200 
Astronomical theory of falling stars, G. 
V. Schiaparelli’s notes and reflections 
on the, 407. 
Astronomy, on meteoric, 393, 
Athecata, 326. 
Ayr rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 465. 
Balfour (General G.) on the desirability 
of an exploration being made of the 
district between the Brahmaputra, the 
Upper Irawadi, and the Yang-tse- 
Kang, 430. 
Bateman (J. F.) on the rainfall of the 
British Isles, 482; on tidal observa- 
tions, 489. 
Bazalgette (J. N. V.) on a uniformity of 
weights and measures, 484. 
Bedfordshire rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
452, 
Belcher (Admiral Sir Edward) on tidal 
_ observations, 489. 
Bennett (Dr. J. Hughes) on the action of 
mercury on the biliary secretion, 187. 
Berkshire rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 453. 
Berwick rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 464. 
Bichloride of methylene, practical appli- 
cation of, 171; physical changes of 
blood produced by, 174. 
Bidder and Schmidt’s experiments on 
the secretion of bile, 189. 
Bile-acids, Professor Hoppe-Seyler’s me- 
thod forcalculating the amountof, 187. 
Bile, colouring-matters of, 187 ; previous 
researches to determine the amount 
of, secreted in dogs, 188; method of 
collecting, 200; effect of loss of, upon 
health, 231; effect of muscular move- 
ments upon the flow of, 251. 
Biliary fistule, operation for establish- 
ing, 198 
Biliary secretion, Dr. J. Hughes Ben- 
nett on the action of mercury on the, 
187; influence of partial starvation 
on, 221; influence of purgation upon 
the, 229; relation of, to the consump- 
tion of food, 229; relation between, 
and weight of animal, 250. 
Binney (E. W.) on the rate of increase 
of underground temperature, 510. 
Birt (W. R.) on mapping the surface of 
the moon, 1. 
Blondlot’s researches on the secretion of 
bile, 189, 
Blood, physical changes of, produced by 
eee methyl and ethyl compounds, 
73. 
Bones found in Kent’s Cayern, 48, 49, 
52, 53, 57. 
Bowring (Sir J.) on a uniformity of 
weights and measures, 484, 
REPORT—1868. 
Brachiopoda dredged in the Shetland 
and adjacent seas, 232. 
Brachyura, 263. 
Brahmaputra, the Upper Irawadi, and 
the Yang-tse-Kiang, report of a Com- 
mittee on the desirability of an ex- 
ploration being made of the district 
between the, 430. 
Brayley (E. W.) on luminous meteors, 
344, 
Brecknock rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
462, 
British Isles, report on the rainfall in the, 
32. 
Brockenhurst, fossil corals from, 80. 
Bromide of methyl, physical changes of 
blood produced by, 174. 
Brooke (Charles) on mapping the sur- 
face of the moon, 1; on the rainfall of 
the British Isles, 432; on luminous 
meteors, 544. 
Brorsen’s comet, spectrum of, 147. 
Brown (Samuel) on a uniformity of 
weights and measures, 484. 
Bunt (T. G.) on tidal observations, 489. 
Burdwood (Staff-Commander) on tidal 
observations, 489. 
Busk (George) on the exploration of 
Kent’s Cavern, Devonshire, 45. 
Bute rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 467. 
Caithness rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 470. 
Calearea dredged off the Shetlands, 
326. 
Calomel and Pil. Hydrargyri, results of 
observations on the cholagogue action 
of, 214. 
Calycophorida, 324. 
Cambridgeshire rainfall in 1866 and 
1867, 453. 
Campbell (George) on the desirability of 
an exploration being made of the 
district between the Brahmaputvra, the 
Upper Ivawadi, and the Yang-tse- 
Kiang, 430. 
Cancerous ulcers, on the employment of 
iodide of methyl in the treatment of, 
172. 
Carbon, percentage of, contained in 
various kinds of cast and wrought iron 
and steel, 71; tetrachloride of, phy- 
sical changes of blood produced by, 
174. 
Carboniferous limestone, Charles Moore 
on mineral veins containing organic 
remains in the, 428. 
Cardigan rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 462. 
Carmarthen rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
463. 
Carnarvon rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 465. 
