336 



SECTIONS. INDEX OF PLACES. 



Bessarabia, on the Nekrasowzers of, by Dr. 



W. Twining, 1846, 115. 

 Birkenhead, on the growth of its population, 



by J. T. Danson, 1856, 143. 

 Birmingham, queries respecting the gravel 



in the neighbourhood of, by H. E. Strick- 

 land, 1839, 71. 

 , on some indications of the anemometer 



at, by A. F, Os'er, 1839, 17. 

 , on the commercial statistics of, by a 



local Committee, 1839, 114. 

 , on the educational statistics of, by a 



local Committee, 1839, iii. 

 • , on the medical statistics of, by a local 



Committee, 1839, 115. 

 Bohemia, Silurian system of. Sir R. I. Mur- 



chison's review of M. Barrande's labours in 



preparing his work on the, 1850, 97 ; Tri- 



lobites of the Silurian rocks of, 99. 

 Bolivia, on the importance of the navigation 



of tlie river Plata to, by H. C. Dwerhagen, 



1853, 73. 

 , on the lake Aulaga and its drainage 



in the desert of Caranjas in, by Dr. M. 



Hamilton, 1854, 120. 

 Bolton, borough of, on the state of educa- 

 tion in the, by Mr. Ashworth, 1837, 138. 

 Bolton-le-Moors, on the epidemic influenza 



at, with a meteorological register of the 



weather, by Dr. Black, 1837, 115. 

 Bombay, on a remarkable storm at, by Col. 



Sykes, 1848. 41. 

 , rain-table, from 1817 to 1847, at, 



1848, 47. 

 , meteorological observations taken at 



Fort George Barracks, by Sergeant W. 



Mayes, 1846, 26. 

 , on the magnetic and meteorologic ob- 

 servatory at, by A. B. Orlebar, 1847, 28. 

 , on the physical geography of the 



neighbourhood of, as affecting the water- 

 supply of that city, by H. Conybeare, 



1858,"' 149. 

 , statistics of criminal and civil justice 



under the government of, by Col. Sykes, 



1850, 159. 

 , on the census and condition of the 



island of, by Col. Sykes. 1852, 120. 

 Bonin Islands, A. G. Findlay on the, 1856, 



1 II. 

 Bosphorus, Crimean, researches in the, by 



Dr. D. Macpherson, 1856, 115. 

 Botocudo vocabulary, Dr. E. Or. Latham on 



the, 1847, 123. 

 Bourne, valley of the, on the peat of the, 



by Rev. W. B. Clarke, 1837, 94. 

 Bracklestone Bay, Sussex, fossils of, 1846, 67. 

 Bradford, Yorkshire, analysis of the springs 



to the north and west of, by W. West, 



1844, 107. 

 Bray Head and Howth, on the zoological 

 ■ relations of the Cambrian rocks of, by 



Prof. J. R. Kinahan, 1857, 75. 

 Brazil, North, on the geology and fossil 



fishes of, by G. Gardner, 1840, 118. 

 Breslau, Silesia, on the Silurian rocks at 



Ober and Neu SchmoUen, near, by F. 



Oswald, with remarks by Sir R. I. Mur- 



chison, 1845, 47. 

 Bristol, on the statistics of popular educa- 

 tion in, by C. B. Fripp, 1836, 136 ; 1841, 



89. 

 , report on the condition of the work- 

 ing-classes in, by a Committee, 1839, 121. 

 , on an additional species of Saurian 



found at Durdham Down, near, by Dr. 



H. Riley and S. Stutchbury, 1836, 90. 

 , on the discovery of the remains of 



fishes at the bise of the mountain-lime- 

 stone, near, by Rev. D. Williams, 1842, 60. 

 , account of a raised sea-beach at Wood- 

 spring Hill, by W. Sanders, 1840, 102. 

 and Bath, on railway sections between, 



by W. Sanders, 1841, 67. 

 and Taunton, on railway sections made 



on the line of the Great Western railway, 



between, by W. Sanders, 1846, 59. 

 Britain, flora of, its comparisDn with that of 



other countries, by Miss Twining, 1847,87. 

 British coasts, on the importance of the 



herring-fishery on the, by J. M. Mitchell, 



1860, 191. 

 British Islands, on the passage of storms 



across the, by R. Russell, 1850, 42. 

 , on the storms of the, by Admiral 



FitzRoy, 1860, 39. 

 , on the distribution of heat over the 



surface of the, by Prof. Hennessy,1857,3o.« 

 , on mild winters in the, by Prof. 



Hennessy, 1859, 50. 

 , on the cause of the mild wint^er 



temperature of the, by T. Hopkins, 1857, 



144. 

 , on the temperature of the, and its 



influence on the distribution of plants, 



by A. Peterraann, 1849, 26. 

 , on a physico-geographical survey of 



the, particularly in relation to agriculture, 



by W. D. Cooley, 18 i6, 72. 

 , J. A. Knipe's geological map of the, 



1844, 55. 

 British seas, on the pulmograde Medusae of 



the, by Prof. E. Forbes, 1846, 84. 

 Brittanv and the Bretons, statistics of, by 



J. Fletcher, 1848, 114. 

 Brussels, on the establishment of a central 



statistical commission in, by Prof. Quetelet, 



1841, 98. 

 Buenos Ayres and Bolivia, on the importance 



of the navigation of the river Plata and 



its ramifications to, by H. (J. Dwerhagen, 



1853, 73- . 



Builth, on a section through the Silurian 



rocks in the vicinity of, bv Sir H. T. De la 



Beche, 1844, 46. 

 and Pen-y-bont, Radnorshire, on some 



points connected with the physical geology 



of the Silurian district between, by Prof. 



A. C. Ramsay, 1848, 73. 

 Burdiehouse, on the limestone of, by Dr. 



Hibbert, 1834, 644; on the fossil fishes 



of, 648. 



