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7. The River Systems of South India. By General F. H. Rtjndall, C.S.I., 



RE 734 



8. On the Afghan Frontier. By Charles Edward D. Black 734 



9. On Preshevalski's Travels in Tibet. By E. Delmar Morgan 734 



10. North China and Corea. By J. D. Rbes 734 



11. Universal Time : a System of Notation for the Twentieth Century. By 

 Sandford F. Fleming, O.M.G., LL.D 735 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 



1. A Journey in Western Algeria, May 1886. By Colonel Sir Lambert 

 Platfair, K.C.M.G 735 



2. Recent French Explorations in the Ogowai-Congo Region. By Major 



R. de Lannot de BissT 736 



3. River Niger and Central Sudan Sketches. By Joseph Thomson 736 



4. Recent Explorations in the Southern Congo Basin. By Lieutenant R. 

 KuND 736 



6. A Trader on the West Coast of Afi-ica and in the Interior. By Robert 

 Capper, F.R.G.S 736 



6. Bechuanaland. By Captain Conder, R.E 736 



7. The Panama Canal. By F. de Lesseps 736 



Section F.— ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 

 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 



Address by John Biddtjlph Martin, M.A., F.S.S., F.Z.S., President of the 

 Section 737 



1. On Manual Training. By Sir Philip Magnus 748 



2. Technical Instruction in Elementary Schools. By William Ripper 749 



3. Technical Education. By the Rev. H. Solly 751 



4. Economic Value of Art in Manufactures. By Edward R. Taylor 751 



5. Imperial Federation, or Greater Britain United. By Robert Grant 



Webster, LL.B., M.P 752 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 



1. Boarding-out as a method of Pauper Education and a Check on Here- 

 ditary Pauperism. By Miss Wilhelmina L. Hall, F.R.Met.Soc 753 



2. Small Holdings and Allotments. By F. Impey 755 



3. Peasant Properties and Protection. By Lady Verney 755 



4. Co-operative Farming. By Bolton King, M. A 757 



5. The Results of an Experiment in Fruit-farming. By the Ven. Archdeacon 



Lea , 757 



6. Colonial Agriculture, and its Influence on British Farming. By Professor 

 W. Fream, B.Sc, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.S.S 758 



7. The Public Land Policy of the United States. By Worthington C. 

 Ford 761 



8. The Effect of Aspect on Wheat-yields. By Dr. A. Haviland 762 



