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INDEX. 



Bodily efficiency, the advisability of as- 

 signing marks for, in the examination 

 of candidates for the public services, 

 F. Galton on, 471. 



Bolivia and Peru, recent explorations 

 in, by H. Guillaume, 667. 



Bone and cartilage, the proportion of, in 

 the lumbar section of the vertebral 

 column in the ape and different races 

 of man, by Prof. D. J. Cunningham, 

 777. 



Bone caves of Cresswell, the, and dis- 

 covery of an extinct pleiocene feline 

 (Ffilis brevirostris) new to Great 

 Britain, Dr. K. Laing on, 582. 



Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 115 ; 

 on the work of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee, 187 ; preliminary 

 note on the alleged occurrence of 

 fossils in the crystalline schists of the 

 Lepontine Alps, 571 ; the effects of 

 pressure on crystalline limestones, ib. 



Borneo, British North, notes on the recent 

 development, exploration, and com- 

 mercial geography of, by A. Cook, 667. 



— — , North, fire-making in, by S. B. J. 

 Skertchly, 795. 



*Borneo traps, on some, by S. B. J. 

 Skertchly, 795. 



Boscovich's theory, Sir W. Thomson on, 

 494. 



Botanical gardens for elementary schools, 

 P. Sewell on, 648. 



Botly (W.), agricultural statistics, 703. 



*Botrytis, the development of a sclero- 

 tium from, Prof. H. M. Ward on, 649. 



Bottles, machinery for the manufacture 

 of, by H. M. Ashley, 736. 



Bottomley (J. T.) on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 41 ; on elec- 

 trolysis in its physical and chemical 

 bearings, 223. 



*• and Sir A. Campbell, exhibition of 



Le3'^den jars with multiple fracture, 

 515. 



Boulders at Staveley, Arkendale, and 

 Claro Hill, Rev. E. Knubley on, 125. 



Boulders of Kobin Hood's Bay, S. Chad- 

 wick and C. Brownridge on the, 124. 



Bourne (G. C), an improved form of 

 deep-sea tow-net, 624 ; *on the work 

 done at the laboratory of the Marine 

 Biological Association in the past year, 

 642. 



Bourne (H. R. F.), our West African pos- 

 sessions : their economic opportunities 

 and how they are abused and neglected, 

 702. 



Bourne (S.) on the teaching of science in 

 elementary schools, 131 ; on the best 

 methods of ascertaining and measur- 

 ing variations in the value of the 

 monetary standard, 133 ; on the sta- 



tistical data available for determining 

 the amount of the precious metals in 

 use as money, &c., 164 ; index-numbers 

 as applied to the statistics of imports 

 and exports, 696. 



Bovey (Prof. H. T.) on promoting tidal 

 observations in Canada, 27. 



Bower (Prof. F. O.) on the steps taken for 

 establishing a botanical station at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1 14 ; *the meristem 

 of ferns as a study in phylogeny, 618. 



Boynton (T.) on an ancient sea-beach 

 near Bridlington Quay, 70. 



Brachistochrones, ray-curvatures, and 

 free paths, on the relations between, 

 by Prof. J. D. Everett, 498. 



Braham (P.), the action of magnetism on 

 photographic plates, 519 ; the physical 

 and chemical constitution of comets 

 and meteorites, 520; a spectroscope 

 without a lens, 544. 



Brain, the topography of the, in relation 

 to the external surface of the head, a 

 new method 9f illustrating, by Prof. 

 Eraser, 794. 



Brain-functions and human character, 

 the relations between, by B. Hollander, 

 792. 



*Briggs (T. H.), the draught of horses, 

 754. 



British Isles, the relations between the 

 geological constitution and the mag- 

 netic state of the. Profs. A. W. Riicker 

 and T. E. Thorpe on, 586. 



British Jurassic fishes, some new and 

 little known, A. S. Woodward on, 585. 



British race in Australia, the, by Dr. 

 MacLaurin, 786. 



*Brook (G.), the morphology of the anti- 

 patharia, 642. 



Brown (Prof. Crum), on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 223 ; 

 on meteorological observations on Ben 

 Nevis, 315. 



Brown (J.) on electrolysis in its physical 

 and chemical bearings, 223. 



Browne (Sir B.), apprenticeship in the 

 engineering and shipbuilding trades, 

 709. 



Brownridge (C.) and S. Chadwick on the 

 boulders of Robin Hood's Bay, 124. 



Buchan (Dr. A.) on the collection and 

 identification of meteoric dust, 34 ; on 

 arranging an investigation of the 

 seasonal variations of temperatm'e in 

 lakes, rivers, and estuaries, 44 ; on 

 meteorological observations on Ben 

 Nevis, 315. 



Buchanan (J. Y.) on arranging an inves- 

 tigation of the seasonal variations of 

 temperature in lakes, rivers, and estu- 

 aries, 44. 



""Buds, the protection of, against the sun, 

 by M. C. Potter, 648. 



