CONTENTS. x j x 



MO XI) AY, SEPTEMBER 1. 



1. Eeport of the Committee for defraying the expenses of completing the 

 final Report of the Anthropometric Committee , 851 



2. Report of the Committee for continuing the inquiries relating to the 

 teaching of Science in- Elementary Schools ,., % 851 



3. The Interdependence of the several portions of the British Empire By 

 Stephen Bourne, F.S.S g 5 j 



4. The Factory Acts. By R. Whately Cooke-Taylor 853 



5. The Phosphate Industry of Canada. By Robert C. Adams 853 



6. The Fisheries of Canada. By L. Z. Joncas 854 



7. On the Application of Scientific and Practical Arboriculture in Canada. 



By Professor Brown ' ogc 



8. The Distribution of Canadian Forest Trees. By A. T. Dru.unond 855 



9. The Forests of Canada. By Robert Bell, M.D., LL.D 856 



10. Forests— their Value Meteorologically and as National Reserves. Bv 

 G.P.Hughes ■ uqq 



11. The Future Policy of Forest Management in the United States By 



F. B. Hough J gg, 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 



1. Internal Communication by Land and Water. By Cornelius Walford 

 FSS 861 



2. Transport by Land and Water. By E. Wragge and Alexander 



MCDOUGALL gQi) 



3. On Land Laws. By Emile de Lavbleyh 862 



4. Female Emigration. By Miss Maria Rye 866 



5. Female Emigration. By Mrs. Burt 866 



6. Female Emigration. By Mrs. Joyce 866 



7. Population, Immigration, and Pauperism in the Dominion of Canada By 

 J - LowE 866 



8. On the Probability that a Marriage entered into at any Age will be 

 Fruitful, and that a Marriage which has been Childless for several years 

 will subsequently become Fruitful. By T. B. Sprague, M.A... 866 



-9. On the relative Dangers of Coal and Metal Mining in the United Kino-dom 

 By C. Le Neve Foster, B.A., D.Sc, F.G.S. ....! 



868 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 3. 



1. The Banking System of Canada. By H. J. Hague .868 



2. Prospective Prices in Europe, America, and Asia. By Hyde Clarke, 



V - RS - S 868 



3. Harmonies and Antagonisms in the Social Forces. By W H Douglass 



ba .'869 



i. Notes on Friendly Societies, with special reference to Lapses and Malinger- 

 ing. By the Rev. G. Cecil White, M.A ° _ 869 



o. The Commercial Relations of Canada with Spain and her Colonies. By 

 Don Arturo de Marcoartu gj-0 



•6. Forestry. By J. Beaufort Hurlbert, M.D., LL.D . 872 



7. The Forests of Canada. By J. Beaufort Hurlbert, M.D., LL.D 872 



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