CONTENTS. 



Objects and llviles of the Association xvii 



Places of Meeting and Officers from commencement xx 



Treasurer's Account xxv 



Members of Council from commencement xxvi 



Officers and Council, 1866-67 xxx 



Officers of Sectional Committees xxxi 



Corresponding Members xxxii 



Report of the Council to the General Committee xxxiii 



Report of the Kew Committee, 1865-66 xxxiii 



Report of the Parliamentary Committee xl 



Recommendations of the General Committee for Additional Reports 



and Researches in Science xli 



Synopsis of Money Grants xlv 



General Statement of Sums paid on account of Grants for Scientific 



Purposes xlvi 



Extracts from Resolutions of the General Committee li 



Arrangement of the General Meetings lii 



Address of the President, W. R. Grove, Esq., Q.C., M.A., F.R.S. . . liii 



REPORTS OF RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. 



Second Report of the Committee for exploring Kent's Cavern, Devonshire. 

 The Committee consisting of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., Professor 

 Phillips, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., Mr. John Evans, Mr. Edward 

 VrviAN, and Mr. William Pengellt (Reporter) 1 



Preliminary Report on the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron. By A. Mat- 



thiessen, F.R.S 11 



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