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P.— STATI8TIC8, 319, 339, 353. 



G.— Mechanics, 325, 339, 357. 

 Concluding General Meeting of the British Associa- 

 tion. — 1. A vote of thanks to the Lord Provost and Ma- 

 gistrates of Edinburgh, 374. — 2. A vote of thanks to the 

 University of Edinburgh, 375. — 3. Vote of thanks to the 

 Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. — 4. Vote of thanks 

 to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Board for the En- 

 couragement of Arts and Manufactures, and other Literary 

 and Scientific Societies in Edinburgh, 379.-5. Vote of 

 thanks to the Commissioners of Northern Lights, 380. — 

 6. The President's concluding Address, 382. — 7. Conclu- 

 sion of the Proceedings of the British Association for 1850. 

 — 8. Excursions, 385. — 9. Lectures. — 10. Promenades and 

 Conversations, 385. 



Art. XIV. Notes on the Geology of the Southern Extre- 

 mity of Cantyre, Argyleshire. By James Nicol, 

 F.R.E., F.G.S., Professor of Geology, Queen s Col- 

 lege, Cork. Communicated by the Author, . 385 



XV. Notes of Professor Edward Forbes' Excursion to 



the Hebrides. Communicated by the Author, . 388 



XVI. Observations on Three Skulls of Naloo Africans. 

 By Richard Owen, F.R.S., Hunterian Professor 

 of Comparative Anatomy in the Royal College of 

 Surgeons. Communicated by the Ethnological 

 Society, 389 



XVII. On the Succession of Strata and Distribution of Or- 

 ganic Remains in the Dorsetshire Purbecks. By 

 Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S. Communi- 

 cated by the Author, 391 



XVIII. Classification of Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, and 



Fishes, from Embryonic and Palaeozoic data, . 395 



XIX. Scientific Intelligence : — 



GEOLOGY. 



1. First Geological Appearance of Coniferae, 



2. Proof of the Correctness of the Glacial Theor 



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