CONTENTS. XV 



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Dr. R. G. Latham on the Jaczwings, a Population of the Thirteenth Century, 

 on the Frontiers of Prussia and Lithuania 163 



Dr. D. Livingstone on the latest Discoveries in South-Central Africa 164 



Mr. W. Lockhart on the Mountain Districts of China, and their Aboriginal 

 Inhabitants 168 



Mr. D. May's Journey in the Yoruba and Nupe Countries I/O 



Dr. Macgowan's History of the Ante-Christian Settlement of the Jews in China 1 70 



Mr. J. Mickie's Cruise in the Gulf of Pe-che-li and Leo-tung (China) 170 



Captain Sherard Osborn on the Formation of Oceanic Ice in the Arctic 

 Regions 170 



Captain J. Palliser on the Course and Results of the British North American 

 Exploring Expedition, under his Command in the Years 1857, 1858, 1859... 170 



Dr. Hector's Remarks concerning the Climate of the Saskatchewan 

 District 172 



Mr. Sullivan's Remarks concerning the Tribes of Indians inhabiting the 

 Country examined by the Expedition 173 



ConsulPETHERicK on his proposed Journey from Khartum in Upper Egypt to 

 meetCaptain Speke on or near the Lake Nyanza of Central Africa 174 



Dr. J. Rae on the Formation of Icebergs and Ice Action, as observed in the 

 Hudson's Bay and Straits 174 



on the Aborigines of the Arctic and Sub- Arctic Regions of North 



America 175 



M. R. von Schlagintweit's Remarks on some of the Races of India and High 

 Asia (in connexion with casts exhibited) 175 



Lieutenant Edward Schlagintweit on the Tribes composing the Population 

 of Morocco 177 



Col. Tal. P. Shaffner on the Geography of the North Atlantic Telegraph 178 



Captain Parker Snow on the Lost Polar Expedition and Possible Recovery of 

 its Scientific Documents 180 



Captain M. H. Synge on the Proposed Communication between the Atlantic 

 and Pacific, via British North America 181 



M. Pierre de Tchihatchef on the Geographical Distribution of Plants in 

 Asia Minor 181 



Mr. Thomas Wright on the Excavations on the site of the Roman City of 

 Uriconium at Wroxeter 181 



STATISTICAL SCIENCE. 



Opening Address by Nassau W. Senior, M.A., President of the Section 182 



Rev. J. Booth on the True Principles of an Income Tax 184 



Miss Mary Carpenter on Educational Help from the Government Grant to 

 the destitute and neglected children of Great Britain 184 



Mr. E. Chadwick on the Economical Results of Military Drill in Popular 

 Schools 185 



on the Physiological as well as Psychological Limits to 



Mental Labour 185 



Mr. R. Dowden on Local Taxation for Local Purposes 191 



Mr. Henry Fawcett, Dr. Wheweil on the Method of Political Economy igl 



on Co-operative Societies, their Social and Political 



Aspect 191 



Ir. J. J. Fox on the Province of the Statistician 191 



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