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Oijjects and Rules of the Association 



Ofncers and Council, and Members of Committees xiii 



Presidents and Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the 



Sections of the Association xiv 



General Programme for the Meeting x 



Extracts from the Minutes of the Meeting of the General 



Council, 7th January xvii 



Extracts from the Minutes of the Meeting of the General 



Council, 14th January xviii 



Committees of Investigation appointed at the Meeting of 



General Comncil, 14th January, 1891 xviii 



General Statement of Sums which have been paid on 



account of Grants for Scientific Purposes xix 



Table showing Attendance and Receipts xi 



Treasurer's Account xxi 



Donations to the Library xxii 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES. 



Address by His Excellency Sir Robert G. C. Hamilton, 



K.C.B., LL.D., President of the Association 1 



Address by Professor W. H. Bragg, M.A., President of 



Section A 31 



Address by W. M. Hamlet, F.C.S., F.I.C., President of 



Section B 48 



Address by Professor T. W. E. David, M.A., F.G.S., Presi- 

 dent of Section C 64 



Address by Professor W. Baldwin-Spencer, M.A., President 

 of Section D 82 



Address by Commander Pasco, R.N., President of Section E 125 



Address by R. Teece, F.I.A., President of Section F 131 



Address by Rev. Lorimer Fison, President of Section G. ... 144 



Address by Professor W. H. Warren, M.I.C.E., President 

 of Section H 154 



Address by Professor E. E: Morris, M.A., President of 



Section I 170 



Address by C. Napier Bell, C.E., President of Section J 185 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



Report of Committee on Seismological Phenomena in 



Australasia 200 



Report of Committee on the Tides of the Coast of South 



Austraha 230 



Report of Committee on the Fertilization of the Fig in 



the Australasian Colonies ; 233 



Report of the Antarctic Committee 236 



Supplementar jr Biography for Australia, Malaysia, Melanesia, 



and Polynesia , , 240 



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