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4. On the Secretion of Oxalic Acid in the Dog. By T. Wesley Mills, M.A., 

 M.D 783 



5. On the Mechanism of Ahsorption. By Professor E. A. Schafer, F.R.S. 783 



6. On a Method of studying the behaviour of the Germs of Septic Organisms 

 under Changes of Temperature. By the Rev. Dr. Dallinger, F.R.S... . 785 



7. On a Vegetable Organism which separates Sulphur. By A. W. Bennett 785 



8. On the Physiology of Therapeutics of the Chloral Hydrate and Anaesthetics 

 generally. By Dr. W. Alexander 785 



9. On the Growth of Children. By Dr. C. S. Minot 785 



10. On the Proteids of Serum. By W. B. Halliburton and Professor E. A. 



Schafer, F.R.S 785 



11. On the Climate of Canada and its relations to Life and Health. By Dr. 



W. H. Hingston 785 



12. On the Production and Propagation of the American Trotter and Classifi- 

 cation of the Spermatozoa and Ova. By Dr. W. McMonagh 785 



Section E.— GEOGRAPHY. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 28. 



Address by General Sir J. II. Lefrot, C.B., K.C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S.,F.S.A., 



Vice-Pres. R.G.S., President of the Section 787 



1. A Communication on Mr. Joseph Thomson's recent Exploration in Eastern 

 Africa. By General Sir J. H. Lefrot, C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S 802 



2. A Communication from Sir John Kirk on Mr. H. Johnston's Kilima-njaro 

 Expedition. By General Sir J. H. Lefroy, (J.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S 802 



3. The latest Researches in the Mceris Basin. By F. Cope Whitehouse, 

 M.A 802 



4. On Maps of Central Africa down to the commencement of the Seventeenth 

 Century. By E. G. Rayenstein, F.R.G.S 803 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 29. 



1. The remarkable Journey of the trained Indian Explorer A. K. on the 

 Frontiers of India and China. By Trelawney Saunders 803 



2. The First General Census of India. By Trelawney Saunders 804 



3. North Borneo. By E. P. Gueritz 805 



4. Mount Roraima, in Guiana. By Everard F. im Thurn, M.A 806 



5. Object Lessons in Geography. By E. G. Ratenstein, F.R.G.S 806 



MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 



1. Report of the Committee for promoting the Survey of Eastern Palestine... 807 



2. Comparison of the Climates of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. By 



Dr. J. Beaufort Hurlbert 807 



3. Some peculiar Storms on the North American Continent. By Dr. J. 

 Beaufort Hurlbert 807 



4. On Dominion Surveys. By Trelawney Saunders 807 



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