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CONTENTS. 



Pa^e 

 Objects and Rules of the Association xxiii 



Places and Times of Meetinj,' and Officers from commeuceiuent xxxii 



Presidents and Secretaries of tiic Sections of the Association from com- 

 mencement xxxix 



Evening Lectures liii 



Lectures to the Opeiative Classes Iv 



Officers of Sectional Committees present at the Montreal Meeting Ivii 



Treasurer's Account lix 



Table showing the Attendance and Receipts at Annual Meetings Ix 



Officers and Council, ] 884-85 Ixii 



Report of the ( 'ouncil to the General Committee Ixiii 



Supplementary Rt-povt Ix vii 



Recommendations adopted by the (xenei'al Committee for Additional Re- 

 ports and Researciies in Science Ixix 



Synopsis of Money Grants Ixxvi 



Places of Meeting in 1885 and 188(5 Ixxvii 



General Statement of Sums which have been paid on account of Grants 

 I for Scientific Purposes Ixxviii 



Arrangement of theGeneral Meetings Ixxxviii 



Address by the President, the Right lion. LoKi) RAYr.Eifiii, ^I.A., D.C.L., 

 F.R.S., F.U. A.S., F.R.G.S., Professor of lOxperimental Physics in the 

 University of Cambridge 1 



REPOirrS ox THE STATE OF SCIENcrE. 



I Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir Wilmam Thomsox, Professor 

 A. \V. \Vir,LTAMsox,Mr. W. 11. PKi:i;n:,Mr.BAi!Low,andMr.J. M. Thomson 

 (Secretary), appointed to consider and advise on the best moans for facilitat- 

 ing the adoption of the Metric System of Weights and Measures in Great 

 Ih'itain 27 



Report of tlie Committee, consisting of Professor Bali'our Stewakt (Secre- 

 tary), Professor Stokks, Mr. G. Johnston i; Stoni;v, Professor Sir II. K. 

 Uoscoi;, Professor Schustkk, Captain Ahnky, and Mr. G. J. Symons, ap- 

 pointed for the purpose of considering the best metliods of recording the 

 direct int nsity of Solar Radiation 28 



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