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SECTION F.-ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9.

Address by Professor C. F. BASTABLE, M.A., F.S.S., President of the Section 719

1. "On the Mathematical Theory of International Trade. By Professor F. Y.

EDGEWORTH, M.A.....

2. Mechanics of Bimetallism. By Professor IRVING FISHER

3. *On Factors of Production. By H. HIGGS, LL.B.....................................

4. On Stock Exchange Taxation. By J. MANDELLO, Ph.D..

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10.

1. The Church Army and the Unemployed. By the Rev. W. H. HUNT...... 729

2. On the Unemployed. By BOLTON SMART..

3. *On Prices, Wages, and the Standard of Value. By EDWARD

4. On the Report of the Labour Commission. By L. L. PRICE, M.A.

5. *On Women's Industries. By Miss MAITLAND

6. On Girl Life in an Industrial Centre. By Miss KENWARD

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11.

1. Statistics of Comparative General and Old-age Pauperism in England and

Wales, 1831 to 1891. By C. S. LOCH

2. Proposals for an Agreement on the terms 'Rent' and 'Interes

3. On the Economic Results of the Black Death in Italy. By M.

MONDAY, AUGUST 13.

1. On the Inequality of Local Rates; its Extent, Causes, and Consequences.

By EDWIN CANNAN, M.A.........

2. A Few Remarks on Fifty Years' Accounts of the Bank of England. By

A. W. FLUX, M.A.

3. On the 'Economic Heresies' of the London County Council. By SIDNEY

WEBB, LL.B., L.C.C.....

4. On Co-operation in Agriculture. By HAROLD MOORE

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14.

1. Report of the Committee on Methods of Economic Training in this and

other Countries

2. Report of the Committee on Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools 737

3. On the Relation between Wages and the Numbers employed in the

Coal-mining Industry. By R. Í. HOOKER, M.A.

4. Popular Attitude towards Economics. By Rev. L. R. PHELPS, M.A. 738

5. On the Relation between Wages, Hours, and Productivity of Labour.

By J. A. HOBSON, M.A.

SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCE.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9.

Address by Professor A. B. W. KENNEDY, LL.D., F.R.S., M.INST.C.E.,

President of the Section

1. †Some Reminiscences of Steam Locomotion on Common Roads. By Sir

F. J. BRAMWELL, Bart., D.C.L., F.R.S.

2. On Bore-hole Wells for Town Water-supply. By HENRY DAVEY,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10.

1. Joint meeting with Section A:-

(a) On Planimeters. By Professor O. HENRICI, F.R.S.

(b) *Note on the Behaviour of a Rotating Cylinder in a Steady Current.

By ARNULPH MALLOCK

(c) *On the Resistance experienced by Solids moving through Fluids.

By Lord KELVIN, P.R.S.

(d) *Discussion on Flight. Opened by HIRAM S. MAXIM

2. On the Strength and Plastic Extensibility of Iron and Steel. By Professor

T. CLAXTON FIDLER, M.Inst.C.E.

3. On Tunnel Construction by means of Shield and Compressed Air, with

special reference to the Tunnel under the Thames at Blackwall. By

MAURICE FITZMAURICE

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11.

1. On Methods that have been adopted for Measuring Pressures in the Bores

of Guns. By Sir A. NOBLE, K.C.B., F.R.S.

2. On the Most Economical Temperature for Steam-engine Cylinders; or,

Hot v. Cold Walls. By BRYAN DONKIN, M.Inst.C.E.

MONDAY, AUGUST 13.

1. On Signalling through Space. By W. H. PREECE, C.B., F.R.S.

2. "On Some Advantages of Alternate Currents. By Professor S. P.

THOMPSON, F.R.S.

3. Continuous-current Distribution of Electricity at High Voltage at Oxford.

By THOMAS PARKER, F.R.S.E., M.Inst.C.E., M.Inst.M.E., M.Inst.E.E. 756

4. On a Special Chronograph. By HENRY LEA, M.Inst.C.E., and ROBERT

5. On a Direct Reading Form of Platinum Thermometer. By G. M.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14.

1. The Report of the Committee on Dryness of Steam

2. On the Temperature Entropy Diagrams. By H. F. W. BURSTALL, M.A.,

3. On the Hunting of Governed Engines. By JAMES SWINBURNE,

4. On Engineering Laboratory Instruments and their Calibration. By Pro-

fessor DAVID S. CAPPER, M.A.

5. On Lighthouse Apparatus and Lighthouse Administration in 1894. By

J. KENWARD, F.S.A.

6. On Spring Spokes for Bicycles. By Professor J. D. EVERETT, F.R.S. 760

SECTION H.-ANTHROPOLOGY.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9.

Address by Sir W. H. FLOWER, K.C.B., LL.D., Sc.D., F.R.S., President

1. The Report of the Anthropometric Laboratory Committee

2. The Report of the Ethnographical Survey Committee

3. The Report of the Committee on Anthropometry in Schools

4. On the Diffusion of Mythical Beliefs as Evidence in the History of Culture.

By EDWARD B. TYLOR, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.

5. On Complexional Differences between Natives of Ireland with Indigenous

and Exotic Surnames respectively. By JOHN BEDDOE, M.D., LL.D.,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10.

1. The Report of the Committee on Prehistoric and Ancient Remains in

2. The Report of the Committee on the Exploration of Elbolton Cave

3. "The Report of the Committee on the Explorations at Oldbury Hill

4. On the Evolution of Stone Implements. By H. STOPES

5. Joint Discussion with Section C on the Plateau Flint Implements of

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11.

1. The Report of the Committee on the Mental and Physical Condition of

2. On a New System of Hieroglyphics and a Pre-Phoenician Script from

Crete and the Peloponnese. By ARTHUR J. EVANS, M.A.....

3. Exhibition of Prehistoric Objects collected during a Journey and Explora-

tions in Central and Eastern Crete. By ARTHUR J. EVANS, M.A.

4. The Heredity of Acquired Characters. By Professor A. MACALISTER,

5. *Notes on Skin, Hair, and Pigment. By Professor ARTHUR THOMSON,

6. On the Anthropological Significance of Ticklishness. By LOUIS

7. On the Bow as a Musical Instrument. By H. BALFOUR, M.A.

8. The Relations between Body and Mind, as expressed in Early Languages,

Customs, and Myths. By Rev. G. HARTWELL JONES, M.A.

9. On the Alleged Presence of Negritoes in Borneo. By H. LING ROTH

10. On the Possibility of a Common Language between Man and other

Animals. By Miss AGNES G. WELD......

11. On Mythical Pygmy Races. By Professor BERTRAM WINDLE, D.Sc.,

MONDAY, AUGUST 13.

1. Pygmies in Europe. By Professor J. KOLLMANN, M.D.

2. On some Stone Implements of Australian Type from Tasmania. By E. B.

TYLOR, D.C.L., F.R.S.

3. *On Tasmanian Stone Implements. By H. LING ROTH ...

4. The Troglodytes of the Bruniquel, a Grotto of Ironworks on the Borders

of Aveyron. By Dr. EMILE CARTAILHAC

5. A New Statuette of the Reindeer Age, representing a Woman, sculptured

in Ivory. By Dr. EMILE CARTAILHAC

6. The End of the Stone Age on the Borders of the Mediterranean Basin.

By Dr. EMILE CARTAILHAC

7. On the Present State of Prehistoric Studies in Belgium. By Count

GOBLET D'ALVIELLA

8. "Observations on the Antiquity of Man in Belgium. By Professor MAX

9. Exploration of British Camps and a Long Barrow near Rushmore. By

General PITT-RIVERS, F.R.S.

10. On a New Craniometer. By General PITT-RIVERS, F.R.S.

11. "On the Long Barrow Skeletons from Rushmore. By J. G. GARSON, M.D. 784

12. Report of the Committee on the Glastonbury Exploration

13. On Ancient Bone Skates. By ROBERT MUNRO, M.D.

14. On the People of Western Ireland and their Mode of Life. By Professor

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14.

1. On Three Neolithic Settlements in North Kent. By Mrs. STOPES

2. On the Native Tribes between the Zambezi and Uganda. By LIONEL

3. On the Lex Barbarorum of the Daghestan. By Professor MAXIME KOVA-

4. On the Natives of the Hadramout. By J. THEODORE BENT..........

5. On the Shells used in the Domestic Economy of the Indonesians. By Dr.

J. D. C. SCHMELTZ.............

6. On the Pantheon of the Fijians. By BASIL H. THOMSON

7. The Distribution of the Picts in Britain, as indicated by Place-Names.

By J. GRAY........

8. "On the Ceremonies observed by the Kandyans in Paddy Cultivation. By

B. P. KEHLPANNALA

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15.

1. On the Brain of a Young Fuegian. By Professor L. MANOUVRIER......... 787

2. On the Valuation of Proportional Dimensions in the Description of the

Brain. By Professor L. MANOUVRIER

3. On the Classificatory System of Relationship. By Rev. LORIMER FISON 788

4. On Some of the Natives of British New Guinea. By H. BELLYSE BAIL-

DON, M.A., F.R.S.E.

5. On the Tobas of Gran Chaco, South America. By J. GRAHAM KERR 789

6. On the Maya Indians of Chichén Itzá, Yucatan. By ALFRED P.

7. On the Loochooan Language. By Professor BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN 789

8. Report of the Committee on the North-Western Tribes of Canada
790

9. On the Significance of Objects with Holes. By Miss A. W. BUCKLAND... 790

SECTION I.-PHYSIOLOGY.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9.

1. The Response of Animals to Changes of Temperature. By M. S. PEM-

BREY, M.A., M.B.

2. On Some Experiments to determine the Time-relations of the Voluntary

Tetanus in Man. By DAVID FRASER HARRIS, B.Sc., M.B.

3. *On Mirror Writing. By Professor F. J. ALLEN

4. On a Model of the Cochlea. By Professor John G. MCKENDRICK, M.D.,

5. On Some Physiological Applications of the Phonograph. By Professor

JOHN G. MCKENDRICK, M.D., F.R.S........

6. On Trophic Changes in the Nervous System. By Professor JUSTus Gaule 794

7. On the Development of Kidney. By Professor JOHN BERRY HAYCRAFT,
M.D.

795

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10.

Address by Professor E. A. SCHÄFER, F.R.S., President of the Section

1. *On the Absorption of Poisons. By Professor P. HEGER.....

2. *On a New Theory of Hearing. By C. H. HURST, Ph.D.

3. On the Fats of the Liver. By D. NOEL PATON

4. On the Measurement of Simple Reaction Time for Sight, Hearing, and

Touch. By Professor W. RUTHERFORD, M.D., F.R.S.

5. *On the Microscopic Appearance of Striped Muscle in Rest and in Con-

traction. By Professor W. RUTHERFORD, M.D., F.R.S.

6. *On Effects of Suprarenal Extract. By Professor E. A. SCHÄFER

7. On Epithelial Changes produced by Irritation. By D'ARCY POWER,

M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11.

1. *On Vowel and Consonant Sounds. By Professor D. L. HERMANN 806

2. On an Aerotonometer and a Gas-burette. By Professor LÉON FREDERICQ 807

3. On Local Immunity. By LOUIS COBBETT, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S., and

W. S. MELSOME, M.A., M.D.

4. A Form of Experimentally-produced Immunity. By J. LORRAIN SMITH,

M.A., M.D., and E. TREVETHICK, M.B.

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