CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Objects and Rules of the Association xxvii 



Places and Times of Meeting and Officers from commencement xxxv 



Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections of the Association from com- 

 mencement xliii 



Evening Lectures Ivii 



Lectures to the Operative Classes Ix 



Officers of Sectional Committees present at the Birmingham Meeting Ixi 



Treasurer's Account Ixiii 



Table showing the Attendance and Receipts at the Annual Meetings Ixiv 



Officers and Council, 1886-87 Ixvi 



Report of the Council to the General Committee livii 



Recommendations adopted by the General Committee for Additional 



Reports and Researches in Science Ixx 



Synopsis of Grants of Money Ixxix 



Places of Meeting in 1887 and 1888 Ixxx 



General Statement of Sums which have been paid on account of Grants 



for Scientific Purposes Lxxxi 



Arrangement of theGeneral Meetings xcii 



Address by the President, Sir J. William Dawson, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., F.G.S., Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, Mon- 

 treal, Canada 1 



EEPOETS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor G. Forbes (Secretary), 

 Captain Abket, Dr. J. Hopkinson, Professor W. G. Adams, Professor 

 G. C. Foster, Lord Rayleigh, Mr. Pkeece, Professor Schustek, Professor 

 Dewar, Mr. A. Vernon Harcourt, Professor Atrxon, and Sir James 

 Douglass, appointed for the purpose of reporting on Standards of Lio-ht. 

 Drawn up by Professor G. Forbes 39 



