CONTENTS. 



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 Objects and Rules of tlie Association xxxi 



Places and Times of Meeting and Officers from commencement xli 



Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections of the Association from com- 

 mencement xlix 



Evening Lectures Ixiv 



Lectures to the Operative Classes Ixvi 



Officers of Sectional Committees presentr at the Manchester Meeting Ixviii 



Treasurer's Account xx 



Table showing the Attendance and Receipts at the Annual Meetings Ixxii 



Officers and Council, 1887-88 Ixxiv 



Report of the Council to the General Committee Ixxv 



Recommendations adopted by the General Committee for Additional 

 Reports and Researches in Science Ixxvii 



Synopsis of Grants of Money Ixxxvi 



Places of Meeting in 1888 and 1889 Ixxxvii 



General Statement of Sums virhich have been paid on account of Grants 



for Scientific Pm-poses Ixxxviii 



Arrangement of the General Meetings c 



Address by the President, Sir Henky E. Roscoe, M.P., D.C.L., LL.D., 

 Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.C.S 1 



EBPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors A. Johnson (Secre- 

 tary), J. G. MacGregok, J. B. Cherbiman, and H. T. BovEr and Mr. C. 

 Gaepmaei, appointed for the purpose of promoting Tidal Observations in 

 Canada 31 



Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Balfour Stewart 

 (Secretary), Professor Stokes, Professor Schuster, Mr.. G. Johnstone 

 Stonet, Professor Sir H. E. Roscoe, Captain Abney, and Mr. G. J. 

 Stmons, appointed for the purpose of considering the best methods of re- 

 cording the direct Intensity of Solar Radiation 82 



