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REPORT — 1865. 



Asia, Central, Sir H. C. Rawlinson on 

 the Russian frontiers in, 128. 



Atmosphere, John Smyth, jun., on an 

 apparatus for the determination of the 

 ozone in the, and experiments made 

 therewith by means of the aspirator, 

 37. 



Australia, Dr. F. Mueller on M c Intyre's 

 journey across Australia, and disco- 

 very of traces of Leichhardt, 124. 



Avery (Thomas) on the municipal ex- 

 penditure of the borough of Birming- 

 ham, 135. 



*Bailey (S.) on the economic value of 

 the various measures of coal and iron- 

 stone in the South Staffordshire coal- 

 field, 48. 



Bain (Rev. W. J.) on the social, educa- 

 tional and religious position of the 

 working population of South Stafford- 

 shire, 140. 



Baines (T.) on Victoria Falls of the 

 River Zambesi, 112. 



Baker (Samuel), letter from, to Sir R. 

 I. Murchison on Luta Nzige, a second 

 source of the Nile, 112. 



Barometer, Alfred King on the self-re- 

 gistering, at the Liverpool Observa- 

 tory, 18. 



, W. Svmons on an improved stand- 

 ard, 21. 



Bate (C. Spence) on the genus Anceus, 

 83. 



*Beale (Dr. Lionel S.) on life, 101. 



Beef as a source of Entozoa, Dr. Cob- 

 bold on, 102. 



Bennett (Dr. J. Hughes) on the forma- 

 tion of pus, in reference to the doc- 

 trine of cell pathology, 101 ; statistics 

 of pneumonia, 144. 



Bessemer (Henry) on the manufacture 

 of cast steel, its progress, and employ- 

 ment as a substitute for wrought iron, 

 165. 



*Birch-tree, Dr. Jordan on an abnormal 

 growth of a bud of a birch-tree, 82. 



*Bird (IT.) on the utilization of sewage, 

 as conducted at Stroud, and on the 

 growth of the sewage plant, 28. 



Birds, Thomas J. Moore on some im- 

 proved methods of displaying, 92. 



Birmingham, Dr. Fleming on the preva- 

 lence of tapeworm in, and its causes, 

 106. 



, D. Smith on the meteorology of, 



19. . 



Building and Freehold Land Societies 



of, 154. 

 Birmingham, J. Thackray Bunce on the 



statistics of crime in, as compared with 



other large towns, 145. 

 , Thomas Avery on the municipal 



expenditure of the borough of, 135. 

 -, B. Smith on warming, lighting, 



and ventilating the Town Hall of, 190. 

 -, W. L. Sargant on the vital statis- 



— , J. D. Goodman on the small arms 

 manufacture of, 150. 

 — , J. G. Johnson on the Benefit 



tics of, 155. 



Blackbird, Dr. O'Callaghan on a curious 

 preserved specimen of the, 92. 



Blake (Dr. C. Carter) on certain simious 

 skulls, with especial reference to a 

 skull from Louth, in Ireland, 114. 



Blast furnaces, E. A. Cowper on the 

 effect of blowing, with blast of very 

 high temperatures, 177. 



Blast-furnace slag, Frederick George 

 Finch on the utilization of, 29. 



Blood, Dr. A. Gamgee on experiments 

 confirmatory of those of Kiihne on the 

 non-existence of ammonia in, 107. 



Boats, G. Fawcus on improvements in 

 blocks for lowering ships', and for im- 

 provements in boats, 184. 



•Bokhara, Dr. A. Vambe'ry on the city 

 life of, 131. 



*Bowring (J. C.) on the direction of the 

 electric current, 28 ; on the preserva- 

 tion of the sheathing of ships, and ex- 

 traction of silver from sea- water by 

 means of electricity, ib. 



Brain, Dr. Edwards Crisp on the relative 

 weight of the, and on the external 

 form of this organ, in relation to the 

 intelligence of the animal, 84. 



, Robert Dunn on the influence of 



civilization upon the development of 

 the, in the different races of man, 119. 



Brarnwell (F. I.) on weldless tyres, cir- 

 cular rolling, and railway wheels, 

 173. 



*Brazil, G. R. Rumney on a coal-field 

 in, 73. 



Brearey (F. W.) on aerial navigation, 

 suggested by Mr. Glaisher's late bal- 

 loon ascents, 17. 



British Colonies, Dr. J. E. De Vrij on 

 the possibility of manufacturing Ne"- 

 roli in the, 39. 



Brodie (Rev. P. B.) on a section of lower 

 lias at Harbury, near Leamington, 

 48 ; on the fossiliferous beds of the 

 new red sandstone (upper and lower 

 keuper) in Warwickshire, 48 ; on two 

 new species of corals in the lias of 

 Warwickshire, 49; on the drift in 



. part of Warwickshire, and on the evi- 



