prof. W. E.) on practical elec-
trical standards, 117.

Babinet's principle and Fresnel's diffrac

tion theory, a lecture-room experiment
to illustrate, by Prof. A. Cornu, 480.
*Bacillus, a Thames, Prof. Marshall Ward
on, 698

Bacterium in milk, the chemical action
of a new, A. Bernstein on, 608.
BAILDON (Miss F.) on a visit to British
New Guinea, 716.

(H. Bellyse) on some of the natives
of British New Guinea, 788.
BAILY (F. G.) on hysteresis in iron and

steel in a rotating magnetic field, 576.
BAKER (H. Brereton) on the electrifica
tion of molecules and chemical change,
493.

BALFOUR (Henry) on the bow as a musical
instrument, 778.

(Prof. I. Bayley), Address to the
Biological Section by, 667.

BALL (Sir Robert) on a general theorem
in dynamics, 561.

· (Dr. V.) on the collection, preserva-
tion, and systematic registration of
photographs of geological interest in the
United Kingdom, 274.

Bank of England, fifty years' accounts of
the, A. W. Flux on, 734.

Banks of small channels in tidal estu-
aries, the shape of the, Prof. H. Hen-
nessy on, 664.

BARLOW (W.), a new explanation of the
wave-movements of a stretched string,

593.

BARRINGTON (R. M.) on making a digest
of the observations on the migration of
birds, 348.

*Barrow, a long, near Rushmore, ex-
ploration of, by General Pitt-Rivers,
784.

the skeletons from, Dr. J. G.

Garson on, 784.
BASTABLE (Prof. C. F.), Address to the
Section of Economic Science and Sta-
tistics, 719.

Bathymetrical survey of the English
lakes, Dr. H. R. Mill on a, 713.

of the French lakes, E. Delebecque
on the, 712.

BAUERMAN (H.) on the proximate chemi-
cal constituents of coal, 246.

on the volcanic phenomena of Vesu-
vius and its neighbourhood, 315.
*BAYLISS (W. M.) on some vasodilator
reflexes, 811.

and Dr. STARLING on the in-
nervation of the portal vein, 811.
BEARE (Prof. T. Hudson) on methods of
determining the dryness of steam, 392.
Beat-tones, the production of, from two
vibrating bodies whose frequencies are
so high as to be separately inaudible,
A. M. Mayer on, 573.

BEDDOE (Dr. John) on an ethnographical
survey of the United Kingdom, 419.

on complexional differences between
natives of Ireland with indigenous
and exotic surnames respectively, 775.
BEDFORD (J. E.) on the collection, pre-
servation, and systematic registration
of photographs of geological interest in
the United Kingdom, 274.
BEDSON (Prof. P. P.) on the proximate
chemical constituents of coal, 246.
*Belgium, the antiquity of man in, Prof.
Max Lohest on, 784.

the present state of prehistoric
studies in, Count Goblet d'Alviella on,
783.
BELL (A. Montgomerie) on the Pleisto-
cene gravel at Wolvercote, near Ox-
ford, 663.

(Dugald) on the character of the
high-level shell-bearing deposits at
Clava, Chapelhall, and other localities,
307.

(Sir I. Lowthian) on the proximate
chemical constituents of coal, 246.

(J.) on the prehistoric and ancient
remains of Glamorganshire, 418
Ben Nevis, meteorological observations on,
report on, 108.

*BENEDEN (Prof. E. van) on the rela-
tions of protoplasm, 684.

on the origin and morphological
signification of the notochord, 684.
BENHAM (Dr. W. B.) on the blood of
Magelona, 696.

-, suggestions for a new classification
of the Polychata, 696.

BENSON (Miss M.) on the phylogenetic

position of the Chalazogamic Amen-
tiferæ, 687.

BENT (J. Theodore) on the exploration
of Hadramout, in Southern Arabia,
354.

on the natives of the Hadramont.

786.
BERNSTEIN (A.), the chemical action of
a new bacterium in milk, 608.
Bessemer flame spectra, Prof. W. N.
Hartley on, 610.

*Bhutan and the Himalayas east of
Darjiling, Col. H. Godwin-Austen on,
717.
Bibliography of solution, eighth (interim)
report on the, 246.

of spectroscopy, sixth report on the,

161.
Bicycles, spring spokes for, Prof. J. D.
Everett on, 760.

Bimetallism, the mechanics of, Prof.
Irving Fisher on, 729.

Biological Association at Plymouth, the
Marine, report on investigations made
at the laboratory of, 345.

On the development of Alcyonium, by
Dr. S. J. Hickson, 345

On the later stages in the development of
decapod Crustacea, by Edgar J. Allen,
345.

Section, Address by Prof. I. Bayley
Balfour to the, 667.

Birds' eggs, wild, the legislative protection
of, report on, 347.

Birds, the migration of, interim report of
the Committee for making a digest of
the observations on the, 348.

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the wing of Archæopteryx viewed
in the light of that of some modern,
W. P. Pycraft on, 693.

BIRTWHISTLE (A.) on the Calf Hole Cave,
272.

Black death in Italy, the economic results
of the, M. Kovalevsky on, 733.
BLAKE (Bev. J. F.) on sporadic glacia-
tion in the Harlech Mountains, 659.

on the mechanics of an ice-sheet,
661.
BLANFORD (Dr. W. T.) on the present
state of our knowledge of the zoology of
the Sandwich Islands, 343.
Blastocyst of the mammalia, the dider-
mic, Prof. A. A. W. Hubrecht on, 681.
Blood of the Magelona, Dr. W. B. Ben-
ham on the, 696.

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on Maxwell's method of deriving
the equations of hydrodynamics from
the kinetic theory of gases, 579.
BONNEY (Prof. T. G.) on the work of the
Corresponding Societies Committee, 19.

on the collection, preservation, and
registration of photographs of geological
interest in the United Kingdom, 274.

a comparison of the pebbles in the
Trias of Budleigh Salterton and of
Cannock Chase, 655.

on the probable temperature of the
glacial epoch, 660.

Borneo, the alleged presence of negritoes
in, H. Ling Roth on, 780.
*Botanical diagrams exhibited by Prof.

Kny, 689; by Prof. L. Errera, 696.
Botany and zoology of the West India
Islands, serenth report on the present
state of our knowledge of the, 344.
BOTTOMLEY (Dr. J. T.) on practical
electrical standards, 117.

BOURNE (G. C.) on investigations made
at the Marine Biological Association
laboratory at Plymouth, 345.

(Stephen) on the teaching of science
in elementary schools, 359.
Bow as a musical instrument, H. Bal-
four on the, 778.

BOWER (Prof. F. O.) on sterilization and
a theory of the strobilus, 695.
BRABROOK (E. W.) on an ethnographical
survey of the United Kingdom, 419.

on the physical and mental devia-
tions from the normal among children
in schools, 434.

on anthropometric work in schools,

439.

BRAGGE (Robert) and Henry LEA on a
special chronograph, 757.

*Brain, the valuation of proportional
dimensions in the description of the,
Prof. L. Manouvrier on, 788.

of a young Fuegian, Prof. L.
Manouvrier on the, 787.
BRAMWELL (Sir F. J.) on earth tremors.
145.

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on methods of determining the dry-
ness of steam in boiler trials, 392.

some reminiscences of steam loco-
motion on common roads, 748.
*British camps and a long barrow near
Rushmore, exploration of, by Gen.
Pitt-Rivers, 784.

Isles, a new representation of the
vertical relief of the, B. V. Darbishire
on, 718.

BROWN (Prof. A. Crum) on meteoro
logical observations on Ben Neris, 108.

(M. Walton) on earth tremors, 145.
BROWNE (Montagu) on some vertebrate
remains from the Rhætic strata of
Britain, 657.

*BRÜHL (Prof. W. J.) investigations on
tautomerism, 620.

BRYAN (G. H.) report on the present state
of our knowledge of thermo-dynamics.

Part II.: the laws of distribution of
energy and their limitations, 64.
BUCHAN (Dr. A.) on meteorological obser·
vations on Ben Nevis, 108.
BUCHANAN (J. Y.) on making geo-
graphical, meteorological, and natural
history observations in South Georgia
or other Antarctic island, 358.

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researches by the Prince of
Monaco in the North Atlantic and
Mediterranean during the summer of
1894, 717.

BUCKLAND (Miss A. W.) on the signifi-
cance of objects with holes, 790.
BULLEID (A.) on the lake village at
Glastonbury, 431.

*BURCH (G. J.) on the production with
the capillary electrometer of photo-
graphic records of currents produced
by speaking with a telephone, 818.
BURKE (J.) on the luminosity observed
when a vacuum bulb is broken, 585.
BURSTALL (H. F. W.) on the tempera-
ture entropy diagrams, 758.

BUTE (Lord) on the prehistoric and
ancient remains of Glamorganskire,
418.

Calf Hole Care, near Skipton, report on
the exploration of the, 272.
Calibration of engineering laboratory
instruments, Prof. D. S. Capper on
the, 759.

CAMPBELL (Prof. D. H.) on the origin

of the sexual organs of the Pteri-
dophytes, 695.
CAMPBELL (Prof. D. H.) on the germina-
tion of the spores of the Ophioglosseæ,
695.
*Camphene, some derivatives of, J. E.
Marsh and J. A. Gardner on, 629.
Canada, North-Western tribes of the Do-
minion of, ninth report on the, 453.
CANNAN (Edwin) on inequality in local
rates its extent, causes, and conse-
quences, 734.

CAPPER (Prof. David S.) on engineering
laboratory instruments and their cali-
bration, 759.

Carbon, the atomic weight of, Prof. J. A.
Wanklyn on, 619.

-dioxide in the air, popular method
for the estimation of, by Dr. J. B.
Cohen and G. Appleyard, 619.
Carbonic acid in air, the proportions of,
which are extinctive to flame, and
which are irrespirable, Prof. F. Clowes
on, 605.
Carboniferous limestone, Triassic sand-
stone, and salt-bearing marls of the
north of the Isle of Man, Prof. W. Boyd
Dawkins on the, 662.
*CARO (Dr. H.) on some new colouring
matters, 623.

Carpus, the, of the Greenland right-

whale compared with those of fin-
whales, Prof. J. Struthers on, 684.
CARRUTHERS (W.) on the present state of
our knowledge of the zoology and botany
of the West India Islands, 344.
CARTAILHAC (Dr. Emile), the troglodytes
of the Bruniquel, a grotto of ironworks
on the borders of Aveyron, 782.

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a new statuette of the Reindeer
age, representing a woman, sculptured
in ivory, 783.

the end of the Stone age on the
borders of the Mediterranean basin,783.
Catenary, a property of the, Prof. H.
Hennessy on, 578.

*Cathode rays, the velocity of the, Prof.
J. J. Thomson on, 582.

Cave, the Calf Hole, near Skipton, report

on the exploration of, 272.
Chalazogamic Amentiferæ, the phylo-
genetic position of the, Miss M. Benson
on, 687.

Chalk forming and chalk - destroying

algæ, some, Prof. T. Johnson on, 683.
CHAMBERLAIN (Prof. Basil Hall) on the
Loochooan language, 789.

Chapelhall clay, report on the, by D.
Robertson, 313.

Chemical change and the electrification of
molecules, H. Brereton Baker on, 493.

change, experiments on the rate of
progress of, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on
some, 616.

Chemical combination and the discharge
of electricity through gases, the connec-
tion between, Prof. J. J. Thomson on,
482.

Section, Address by Prof. H. B.
Dixon to the, 594.

Chess, end games at, Lieut.-Col. Allan
Cunningham on, 564.

Children in schools, the physical and
mental deviations from the normal
among, report on, 434.
Appendix:

I. Certificate as to a child requiring
special educational training, 437.
II. Statistical report concerning 50,000
children, 437.

III. Distribution of the cases as to
standards, 438.

CHISHOLM (G. G.) on the best method
of aiming at uniformity in the spelling
of place-names, 717.

*Chlorine and iodine, the diffusion of
very dilute solutions of, A. P. Laurie
on, 620.

*Chlorophyll in animals, Prof. E. Ray
Lankester on, 684.

*Chordata, the ancestry of the, W. Gar-
stang on, 683.

CHREE (C.) on the best methods of re-
cording the direct intensity of solar
radiation, 106.

*Chromosomes, the periodic variation in
the number of, Prof. E. Strasburger on,
684.
Chronograph, a special, Henry Lea and
Robert Bragge on, 757.

CHRYSTAL (Prof. G.) on practical elec-
trical standards, 117.

*CHURCH (A.), an exhibition of algæ, 684.
Church Army and the unemployed, Rev.
W. H. Hunt on the, 729.

*Circulation, the effect of gravity on the,
Dr. L. Hill on, 809.

CLARK (G. M.) on a direct reading form
of platinum thermometer, 758.

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(G. T.) on the prehistoric and ancient
remains of Glamorganshire, 418.

(Dr. James) on the influence of
previous fertilisation of the female on
her subsequent offspring, and the effect
of maternal impressions during preg-
nancy on the offspring, 346.

on the hybridisation of orchids,
687.
CLARKE (S.) on the geography of Lower
Nubia, 718.

(W. E.) on making a digest of the
observations on the migration of birds,

348.
Clava, Chapelhall, and other localities,
second report on the character of the
high-level shell-bearing deposits at, 307.
Appendix, on the Chapelhall clay, by
David Robertson, 313.

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