XVlll ('ONTENTS. 



I'age 

 *>. An AutDiiuitic Souiuler. ]>y .Tamks Du.i.ox, ^I.riist.CK 807 



(5, On tlie ]lrili»h C()mini.'VCi.il G>'o<,'riiphieal Sooiety aLoul to be foundcrl on 

 the proiiosal of Cominnmlei' V. Lovott Oaiueron, O.B. By Conimandor 

 V. J.OVBT. Camtjkox, O.li «08 



TULSDA r, SEVTEMJIEII 2. 



1. Arctic I'Liperiences at Point Barrow, By Lieutenant P, If. Kay, U.S.A... ^08 



2. llecent Discoveries in Nortliern Greenland and in Grinnell J^and. Bv 



Lieutenant A. W, Qreely, U.S.A ^ 808 



•'». A Searcli in British Nortli America for lost Colonies of Northmen and 

 Portu^'uesB. By H. G. IIalihukton •'^10 



4. Note snr (|uelque3 ba.>'8ins hvdvofjrapliiques dn Dominion Oriental. Jtv ilu> 



Rev. Abbe .J. U. {.AKLAMJii;, A.M .' 811 



5. On Surveys of the Dominion I^ands — Xorth-Western Territories of 



Canada. By Lixdsay Blssei.l 811 



0. On the former Coimection between North America and the I'lastern side 

 of the Atlantic. By Professor W. Boyd Dawkin.s, M.A., F.ll.S H12 



7. On Oliarlcs "Wiimeclce's Explorations in Central Au.stralia, with Notes on 

 the Employment of Cameb. By J. S. O'Halloran, F.U.G.S 812 



Section F.— ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 28. 



Address by Sir R. Temple, Bart., G.O.S.I., CLE., D.C.L., LE.D., F.R.G.S., 



President of tlie Section 813 



1, What makes the Rate of Wages? By E. Atkinson 824 



'- 2. The Post Office Savings Bank System of Canada. W\ J. Cunningham 



Stewart \ 834 



' 3. Dominion Savings Banks. By T. D. Tims 835 



>' 4. Loans and Savings Companies. By W. A. Douglas 835 



6. Irish Emigration. By S. Tuke 835 



C, The British Empire in Nortli America and in Australasia. By W. W'est- 

 gartii 835 



FllID A. Y, A UG UST 29. 



L Media of lOxclumge : some Notes on the Precious Metals and their ICquiva- 

 lents. By John B. Martin, M.A., F.S.S 8.37 



2. National Debts. By Michael G. Mulhall 8.38 



•13. Canadian Finance. By J. McLennan 841 



4. On the Production and Consumption of Meat in the United Kingdom. 

 By Major P. G. Oraigib, F.S.S., Secretary of the Central Chamber of 

 Agriculture of Great Britain 841 



^ 5. Britisli and Canadian Agriculture. By Professor J. P. Sheldon 847 



0. The Position and Prospects of British Agriculture. By Professor 

 AV. Fkeam, B.Sc. F.L.S., F.G.S 847 



•J 7. The Agricultural Resources of Ontario. By John Carnegie 848 



J 8. On the Agricultural Resources of Nova Scotia. By Major-General Laurie, 



D.O.L 849 



