CONTENTS. 



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Objects and, Rules of the Association xxvii 



Places and Times of Meeting and Officers from commencement xxiviii 



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

 mencement xlvii 



List of Evening Lectures Ixiii 



Lectures to the Operative Classes Lxvi 



Officers of Sectional Committees present at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne 



Meeting Ixvii 



Officersand Council, 1889-90 Ixix 



Treasurer's Account Ixx 



Table showing the Attendance and Receipts at the Annual Meetings Ixxii 



Report of the Council to the General Committee lixiv 



Committees appointed by the General Committee at the Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne Meeting in September 1889 Ixivii 



Other Resolutions adopted by the General Committee Ixxxv 



Communications ordered to be printed in extenso in the Annual Report of 



the Association Ixxxv 



Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration, and action if 



desirable Ixxxv 



Synopsis of Grants of Money Ixxxvi 



Places of Meeting in 1890 and 1891 Ixxxvii 



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



for Scientific Purposes Ixxxviii 



General Meetings c 



Address by the President, Professor W. H. Flowek, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 F.R.C.S., Pres. Z.S., F.L.S., F.G.S 1 



REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



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

 tary), J. G. MacGregor, J. B. Cheeriman, and H. T. Bovey and Mr. C. 

 Cakpmael, appomted for the purpose of promoting Tidal Observations in 

 Canada 27 



First Report of the Committee, consisting of Lord Ratleigh (Chairman), 

 Professor Catley, Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher, Professor A. G. Greenhill, 

 Professor W. M. Hicks, Professor B. Price, Sir William Thomson, and 

 Professor A. Lodge (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of considering 

 the possibility of calculating Tables of certain Mathematical Functions, and, 

 if necessary, of taking steps to carry out the calculations, and to publish the 



results in an accessible form 28 



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