CONTENTS* 



On the Psychical and Physical Characters of the Mincopies, or Natives 

 of the Andaman Islands, and on the Relations thereby indicated to 

 other Races of Mankind. By Professor Owen, F.R.S. &c 24-1 



Report from the Balloon Committee. By Colonel Sykes, M.P., F.R.S. 249 



Report on the Repetition of the Magnetic Survey of England, made at 

 the request of the General Committee of the British Association. 

 By Major-General Eeward Sabine, R.A., President of the Royal 

 Society ^ 250 



Interim Report of the Committee for Dredging on the North and East 

 Coasts of Scotland 280 



On the Resistance of Iron Plates to Statical Pressure and the Force of 

 Impact by Projectiles at High Velocities. By William Fairbairn, 

 Esq., LL.D., F.R.S. &c.. President of the Association 280 



Continuation of Report to determine the Effect of Vibratory Action and 

 long-continued Changes of Load upon Wrought-iron Girders. By 

 William Fairbairn, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., &c.. President of the 

 Association 286 



Report of the Committee on the Law of Patents 289 



Report on the Theory of Numbers. — Part III. By H. J. Stephen 

 Smith, M.A., F.R.S., Savilian Professor of Geometry in the Uni- 

 versity of Oxford , 292 



