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of the sexual organs of the Pteridophytes, 695.

CAMPBELL (Prof. D. H.) on the germination 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 Dominion of, ninth report on the, 453. CANNAN (Edwin) on inequality in local rates its extent, causes, and consequences, 734.

CAPPER (Prof. David S.) on engineering laboratory instruments and their calibration, 759.

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

Idioxide 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 sandstone, 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 finwhales, 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.

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 phylogenetic 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 connection 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. Garstang on, 683.

CHREE (C.) on the best methods of recording 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 electrical 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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CLAYDEN (A. W.) on the application of | photography to the elucidation of meteorological phenomena, 143. CLELAND (Prof. J.) on anthropometric work in schools, 439.

Climatological and hydrographical conditions of Tropical Africa, third report on the, 348.

CLOWES (Prof. F.) on the electrolytic methods of quantitative analysis, 160.

on the proportions of carbonic acid in the air which are extinctive of flame, and which are irrespirable, 605. Coal formation, the chemistry of, J. W. Thomas on, 611.

the proximate chemical constituents of, report on, 246.

Coal-measures under the newer rocks of Oxfordshire and the adjoining counties, the probable range of the, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins on, 646. Coal-mining industry, the relation between wages and the numbers employed in the, R. H. Hooker on, 737. COBBETT (Louis) and Dr. W. S. MELSOME on local immunity, 807. Cochlea, Prof. J. G. McKendrick on a model of, 793.

COHEN (Dr. J. B) on the constitution of the acid amides, 625.

and G. APPLEYARD, popular method for the estimation of carbon dioxide in the air, 619.

COLEMAN (J. B.) on the electrolytic methods of quantitatire analysis, 160. *COLLINGE(W. E.) on the structure of the integument of Polyodon, 683.

on the vertebræ of Amphisile, 683. on the relations of the cranial nerves to the sensory canal system of fishes, 698.

*Colouring matters, some new, Dr. H. Caro on, 623.

Complexional differences between natives

of Ireland with indigenous and exotic surnames respectively, Dr. John Beddoe on, 775.

Compounds and mixtures, the distinction

between, P. J. Hartog on, 618. Conic, to find a, with respect to which two given conics shall be reciprocal polars, a complete solution of the problem, by J. W. Russell, 578. *Consonant and vowel sounds, Prof. D. L. Hermann on, 806. Co-operation in agriculture, Harold Moore on, 736.

COOTE (A. H.) and Prof. W. R. HODGKINSON on fluorene diacetate, 629. COPELAND (Prof. R.) on meteorological observations on Ben Nevis, 108

on earth tremors, 145; on the bifilar pendulum at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, 158.

*Coral reef, interim report on the investigation of a, 665.

CORDEAUX (J.) on the legislative protection of wild birds' eggs, 347.

on making a digest of the observations on the migration of birds, 348. CORNU (Prof. A.), a lecture-room experiment to illustrate Fresnel's diffraction theory and Babinet's principle, 480. Corona of April 1893, some photometric measures of the, Prof. H. H. Turner on, 568.

Corresponding Societies Committee:-
Report, 19.

Conference at Nottingham, 20.
Conference at Oxford, 28.

List of corresponding societies, 42. Papers published by local societies, 45. COZENS-HARDY (W. H.) on Montenegro,

711.

*Craniometer, a new, Gen. Pitt-Rivers on, 784.

*Crete, Central and Eastern, exhibition of prehistoric objects collected during a journey and explorations in, by Arthur J. Evans, 777.

and the Peloponnese, a new system of hieroglyphics and a præ-Phoenician script from, Arthur J. Evans on, 776. Crustacea, decapod, the later stages in the development of, E. J. Allen on, 345. Crystals, a new method of measuring, and its application to the measurement of the octahedron angle of potash alum and ammonia alum, H. A. Miers on, 654.

Culture, history of, the diffusion of mythical beliefs as evidence in the, Dr. E. B. Tylor on, 774. CULVERWELL (E. P.) on the inadequacy of the astronomical theory of ice ages and genial ages, 660. CUNNINGHAM (Lieut.-Col. Allan) onMersenne's numbers, 563.

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end games at chess, 564.

(Prof. D. J.) on an ethnographical survey of the United Kingdom, 419.

on the ethnographical survey of Ireland, 429.

(Prof. W.) on the methods of economic training in this and other countries, 365. *Cycads, the geological history of, A. C. Seward on, 698.

*Cystocarp in Polisiphonia nigrescens, the development of the, H. Phillips on, 684.

Daghestan, the Lex Barbarorum of the, Prof. Maxime Kovalevsky on, 785. *DARBISHIRE (B. V.) on a new representation of the vertical relief of the British Isles, 718.

DARWIN (Prof. G. H.) on earth tremors,

145.

(Horace) on earth tremors, 145;

report on the bifilar pendulum designed by, 145.

*Darwinism, some difficulties of, Prof. D'Arcy Thompson on, 689.

DAVEY (H.) on bore-hole wells for town water-supply, 748.

DAVISON (C.) on earth tremors, 145. DAWKINS (Prof. W. Boyd) on the Calf Hole Cave, 272.

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

on an ethnographical survey of the United Kingdom, 419.

on the lake village at Glastonbury, 431.

the probable range of the Coal Measures under the newer rocks of Oxfordshire and the adjoining counties,

646.

on the deposit of iron ore in the boring at Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, 648. on the Permian strata of the north of the Isle of Man, 662.

limestone,

the Carboniferous Triassic sandstone, and salt-bearing marls of the north of the Isle of Man, 662. DAWSON (Dr. G. M.) on the North-Western

tribes of the Dominion of Canada, 453. DEACON (G. F.) on underground temperature, 107.

DECLE (Lionel) on the native tribes between the Zambezi and Uganda, 785. DELEBECQUE (E.) on the bathymetrical survey of the French lakes, 712.

DE RANCE (C. E.) on the circulation of underground waters, 283.

DEVAS (C. S.), proposals for an agreement

on the terms 'rent' and 'interest,' 733. DEWAR (Prof. J.) on ware-length tables of the spectra of the elements and compounds, 248.

DICKINSON (J.) on underground temperature, 107.

DICKSON (H. N.) on the currents of the Faeröe-Shetland Channel and the North Sea, 713.

Differential equations, the Abelian system of, a method of determining all the rational and integral algebraic integrals of the, by W. R. Westropp Roberts, 557. Diffraction theory, Fresnel's, and Babinet's principle, a lecture-room experiment to illustrate, by Prof. A. Cornu, 480.

Discussions:

*On Planimeters, &c., 557, 750; Report on planimeters, by Prof. 0. Henrici, 496. *On flight, 557, 750.

*On Prof. O. J. Lodge's experiments illustrating Clerk Maxwell's theory of light, 582, 814.

Discussions :

*On Prof. O. J. Lodge's electric theory of vision, 582, 815.

*On the behaviour of gases with regard to their electrification and the influence of moisture on their combination, 609;

On the connection between chemical combination and the discharge of electricity through gases, by Prof. J. J. Thomson, 482.

On the electrification of molecules and chemical change, by H. Brereton Baker, 493.

*On the plateau gravels, &c., north of Kent, 651, 776;

(a) On the geology of the plateauimplements in Kent, by Prof. T. Rupert Jones, 651.

(b) On the age of the plateau beds, by W. Whitaker, 652.

DIXEY (Dr. F. A.) on the relation of mimetic characters to the original form, 692.

on the epidermis of the plantar surface and the question of use-inheritance, 698. DIXON (Prof. H. B.), Address to the Chemical Section by, 594. DONKIN (Bryan) on the most economical temperature for steam-engine cylinders; or, hot v. cold walls, 755. DRESSER (H. E.) on the legislative pro-` tection of wild birds' eggs, 347. Dryness of steam in boiler trials, reporton methods of determining, 392. DUBOIS (Prof. Raphael) on the production of heat in hibernating animals, 812.

Dyed colours, the action of light upon, report on, 238.

Dynamics, a general theorem in, Sir R. Ball on, 561.

Earth, the displacements of the rotational axis of the, Prof. W. Förster on, 476.

tremors, report on, 145; Mr. H. Darwin's bifilar pendulum, ib.; the Greek earthquake pulsations of April, 1894, 146. Appendix:

1. Account of observations made with the horizontal pendulum at Nicolaiew, by Prof. S. Kortazzi, 155.

II. On the bifilar pendulum at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, by Prof. R. Copeland, 158.

Earthquake pulsations, the Greek, of April 1894, 146.

Earthquakes, the cause of, Prof. J. Logan Lobley on, 649.

Economic Science and Statistics, Address

to the Section of, by Prof. C. F. Bastable, 719.

Economic training, the methods of, in this and other countries, report on, 365. Appendix:

I. On the methods of economic training adopted in foreign countries, by Prof. E. C. K. Gonner, 366.

II. On economic studies in France, by H. Higgs, 384.

III. On the condition of economic studies in the United Kingdom, by Prof. E. C. K. Gonner, 387. Economics, the popular attitude towards, Rev. L. R. Phelps on, 738. EDGEWORTH (Prof. F. Y.) on the methods of economic training in this and other countries, 365.

562.

the asymmetric probability curve,

on the mathematical theory of international trade, 729.

Eggs of wild birds, the legislative protection of, report on, 347. Elasticity, the modulus of, the variation

of, with change of temperature as determined by the transverse vibration of bars at various temperatures, A. M. Mayer on, 573.

Elbolton, the cave at, report of the Com

mittee appointed to investigate, in order to ascertain whether the remains of Paleolithic man occur in the lower care earth, 270.

*Electrical conductivity of copper, the specific, J. Teichmüller on, 592.

conductivity of soap-films, the effects of gases on, H. Stansfield on, 569.

Congress at Chicago, 1893, report of the American delegates at the, 119.

measurements, experiments for improving the construction of practical standards for, report on, 117. Appendix:

1. Report of the action of the International Electrical Congress held in Chicago, August 1893, in the matter of units of electrical measure,

119. II. On a determination of the International Ohm in absolute measure, by Prof. J. V. Jones, 123.

III. Comparison of the standard coils used by Professor Jones with the standards of the Association, by R. T. Glazebrook, 128.

IV. Comparison of certain Ohm-standards of the Board of Trade, by J. Rennie, 130.

V. Table showing values of five standard coils B.A. units belonging to the Indian Government as compared with Dr. Muirhead's standard at his laboratory, by E. O. Walker, 131. VI. On the specific resistance of copper

and of silver, by Rev. T. C. Fitzpatrick, 131.

VII. Final report of the Electrical Standards Committee of the Board of Trade, 136.

Order in Council, 137.
Specifications:

A.-The silver voltameter, 138.
B.-On the preparation of the Clark

cell, by R. T. Glazebrook, 141 *Electrical resistance, low, Prof. J. V. Jones on standards of, 592.

standard coils used by Prof. V. Jones, comparison of the, with those of the Association, by R. T. Glazebrook, 128.

Standards Committee of the Board of Trade, final report of the, and Order in Council, 136.

theory of vision, Prof. O. J. Lodge on an, 582. Electricity, the discharge of, through gases, the connection between chemical combination and, Prof. J. J. Thomson on, 482.

at high voltage, continuous current distribution of, at Oxford, Thomas Parker on, 756.

Electrification of air, experiments to find if subtraction of water produces, Lord Kelvin, M. Maclean, and A. Galt on, 554.

of molecules, and chemical change, H. Brereton Baker on the, 493. *Electrolysis of glass, Prof. W. C. RobertsAusten on the, 615.

The velocity of the hydrogen ion through solutions of acetates, W. C. D. Whetham on, 569.

Electrolytic methods of quantitative analysis, report on the, 160.

ELLIOTT (Prof. E. B.), formulæ for linear substitution, 581.

*ENGELMANN (Prof. T. W. W.) on a new spring kymograph and polyrheotome, 818.

Engineering laboratory instruments and their calibration, Prof. D. S. Capper on, 759.

Engines, the hunting' of governed,
James Swinburne on, 758.
Epidermis of the plantar surface, and
the question of use-inheritance, Dr. F.
A. Dixey on the, 698.

Epithelial changes produced by irrita-
tion, D'Arcy Power on, 806.
*Erratic blocks, report on, 659.
*ERRERA (Prof. L.), exhibition of botani.
cal diagrams, 696.
Ethnographical survey of the United
Kingdom, second report on an, 419.
Appendix: I. Form of schedule, 426.
II. Directions for measurement, 428.
III. The ethnographical survey of Ire-
land, 429.

Euphrates, the valley of the, D. G. Hogarth on a recent journey in, 711. Eurypterid-bearing deposits of the Pentland Hills, second report on the, 302. EVANS (Arthur J.) on an ethnographical survey of the United Kingdom, 419.

on a new system of hieroglyphics and a præ-Phoenician script from Crete and the Peloponnese, 776.

--, exhibition of prehistoric objects collected during a journey and explorations in Central and Eastern Crete, 777.

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

(Sir John) on the work of the Corresponding Societies Committee, 19. on earth tremors, 145.

on the care at Elbolton, 270.

on the lake village at Glastonbury, 431. Evaporation of salt solutions, certain phenomena occurring during the, Dr. W. Meyerhoffer on, 628.

EVERETT (Prof. J. D.) on underground temperature, 107.

117.

on practical electrical standards,

on a linkage for the automatic description of regular polygons, 559. on spring spokes for bicycles, 760. Evolution, the rôle of sex in, Prof. J. B. Haycraft on, 691.

.and social insects, Prof. C. V. Riley on, 689.

of stone implements, H. Stopes on the, 776.

EWAN (Dr. T.) or the rate of oxidation of phosphorus, sulphur, and aldehyde, 609.

EWART (Prof. J. Cossar) on the occupa

tion of a table at the zoological station at Naples, 335.

EWING (Dr. A. R.) and Dr. G. G. HENDERSON on the tartrarsenites, 624.

(Prof. J. A.) on earth tremors, 145. on an apparatus for measuring small strains, 574. Eyesight. Correction of optical instruments for individual eyes, Dr. Tempest Anderson on the, 586.

Faeröe-Shetland Channel and the North Sea, the currents of the, H. N. Dickson on, 713.

Fats of the liver, D. Noel Paton on the, 804.

+FEILDEN (Col. H. W.) on current polar exploration, 711.

Fertilisation of the female, influence of previous, on her subsequent offspring, and the effect of maternal impressions during pregnancy on the offspring, interim report on the, 346.

FIDLER (Prof. T. C.) on the strength and plastic extensibility of iron and steel, 750.

Fijians, the pantheon of the, Basil H. Thomson on, 786.

Fish-hatching, marine, and the Dunbar establishment of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Prof. W. C. McIntosh on, 688.

FISHER (Prof. I.), mechanics of bimetallism, 729.

Fishery Board for Scotland, the Dunbar establishment of the, Prof. W. C. McIntosh on marine fish-hatching and the, 688.

Fishes, cartilaginous, the ، reduction division' in the, J. E. S. Moore on, 338. * , the relations of the cranial nerves to the sensory canal system of, W. E. Collinge on, 698.

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Fison (Rev. Lorimer) on the classificatory system of relationship, 788. FITZGERALD (Prof. G. F.) on practical

electrical standards, 117.

FITZMAURICE (M.) on tunnel construction by means of shield and compressed air, with special reference to the tunnel under the Thames at Blackwall, 751.

FITZPATRICK (Rev. T. C.) on practical electrical standards, 117.

on the specific resistance of copper and of silver, 131. FLEMING (Dr. J. A.) on practical electrical standards, 117.

FLETCHER (A. E.) on the electrolytic methods of quantitative analysis, 160. (L.), Address to the Geological Section by, 631.

* Flight, discussion on, 557. FLOWER (Sir W. H.) on the compilation of an index generum et specierum animalium, 347.

on the work of the anthropometric laboratory at the Nottingham meeting, 441.

Address to the Anthropological Section by, 762.

*Flowers, the interiors of, a method of taking casts of, Miss N. F. Layard on, 696.

*Fluids, the resistance experienced by solids moving through, Lord Kelvin on, 557. Fluorene diacetate, Prof. W. R. Hodgkinson and A. H. Coote on, 629. FLUX (A. W.), a few remarks on fifty years' accounts of the Bank of England, 734.

FOOTE (R. B.) on prehistoric man in the old alluvium of the Sabarmati River in Gujarat, Western India, 664. FORBES (G.) on practical electrical standards, 117.

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