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fcive Catalogue of the Specimens in the Sedgwick 

 Museum, Cambridge, John Watson, 40; the Coast 

 Scene 1 v of North Devon, E. A. Newell Arber, 147; Inter- 

 glacial Conditions in the South of England, Rev. Dr. A. 

 Irving, 214; Geologischer Fuhrer durch das Mainzer 

 Tertiarbecken, Dr. C. Mordziol, 548 ; a Monchiquite 

 Intrusion in the Old Red Sandstone of Monmouthshire, 

 Rev. W. S. Boulton, 33 

 Geology at the British Association : 437 ; Presidential 

 Address, A. Harker, F.R.S., 437; Local Geology of 

 Portsmouth, Clement Reid, F.R.S., 437; Silurian Rocks 

 of the Eastern Mendips, Prof. S. H. Reynolds, 438 ; 

 Glaciation of the North-east of Ireland, Dr. A. R. 

 Dwerryhouse, 438 ; Glacial Period and Climatic Changes 

 in North-east Africa, Dr. W. F. Hume, J. I. Craig, 

 43S ; Former Connection of Isle of Wight with Mainland, 

 Clement Reid, F.R.S., Dr. J. W. Evans, 438; Lower 

 Carboniferous of the Bundoran District of South Donegal, 

 W. B. Wright, 439 ; Beds on Border of the Appalachian 

 System, comprising a Complex Series of Impure Lime- 

 stones and Sandstones, Prof. E. S. Moore, 439 ; First 

 Meteorite recorded in Egypt, Dr. W. F. Hume, 439 : 

 see also Palaeontology 

 Geometry, Non-Euclidean, Rev. W. B. Frankland, 315, 



-,47 ; Dr. D. M. Y. Sommerville, 450 

 Geophysics : Physik der Erde, Prof. M. P. Rudzki, F. 



Stratton, 38 

 Gifts and Grants to Science and Education : 



Britain: Agriculture and Cognate Industries, Develop- 

 ment Commissioners, 2,500,000!., and an annual Grant 

 of 400,000!., 118; Agricultural Development Fund: 

 Advance to Board of Education for additional Grants 

 in Aid of Farm Institutes, 135 ; British Industrial Bur- 

 saries, Proposed Scheme by Royal Commissioners for 

 the Exhibition of 1851, 101 ; Bristol Grammar School, 

 io.oooj., from Miss Stancombe Wills, 64 ; Cheltenham 

 College, 3500/. for Scholarships, by the will of Lord 

 James of Hereford, 441 ; London, East London College, 

 7000!. per annum, from the Drapers' Company, 236; 

 London, Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, 

 2600/. subscribed, 574 ; London, Royal College of 

 Physicians, 20,000/., contingent remainder, by will of 

 Dr. S. J. Gee, 406 ; London, University College, 

 30,000/. to the new Chemical Laboratories Fund, from 

 Mr. R. C. Forster, 64 ; Oxford, Ruskin College, 5000/., 

 by the will of Mr. C. S. Buxton, 472 ; Reading Uni- 

 versity College, 200,000/. Endowment Fund, from Lady 

 Wantage, Mr. and Mrs. G. Palmer and Mr. A. Palmer, 

 32 ; Sheffield City Council, 1000Z. for Tuberculin Treat- 

 ment for Consumptives, from Mr. Douglas Vickers, 

 369; Sheffield University, 15,000/. for extensions, from 

 the Drapers' Company, 472 ; Technical Education and 

 University Grants : Annual Statement by the President 

 of the Board of Education, 93 

 Antarctic Expedition of Dr. Mawson, 7000/. from New 

 South Wales Government, and 19,000/. subscribed 

 locally, 369 ; 5000/. from the Commonwealth of Aus- 

 tralia, 6000/. from the Victorian Government, 388 

 Canada: McGill University, land costing 200,000/., from 



Sir W. Macdonald, 64 

 Greece : 40,000/. to Found a School at Athens on the 

 Lines of Eton or Harrow, 10,000/. for a School for 

 Girls in Cephalonia, and 65,000/. for other Educational 

 Objects in Athens and Cephalonia, by the will of M. 

 Marino Corgialegno, a British Subject, 16S 

 India : Benares, 30 Lakhs of Rupees (200,000/.) for a 

 Residential Hindu University, collected, 541 ; Bombay, 

 Two and a Quarter Lakhs of Rupees for the Library 

 of the Science Institute, Rao Saheb Vasanji Trikamji, 



3°5 



South African College. Cape Town, his Herbarium and 

 Library with 27,000/. for upkeep and extension, also 

 21,000/. for Scholarships, by the will of the late 

 Dr. Harry Bolus, 65 



United States : Astronomical Fellowship of 200/. a Year 

 to a Woman, Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association, 

 254; California University, Increases in Salaries, 305; 

 Cobleskill Agricultural College, 10,000/. from New 

 York Legislature, 270; Durham, N.C., Trinity College, 

 32,000/. from the Messrs. Duke, 32 ; Harvard Uni- 

 versity, 20,000/. from the Class of 1886, 5000/. for 



Scholarships from Mr. W. J. Riley, 574; Illinois 

 University, 703,860/. State Legislature Grant, and other 

 Additions to Income, 32 ; Indiana Medical College, 

 6000/. by will of Dr. W. Flvnn, 542 ; National Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, 3,094,127/., for this year, appro- 

 priated out of the United States Treasury, 565 ; Nevada 

 State University, 50,000/. for a Library and Adminis- 

 tration Building, Mr. Clarence Mackay and Friends, 

 134; Oswego Normal School, 28,000/. from New York 

 Legislature, 270; Princeton University, 20,000/., 64; 

 Syracuse University, 8000/. from Mr. J. G. Archbold, 

 270; 11,000/. for a State College of Forestry, 373 ; Yale 

 University, 4000/. for General Research in Study of 

 Diseases, 2000/. for the Clinic, 2000/. for the Peruvian 

 Exploration Fund, 32 

 Giraffes, Two Undescribed, R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 484 

 Gold : Attempt to Work Alluvial Goldfield in East Suther- 

 land, 51 ; the Forbes-Parkes Goldfield, New South Wales, 

 E. C. Andrews, Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 464; 

 General Report on Tanami Goldfield and District (North- 

 western Central Australia), L. C. E. Gee, Prof. J. W. 

 Gregory, F.R.S., 464 

 Golden Bough, the : a Study in Magic and Religion, Prof. 



J. G. Frazer, 71 

 Grasses, New, from Bombay, R. K. Bhide, 474 

 Grouse in Health and in Disease : Report of the Committee 



of Inquiry, 544 

 Gypsies : Gypsies of Central Russia, D. F. D. Ranking, 

 E. Wittich, 190 ; Primitive Lathe used by Gypsy Spoon 

 Makers, J. Teutsch, igo 

 Gyro-compass, the Anschiitz, C. V. Boys, F.R.S., 83 



Harmonic Analysis, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, 55 



Hashish or Indian Hemp, A. Lucas, 125 



Heat : Spontaneous Vibrations of a Bar fixed at the Ends 

 and Impermeable to Heat, J. Boussinesq, 272 ; Applied 

 Thermodynamics for Engineers, Prof. W. D. Ennis, 173 ; 

 Transport of Metallic Particles under the Action of Heat, 

 G. Reboul, E. G. de Bollemont, 507 



Heredity : Inheritance of Character in Zea Mays, T. Burtt- 

 Davy, 136 ; Inheritance of Heterostylism and Colour in 

 Primula sinensis, R. P. Gregory, 18; Heredity in Plants, 

 Prof. F. E. Weiss, 542 ; see also Genetics 



History : a History of England for Schools, with Docu- 

 ments, Problems, and Exercises, M. W. Keatinge, N. L. 

 Frazer, 449 : Calendar of Papers in Washington Archives 

 relating to the Territories of the United States (to 1873), 

 D. W. Parker, 449 



Horse Breeding, Genetics of, C. C. Hurst, 534 



Hurricane on South Carolina-Georgia Coast, August 27-28, 

 527_ 



Hybrids : the Graft Hybrid Laburnum Adami, W. J. Bean, 

 256; Is the Law of Uniformity of Hybrids of the First 

 Generation Absolute? M. Gard, 102; Graft Hybrids, 

 R. P. Gregory, 371 



Hvdrodynamics : Resistance to Flow of Water through 

 Passages having Divergent Boundaries, Prof. A. H. 

 Gibson, 203 ; Lehrbuch der technischen Physik : vol. iii., 

 Technische Hydromechanik, Prof. Hans Lorenz, 7 



Imperial Institute, Scientific Work, 537 



India: the Goddess Stambhesvari, B. C. Mazumdar, 170; 



Rural Economy of the Bombay Deccan, Mr. Keatinge, 



192 ; Gadadhara, Prince of Indian Schoolmen, Dr. S. C. 



Vidyabhusana, 340; Economic Products of India, 424; 



Abor Expedition, 526; Indian Census Instructions, E. A. 



Gait, 526 

 Insects Feeding on " Slime Flux " of Trees, J. A. Gillett, 



W. J. B., 516 

 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Swiss Meeting, 160 

 Ionisation of the Atmosphere, Dr. V. F. Hess, Dr. G. von 



Sensel, 200 ; Ionisation produced bv Magneto-kathode 



Rays, Prof. A. Righi, 426 

 Ions, the Mass of the Gaseous, W. Duane, 23S 

 Iron Bort, J. R. Sutton, 550 

 Irrigation : Irrigation in Egypt : Silt carried by the Flood 



Waters of the Nile, Messrs. Bury and Pollard, 125 ; 



Irrigation on the Indus, E. S. Bellasis, 344 

 Kathode Rays produced in Electric Incandescent Lamps, 



L. Houllevigue, 34 



