IXDEX. 



[All iixfirld' (♦) Hujiiijicit thai ■m nhntriict of the conimitiiinifwii inf/hrii.] 



OnJI'K'TS imd lulc- dl" tlic A.--iKiiUi(iii, 

 xxiii. 

 I'larcs ilMil times til' incctiii','. willi liaincs 



of iillicci-s, rroiii (•(Jiniinii('('iiu'iil,.\xxii, 

 l,i-l dl' roriiicr I'ri'sicU'ntsiiiKl Secivtavics 



ol' Si'ctions, xxxix. 

 l,ist i)f oNcniiiL;- lectures, liii. 

 Lectures to the Openitive ('l."..-.aes. Iv. 

 (itlleers of Scctidiiiil Coinmittees picsiiit 



at .Mdiitreal, Ivii. 

 Treasurer's jieeouiit, lix. 

 Table sliowiiiL;' llio attcnrlanee and re- 



eei]ils at aiuiual nieetinj,'s, Ix. 

 oilicers aud Council i'dr IfS.S (-S."), Ixii. 

 Uo[)ort of the Council to the (ii'iieral 



Coiuiuittec at Montreal, Ixiii ; suinile- 



nientarv rcpovl, Ixvii. 

 UeeoiuuieiK la tidiis adopted by the (Joneral 



Couiuiittec at Mdiitreal: iiu'dlviiii,'' 



tyrants of iiidiiey, Ixix ; not involving' 



jiTants of money, Ixxii ; CdUiuiuniea- 



tions di'dered to he printed in iwtnir", 



Ixxiv : resolutions referred to the 



Council for consideration, and action 



if dcs-irahle, Ixxv. 

 Synopsis of <rrants of money a])pro])riated 



to scientilii; purposes, Ixxvi. 

 Places of uu'etin^' in JSS.") and 188(1, 



Ixxvii. 

 (ieneral statement of sums wliich have 



been jiaid on account of grants for 



sclent ilie purposes, Ixxviii. 

 (ieneral meeting's, Ixxxviii. 



Address hy the rresident, I'rof. [,ord 

 Uaylein-h, M.A., D.C.Ii., F.U.S., &c., 1. 



Abel (.Sir F.") on jjutent legislation, 2JI3, 



Abney (Capt. W. de W.) on the best 

 methods of recording the direct inten- 

 sity of solar radiation, 28 ; on metfjoric 

 ilust, 118; on the present state of our 

 knowledge of spectrum analysis, 2!i.") ; 

 on wavedongth tables of the spectra 

 of the elements, ;i.51. 



Absorption, the mechanism of, Prof. E. 

 A. Schiifer on, 78;{. 



Acadian and Scottish glacial beds, points 

 of dissimilarity and resemblance be- 

 tween, 11. Richardson on, 722. 



.'}•• 



in Caiuida, 

 miciiiscopic. 

 amphi" 



Acadian l.aMii, the, in American geol 



I.. W. r.ailey du, 717. 

 Acadian fauna, the gcdhc^'ical age of the, 



Ity <<■ 1'. Matthew, 712. 

 •Accidents iit sea, the jircvenlidn uf, 



Adm. J. K. Commeiell on, 8'.i7. 

 Adams(r. |i.) on the occurrence uf tho 



Ndrwegian ' a|iatitl)iingei 



with a few notes on the 



eliaracters df sdiiie Laui'enliaii 



bdlites, 717. 

 Adams (j'rdf. .1. C.) on the harmonic 



.analysis df tida) obscrvatidiis, .".'I; 



* Udte du Xewton's theory of astro« 



nomical refraction, and on his expla- 

 nation df the motion of the Uiodn's 



a[)ogee, db"). 

 Adam; (■ll.C.),the phosphate industry df 



Canada, S.".:!. 

 Adams ( I'ldf. W. (J.) on standards for 



use in electrical measurements, 2'J. 

 Ad<lresses presenteil to the Associjitidii 



in Canada, '.•2.'). 

 Africa, Central, maps of, ilown td the 



connuencement of the seveuteonlli 



century, E. (!. Uavenstein on, 80;!. 

 * , Kastern, Jlr. Josejih Thomson's 



recent exploration in, a comnumica- 



tion on. by (len. Sir J. H. [jcfmy, 802. 

 , SdUth, the geology of, i'rof. T. 11. 



Jones dU. 7;!(!. 

 ♦Agricultural implements, D. ridgeon 



on, 811(1. 

 Agricultural resources of Xova Scotia, 



Maj.-(ien. Laurie on the, 8Hl. 

 Agricultural resources of Ontario, by J. 



Carnegie, 818. 

 Agriculture, British, tlie position and 



prosjiects of, by I'rof. \V. Kream, Ml. 

 , British and Canadian, by I'rof. J. 



r. Sheldon, 817. 

 A. K., the trained Indian explorer, the 



remarkable journey of, on the frontiers 



of India and (.'hina* by T. Saunders, 80J. 

 •^Alexander (Dr. W.) on the j)hysi(dogy 



of therapeutics of the chloral hydrate 



and anfesthetics generally, 78.'). 

 America, British North, a search in. for 



lost colonies of Northmen and I'ortu- 



gucse, by R. Cr. Haliburton, 810. 



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