XVI CONTENTS. 



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2. On Canadian Examples of supposed Fossil Algse. By Sir J. William 



Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S 651 



3. On Bilobites. By Professor T. McKennt Hughes, M.A., F.G.S 653 



4. Ou recent Researches amongst the Carboniferous Plants of Halifax. By 

 Professor W. C. Williamson, LL.D., F.R.S 654 



5. Note on the recent Earthquake in the United States, including a tele- 



graphic dispatch from Major Powell, Director of the United States 

 Geological Survey. By W. ToPLEr, F.G.S., Assoc.Inst.C.E., Geological 

 Survey of England 656 



6. Sixth Report on the Volcanic Phenomena of Japan 657 



7. Report on the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesu\-iu3 and its neighbourhood... 657 



8. On the Heat of the Earth as influenced by Conduction and Pressure. 



By the Rev. A. Irving, B.Sc.,B.A.., F.G.S 657 



9. A Contribution to the Discussion of Metamorphism in Rocks. By the 



Rev. A. Irving, B.Sc, B.A., F.G.S 658 



10. Ou the Influence of Axial Rotation of the Earth on the Interior of its 



Crust. By John GuNN, F.G.S , 660 



Geology Sub-Section. 



1. Notes on some of the Problems now being investigated by the Officers of 



the Geological Survey in the North of Ireland, chiefly in Co. Donea-al. 

 By Professor E. Hull, LL.D., F.R.S 660 



2. Notes on the Crystalline Schists of Ireland. By C. Callaway, D.Sc, 

 M.A., F.G.S 661 



3. The Ordovician Rocks of Shropshire. By Professor C. Lapworth, LL.D., 

 F.G.S 661 



4. On the Silurian Rocks of North Wales. By Professor T. M'Kenny 

 Hughes, M.A., F.G.S 063 



5. Notes on some Sections in the Arenig Series of North Wales and the Lake 



District. By Professor T. M'Kenny Hughes, M.A., F.G.S 663 



6. On the Lower Palaeozoic Rocks near Settle. By J. E. 3Iarr, M.A., 



F.G.S .' 663 



7. Note on a Bed of Red Chalk in the Lower Chalk of Suffolk. By A. J. 



Jukes-Browne, B.A., F.G.S 664 



8. On Manganese Mining in Merionethshire. By C. Le Neve Foster, D.Sc. 665 



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

 James ^Y. Davis, F.G.S 665 



WEDXESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 



1. On the Basalt of Rowley Regis. By C. Be ale 665 



2. On the Mineral District of Western Shropshire. By C. J. Woodward, 

 B.Sc 665 



3. The Anorthosite Rocks of Canada. By Frank D. Adams 666 



4. On a Diamantiferous Peridotite and the Genesis of the Diamond. By 

 Professor H. Carvill Lewis, M.A., F.G.S ".. 667 



5. On the Metamorphosis of the Lizzard Gabbros. Bv J. J. H. Teall, M.A., 



F.G.S ." 668 



6. Introduction to the Monian Svstem of Rocks. By Professor J. F. Blake, 



M.A., F.G.S .' .669 



