208 
Webster (T.) on tidal observations, 489. 
Weights and measures, report on the 
best means of providing for a unifor- 
mity of, 484. 
Westmoreland rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
462. 
Whitworth (Joseph) on a uniformity of 
weights and measures, 484. 
Wicklow rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
471. 
Wigton rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 455. 
Williamson (Prof. A. W.) on a unifor- 
mity of weights and measures, 484. 
Wiltshire rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 455. 
Woodward (Henry) on the structure and 
classification of the fossil Crustacea, 
72. 
Worcestershire rainfall in 1866and 1867, 
457. 
REPORT—1868. 
Wrottesley (Lord) on mapping the sur- 
face of the moon, 1. 
Yang-tse-Kiang, report of a Committee 
on the desirability of an exploration 
being made of the district between 
the Brahmaputra, the Upper Irawadi, 
and the, 430. 
Yates (James) on a uniformity of weights 
and measures, 484. 
Yorkshire rainfall in 1866 and 1867, 
458. 
Young (Prof.) on the rate of increase of 
underground temperature, 510. 
Zetlandic Annelids dredged in 1867-68, 
338, 
Zoantharia dredged in the Shetland and 
adjacent seas, 318. 
INDEX II. 
TO 
MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE 
SECTIONS. 
[An asterisk (*) signifies that no abstract of the communication is given. | 
Abel (F.A.) on the chemical composition 
of the great cannon of Muhammed IL, 
recently presented by the Sultan Abdul 
ois Khan to the British Government, 
4, 
Absorption spectra, Dr. J. H. Gladstone 
on the value ofthe hol low wedge in 
examining, 18. 
Abyssinia, Dr. H. Blane on the native 
races of, 130. 
—, Clements R. Markham on the 
physical geography of the portion of, 
traversed by the English expedition- 
ary force, 158. 
Acetate.of methyl, W. Dittmar on the 
vapour-tension of, 36. 
Actinometry, Louis Bing on,-17. 
Admiralty estimates, Frank P. Fellows 
on the scheme of Mr. C. Seeley, M.P., 
and F. P. Fellows for, and “ finance,” 
“expense,” “manufacturing,” and other 
accounts, &c., recommended for adop- 
tion by the Committee of the House of 
Commons on Naval Monies, and now 
being introduced, 159. 
Africa, Prof. Henri Coquand on the 
parallelism of the cretaceous strata of 
England and the north of France with 
those of the west, south-west, and 
south of France and north of, 61. 
, South, Dr. Mann on the gold- 
field of, 137. 
Agricultural labourer, the Rey. Canon 
Girdlestone on the condition of the, 
especially in the west of England, 165. 
Alcohol, Dr. Francis E. Anstie on certain 
effects of, on the pulse, 111. 
Aldeby, C. B, Rose on the Crag at, 77. 
