CONTENTS. VU 



Dixon, H. B., B.A., F.R.S. — On a pure mixture of hydrogen and 



oxygen xi 



Faraday, F. J., i^.Z. 5'. —Exhibit of a copy of Chateaubriand's 



"Atala." xl 



Faraday, W. Barnard, LL.B. — Exhibit of a stone adze found near 



Leek viii 



Faraday, Winifred, M^. — On certain old Norse beliefs xxxvi 



HiCKSOX, Sydney J., M.A., /^./?.>S'.— Exhibit of specimens of 



Alcyonaria from Malayan waters and the Indian Ocean ... xxxi 



Remarks on the peoples of Malacca ... ... ... ... xlvi 



HOYLE, William E., M.A., .F. /?. 5. .£■.— Exhibit of, and remarks on, 



two ethnological specimens from Demerara ... ... ... ii 



On a case of failure of concrete flooring strengthened by steel 



bands ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxviii 



Exhibit of, and remarks on, two carved wooden bowls from 



British Columbia ... xxx 



Hyde, Henry. — Exhibit ol Salvinia tialans and AzoUa filicula ... xix 



Exhibit of various specimens and preparations ... ... ... xxxix 



Kay, Thomas. — On the hypnotic influence produced by persistent 



motion and sparkling objects xli 



Laidlaw, Frank F., .5.^. — The peoples of Malacca xlv 



Lees, Charlks H., D.Sc. — Description of the Hampson air- 

 liquefying apparatus, and experiments with liquid air ... viii 



Melvill, J. Cosmo, M.A., F.L.S. — Exhibit, and presentation to the 

 Society, of the original MS. of Buxton's "Botanical Guide to 



the Flowering Plants . . . of Manchester "... ... ... xii 



Notes upon Chrysanthemum sinense Sabine and C. indicnnt L. xxi 



Exhibit of specimens of the brake fern {Plots aquilina L.) ... xxxiii 



Exhibit of yl///;-a cowa/a Marryat, from the Mediterranean ... xxxix 



Nicholson, Francis, F.Z.S.—Ow the cotton supply in the first half 



of the 1 8th century xxix 



Exhibit, and presentation to the Society, of two books by 



William Sturgeon xxxii 



Exhibit, and presentation to the Society, of a paper by William 



Sturgeon xxxv 



— r— Presentation to the Society of a framed portrait of Peter Clare ... xliv 



