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Commission to Alaska, 576 ; Scientific Balloonists, 577 ; Index of Patents 

 from 1790 to 1873, 579 ; Deciphering Charred Manuscript, 579 ; Astronomy 

 in Brazil, 579 ; Sums Voted by the British Parliament for Scientific In- 

 struction, 580 ; Meteorology in China, 580 ; International Congress of Silk- 

 culturists, 582 ; Additional Pay to the Survivors of the " Polaris," 587 ; the 

 Lyell Medal, 587 ; Annual Record of Publications in Geology, Mineralogy, 

 and Paleontology, 587 ; Loan Exhibition of Scientific Apparatus, 588 ; List 

 of the Merchant Vessels of the United States, 588 ; International Astro- 

 nomical Society, 589. 



P. NECROLOGY 591 



Q. BIBLIOGRAPHY 597 



R. INDEX TO THE REFERENCES 624 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX 629 



