670 
localities of the rare slug, Testacella 
Haliotidea, 549. 
Lubbock (Sir J.) on the workings of the 
proposed revised New Code, and of 
other legislation affecting the teaching 
of science in elementary schools, 309. 
Liiroth (Prof.) on a method for measuring 
the height of clouds, 422, 
Mackintosh (D.) on the erratic blocks of 
England, Wales, and Ireland, 136; on 
the introduction of science into higher 
and middle-class schools, 622. 
*Macknight (E. A.), the Scottish poor 
law, past and present, tried by results, 
626. 
McLean (H.), personal names and tribe- 
names of the Gaels, 573. 
McLeod (Prof.) on the pressure of the 
vapour of mercury at the ordinary 
temperature, 443. 
MacMahon (Capt. P. A.) on symmetric 
functions, and in particular on certain 
inverse operators in connection there- 
with, 409. 
MacMunn (Dr. C. A.) on the occurrence 
of chlorophyll in animals, 532. 
Macrory (Mr.) on patent legislation, 316. 
Madagascar, the south-west of, Nos Vey 
and, by Rev. 8. J. Perry, 595. 
Magnetic susceptibility and retentiveness 
of soft iron, Prof. J. A. Ewing on the, 
402. 
Magnetism of the earth, the forms of the 
influence exerted by the sun on the, 
Prof. Balfour Stewart on, 419. 
Mahomed (Dr. F. A.) on the work of the 
Anthropometric Committee, 253. 
Malthusian principle, an attempt at the 
more definite statement of the, by Rev. 
W. Cunningham, 603. 
Man in Ireland, the antiquity of, W. J. 
Knowles on, 562. 
Manganese, the atomic weight of, Prof. 
J. Dewar and Dr. A. Scott on, 459. 
Manganese bronze, P. M. Parsons on, 378. 
Maori customs, notes on, by C. E. Peek, 
590. 
Marine fauna of shallow seas, the in- 
fluence of wave-currents on the, A. R. 
Hunt on, 540. 
Marshall (Prof. M.) on the polymorphism 
of alcyonaria, 529 ; on two new dredg- 
ing machines, 540. 
Marten (E. B.) on the circulation of 
underground waters, 147. 
Marten (H.) on the circulation of under- 
ground waters, 147. 
Martin (J. B.), gold versus goods, 625. 
Maskelyne (Prof. N.S.) on the workings 
of the proposed revised New Code, and 
of other legislation affecting the teach- 
ing of science in elementary schools, 
309. 
INDEX. 
Mathematical and Physical Section, Ad- 
dress by Prof. O. Henrici to the, 393. 
Mathematical tables, report on, 118. 
*Matter, chemical views on the constitu- 
tion of, by Prof. A. W. Williamson, 459. 
Matthews (J. D.) on wool plugs and steril- 
ised fluids, 531. 
Maxwell’s equations for the electro-mag- 
netic action of moving electricity,. 
Prof. Fitzgerald on, 404, 
Mechanical Section, Address by J. Brun- 
lees to the, 635. 
Meldola (R.) on the ‘Loughton’ or 
‘Cowper’s ’ Camp, 243 ; on local scien- 
tific societies, 318; colouring matters. 
of the diazo group, 455; local science 
societies and the minor pre-historic 
remains of Britain, 571. 
Mercury, the pressure of the vapour of, 
at the ordinary temperature, Prof. 
McLeod on, 443. 
Merrifield (C. W.) on patent legislation, 
316. 
Mersey tunnel, C. D. Fox on the, 371. 
Metamorphism, a supposed case of, in an 
Alpine rock of carboniferous age, Prof. 
T. G. Bonney on, 507. 
Meteoric dust, report on the practicability 
of collecting and identifying, and on 
the question of undertaking regular 
observations in various localities, 126. 
*Meteorological catalogue, the prelimi- 
nary, G. J. Symons on the completion 
of the European portion of, 414. 
Meteorological observations on Ben Nevis, 
report of the Committee for co-operat- 
ing with the Scottish Meteorological 
Society in making, 125. 
Miall (Prof. L. C.) on the exploration of 
Raygill fissure, Yorkshire, 133. 
Migration of birds, report on the, 229. 
Milne (Prof. J.) on the earthquake phe- 
nomena of Japan, 211. 
Milne-Home (Mr.) on making meteoro- 
logical observations on Ben Nevis, 125. 
Molecular movements, certain, in the 
vicinity of thin iron plates, W. Thom- 
son on, 472. 
Molten metals, a case of rapid diffusion 
of, Prof. W. C. Roberts on, 402. 
Moody (H.), Canada, as it impresses and 
influences an emigrant, with notes on 
the North-west territory, 612. 
More (A. G.) on the migration of birds, 
229. 
Morecambe Bay, a comparison of, in 
1836 and 1883, by Hyde Clarke, 631. 
Morgan (T. M.), ortho-amido-cinnamic 
acid, 458 ; on the preparation of cinna- 
mic acid, 7b. 
Morton (G. H.) on the circulation of 
underground waters, 147 ; section across 
the trias recently exposed by a railway 
excavation in Liverpool, 489. 
