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Page 

 N. SxoKT Maseeltne, appointed for the purpose of continuing the inquiries 

 relating to the teaching of Science in Elementary Schools 278 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Sibgwick, Professor Fox- 

 well, the Rev. W. Cunningham, and Professor Munro (Secretary), on 

 the Regulation of Wages by means of Sliding Scales 282 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. W. H. Baklow, Sir F. J. Bram- 

 WELL, Professor J. Thomson, Captain D. Galton, Mr. B. Baker, Professor 

 W. C. Unwin, Professor A. B. W. Kennedy, Mr. C. Barlow, Mr. A. T. 

 . Atchison (Secretary), and Professor H, S. Hele Shaw, for obtaining in- 

 formation with reference to the Endui-auce of Metals under repeated and 

 varying stresses, and the proper working stresses on Railway Bridges and 

 other structures subject to varying loads 284 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. Garson, Mr. Pengelly, Mr. F. W. 

 Rttdler, and Mr. G. W. Bloxam (Secretary), for investigating the Pre- 

 historic Race in the Greek Islands 284 



Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. E. B. Tylor, Dr. G. M. 

 Dawson, General Sir J. H. Lefroy, Dr. Daniel Wilson, Mr. R. G. 

 Halibitrxon, and Mr. George W. Bloxam (Secretary), appointed for 

 the purpose of investigating and publishing reports on the physical cha- 

 racters, languages, and industrial and social condition of the Xorth-westeru 

 Tribes of the Dominion of Canada 285 



Report to the Council of the Corresponding Societies Committee, consisting 

 of Mr. Francis Galton (Chairman), Professor A. W. ^^■ILLIAMSON, 

 Captain Douglas Galton, Professor Boyd Dawkins, Sir Rawson Raavson, 

 Dr. J. G. Garson, Dr. J. Evans, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Professor R. Meldola 

 (Secretary), Mr. VV. Whitakee, Mr. G. J. Symons, and General Pitt- 

 Rivees -^^ 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors Armstrong and Lodge 

 (Secretaries), Sir William Thomson, Lord Rayleigh, Professors Schuster, 

 PoYNTiNG, J. J. Thomson, Fitzgerald, Crum Brown, Ramsay, Frank- 

 land, Tilden, Hartley, McLeod, Carey Foster, Roberts-Austen, 

 RtJCKER, Reinold, and S. P. Thompson, (Japtain Abney, Drs. Gl.vbstone, 

 Hopkinson, and Fleming, and Messrs. W. X. Shaw, II. B. Dixon, J. T. 

 Bottomley, W. Crookes, Shelford Bidwell, and J. Laemor, appointed 

 for the purpose of considering the subject of Electrolysis in its Physical and 

 Chemical bearings. Edited by Oli^-eb Lodge 308 



Sixth Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. R. Etheeidge, Mr. Thomas 

 Geay, and Professor John Milne (Secretary), appointed lor the purpose 

 of investigating the Volcanic Phenomena of Japan. Drawn up by the 

 Secretary 413 



The Modern Development of Thomas Young's Theory of Colour-vision. By 



Dr. Arthur Konig 431 



On the Explicit Form of the Complete Cubic Differential Resolvent. By the 



Rev. RoBEET Habley, F.R.S 439 



On the Phenomena and Theories of Solution. Bv Professor W. A. Tilden, 



F.R.S '^ -i^^ 



On the Exploration of the Raygill Fissure in Lothersdale, Yorkshire. By 



James W. Davis, F.G.S 469 



An Accurate and Rapid Method of estimating the Silica in an Igneous Rock. 



By J. 11. Player ^^1 



