\ chomical 

 loric iiiiph- 



1 or intcr- 



nonnell on 

 •viiifT, 8'.M), 

 nitnijJTcii l>y 

 on till'. GS"), 

 on, 2i):i. 

 ton's theory 



looislation, 



the rate oC 



asshnilatiou 

 ' plants, CiS"). 

 on thi? pro- 

 in, 70S. 

 jcke's explo- 

 ■an on. with 

 : of camels, 



, DiUon, 807. 



\ extinction, 



1. 



s for use in 



20. 



!oins, note on 

 f. L. Elsl)ert;, 



lian basin in 



nean density 

 gularities de- 

 n, i'rof. \V. M. 



1-0, S8l. 

 niodcl of the 

 ! nodal line, 

 research for 

 annual paral- 



ocouTcnce of 

 tals in Inilin, 

 le animals and 

 ire mentioncil 

 )rs, 7G-'. 

 [i,the,yiy H.J. 



est means for 

 I of the metric 

 1 measures in 

 patent legisla- 



racite burning 



890. 



c migration of 



ifi; buildings by 

 urce, 8'JI. 

 du Dominion 



INDEX. 



937 



. Oriental, note sur (|Utlijues, by Rev. 

 Abbo Latlanime, 810. 



Tlate(C .Spence)(jn tiiegeograi)hical dis- 

 tribution of the maerurous Crustacea, 



7r,;{. 



*l>ateson (W.) on tlie presence in the 

 Ijiitcropnciixta of a structure cunipar- 

 able with the notochord of the Chor- 

 data, 7S2. 



IJeck (Mr.) on the determination of a 

 gauge for tliC manufacture (jf various 

 small screws, 287. 



Becker (Miss L.) on the teaching' of 

 science in elementary scliools. ^S;;. 



I3eddoc(l)r.)on th(! facial characteristics 

 of the races an<l ]irincipa! crosses in 

 the IJritish Isles, L".)4. 



r.ell (Dr. n.), tlu^ forests of Cana'la, .S.-,(i. 



IJemrose (J.) and I'rof. G. 1'. (lirdwoml, 

 preliminary' notes on a blue-culouring 

 matter found in certain wood under- 

 going decomposition in the forest, 

 G81». 



lien Nevis, meteorological observat ions on , 

 report of the Committee for co-o|)erat- 

 ing with tlie Directors of the lien Nevis 

 Observatory in making, .'](). 



Dennett (A. W.) on .a vegetable organism 

 which separates sulphur, "S.'i. 



I'ickniore (.V. S.) on tlie .lessoi) Colh^c- 

 tion, to illustrate the forestry of the 

 Unit(>d States, in the New \ork Natural 

 History JIuseum, 778. 



*15iliary concretions, Dr. (i. Ilailey on 

 the, 78:!. 



Jliological Section, Address bj' Prof. II. N. 



Moseley to the, 74(;. 

 Uram's anemometer.s attached to kite- 

 wires, an account of some preliminary 

 experiments with, bj- Prof. E. D. Archi- 

 bald, OiW. 



lilackfeet, customs and religious riti's of 

 the, by U. G. IJaliburton, y20. 



Ulackfeet Indians, the Chokitapia or, notes 

 on the astronomical customs and reli- 

 gious ideas of, by J. L'lleureux, i)2I. 



Blake (Prof. J. F.), first impressions of 

 some pro-Cambrian rocks of Canada, 

 728. 



P.lanford (W. T.), Address by, to the 

 Geological Section, (i'Jl. 



Blood, the coagulation of, Prof. 11. N. 

 Martin ami \V. H. Howell on, 771. 



Blood of Z/«(«/w,« i"liij)hv)iiufi, F. Gotcli 

 and .1. P. I;aws on tlie. 771. 



Blue-colouring matter, a, found in <'ertain 

 wood uuderg(3ing decomposition in 

 the forest, preliminary notes on, by 

 Prof. G. P. Girdwood and J. Benirose, 

 fiSi). 



*Bones and muscles, the comjtarative 

 variableness of, G. K. Dobson on, with 

 remarks on unity of type in variation 

 of the origin and insertion of certain 



muscles in ^iiecies uncijimected by 

 unity of descent, 7(>7. 

 Hoiiney (Prof. T. G )on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 21".i; 

 on the .Vicluean rocks of Great ISrilain, 



Borneo. North, by H. P. Giieritz, SO,"). 

 Bonis ( Dr. H.) on the inconv<'nicnces of 



the pr(.'scnl mode of (pioting scientilic 



journals, (;."(). 

 P)os ]iriniigeniiis, the direct descendants 



of, in (iivat liritaiii, some observations 



on, l>y (i. P. Hughes, 772. 

 Pottoiiilcy (.1. ']".) on loss of heat by 



radiation and connection as alfccted by 



the diiiu'iisions of the cooling;- body, 



and on cooling in vacuum, (1L';>. 

 P.oiirne (.\. (>.), report on the occupation 



of the talile at the /.oolo^^ical station 



at Nap 



, 2.-.I. 



Bourne (S.) on the teiichiiiL;' of vcienco in 

 elementary schools, 2S;i ; the inter- 

 di^iendence of the several ]iortionsof 

 the Britisli Kin]Hre, S.")l. 



Bowditch (Prof. H. P.) on va>o-niotor 

 nerves, 77G. 



Bows, unusual coloured, observed in fogs, 

 an account of, liy P. Burton, G.")!!. 



Bral)rook (Mr.) on the expenses of com- 

 pleting the pre]iaration of the final 

 repiU't of the .\iifhropomi'tric Com- 

 mittee, 27'.» ; on the facial character- 

 istics of the races and principal crosses 

 ill the P.ritish Isles, 2!U. 



Bramwell (Sir F. .I.)on the detcrniination 

 of a gauge for the nianufaclure of 

 various small screws, 287; on patent 

 legislation, •l',)\\\ Adilress hy, to the 

 Mechanical Section, 87'). 



P>rigg (J.) on the ex|)loration of the Itay- 

 giil lissure in Lollier.sdale, Vorkshire, 

 210. 



British agriculture, the position and pro- 

 s]i(^cts of, by Prof. \V. I'ream, 847. 



British and Cana<lianagriculture,by Prof, 

 .1. P. Sheldon, 817. 



British i .'onunercial Geographical Society, 

 the, about to be founded on the pro- 

 posal ol' Comnir. V. Lovelt Cameron, 

 SOS. 



Ilritisk Empire, the, in North America and 

 ill .Vusfrala^ia. by W. We-tgarth, 8:f."». 



, the interdc[)eudence of the .several 



portions of the, by S. IJourne, 8.")I. 



♦Brown (Prof.) on the apjilication of 

 .scientiti(^ and ])ractical arboriculture 

 in Canada, S.i.'). 



Brown (Prof. Cruiu) on met(!orological 

 observation.^ on IJeii Nevis, ;(G ; on 

 chemical nomenclature, :!'■». 



Brown (0. C), the apatite deposits of the 

 provinci; of f^uebec, 716. 



Brown (Dr. J.) on the destruction of 

 town refuse, 8"JG. 



