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Third Eeport of the Committee for Exploring Kent's Cavern, Devon- 

 shire. The Committee consisting of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., Pro- 

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

 Edwaed Vivian, Mr. Geobge Busk, and Mr. William Pengelly 

 (Reporter) 24 



The present state of the Manufacture of Iron in Great Britain, and its 

 position as compared with that of some other countries. By 1. Low- 

 THiAN Bell 34 



Third Eeport on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea. 

 By Henkt "Woodward, F.G.S., E.Z.S., of the British Museum 44 



Report on the Physiological Action of the Methyl Compounds. By 

 Benjamin W. Richardson, M.A., M.D., F.R.S 47 



Preliminary Report of the Committee for the Exploration of the Plant 

 Beds of North Greenland appointed at the Nottingham Meeting, 1866 57 



Report of a Committee, consisting of Mr. J. Scott Russell, Mr. T. 

 Hawkslet, Mr. J. R. Napiee, Mr. William Faiebairn, and Pro- 

 fessor W. J. M. Rankine, appointed to analyze and condense the in- 

 formation contained in the Reports of the " Steam-ship Performance " 

 Committee and other sources of information on the same subject .... 58 



On the Meteorology of Port Louis in the Island of Maiu'itius. By 

 Chaeles Meldeum, M.A 108 



On the Construction and Works of the Highland Railway. By Joseph 

 Mitchell, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., C.E., and Member of the Institution of 

 CivU Engineers 151 



Experimental Researches on the Mechanical Properties of Steel. By 

 W. Faiebaien, LL.D., F.R.S., &c 161 



Report of the Committee appointed to explore the Marine Fauna and 

 Flora of the South Coast of Devon and Cornwall. — No. 2. Consist- 

 ing of J. GwTN Jeffreys, F.R.S., Rev. Thomas Hincks, Jonathan 

 Couch, F.L.S., Charles Stewart, F.L.S., J. Beooking Rowe, F.L.S., 

 and J. Ralfs, F.L.S. Reporter, C. Spence Bate, F.R.S. &c 275 



Supplement to a Report on the Extinct Didine Birds of the Mascarene 

 Islands. By Alfred Newton, M.A., F.L.S., Professor of Zoology in 

 the University of Cambridge 287 



Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors, 1866-67. By a Com- 

 mittee, consisting of James Glaishee, F.R.S., of the Royal Obser- 

 vatory, Greenwich, President of the Royal Microscopical and Meteo- 

 rological Societies, Robeet P. Geeg, F.G.S., E. W. Beayley, F.R.S., 

 Alexander S. Heeschel, F.R.A.S., and Charles Beooke, F.R.S., 

 Secretary to the Meteorological Society 288 



Fourth Report on Dredging among the Shetland Isles. By J. Gwyn 

 Jeffeeys, F.R.S 431 



