INDEX. 



905 



Buganda (Uganda), by Kev. R. P. Ashe, 

 G60. 



Bund (J. W.) on arranging an investiga- 

 tion of the seasonal variations of tem- 

 perature in lakes, rivers, and estuaries, 

 44. 



BuDsen cell, the cmployiuent of chromic 

 acid instead of nitric acid in the, J. W. 

 Swan on, 512. 



Bury (Rev. W.), poor-law administration, 

 715. 



*CaEca of a tinamou, F. E. Beddard on 

 the, 616. 



Calderwood (W. L.) on tlie occupation of 

 the table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 101. 



Cameron (A. C. G.) on the recent ex- 

 posures of Kellaway's rock at Bedford, 

 577. 



♦Campbell (Sir A.) and J. T. Bottomley, 

 exhibition of Leyden jai-s with multiple 

 fractures, 515. 



Canada, tidal observations in, fifth report 

 of the Committee for promoting, 27. 



* , the North-west territories of, by 



J. G. Colmer, 669. 



Canajry Islands, the peculiarities of the 

 avifauna of the, Rev. Canon H. B. 

 Tristram on, 616. 



Caoutchouc, tlie specific heat of, by \V. 

 W. H. Gee and H. L. Terry, 516. 



Capital, nominal or fictitious, the increase 

 in Europe and America of, by Hyde 

 Clarke, 706. 



Carbon componnds, the correspondence 

 between tlie molecular refraction, dis- 

 persion, and magnetic rotation of, Drs. 

 J. H. Gladstone and W. H. Perkin on, 

 515. 



■Carbonate of lime, the solubility of, in 

 fresh and sea water, W. 8. Anderson 

 on, 637. 



"Carboniferous reefs, note on, by R. H. 

 Tiddeman, 600. 



Carboniferous rocks of Lancashire and 

 West Yorkshire, report on the flora of 

 the, 69. 



•Cardium, the, illustrating the true na- 

 ture of prime movers, by J. Gamgee, 

 518. 



Carpenter (AV. L.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 49. 



■Carpmael (C. H.) on promoting tidal ob- 

 servations in Canada, 27 ; on the best 

 means of comparing and reducing 

 magnetic observations, 49. 



•Carr (C. E.), hydraulic apparatus for 

 railway signalling, 737. 



Carruthers (Mr.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the zoology and 

 botany of the West India Islands, and 



on the steps taken to investigate as- 

 certained deficiencies in the fauna and 

 flora, 93 ; on our present knowledge 

 of the flora of China, 112 ; on the steps 

 taken for establishing a botanical sta- 

 tion at Peradeniya, Ceylon, 114. 

 Cash (W.) on the flora of the carboni- 

 ferous rocks of Lancashire and West 

 Yorkshire, (59 ; on an ancient .>>ea- 

 beach near Bridlington Quay, 70. 

 Cayley (Prof.) on the po.ssibility of cal- 

 culating tables of certain mathemati- 

 cal functions, 28 ; *on curves in space, 

 499. 

 •Central Asian railway, the, in relation 

 to the commercial rivalry of England 

 and Russia, by Hon. G. Curzon, 663. 

 Central station heating and power sup- 

 ply, Boston, U.S. (Prall's sj-stem), by 

 W. W. Phipson, 749. 

 Chadwick (S.) and C. Brownridgc on 

 the boulders of Robin Hood's Bay, 124. 

 Chemical elements, the representation of, 

 by physical forms, Dr. I. Ashe on, 546. 

 Chemical Section, Address bv Sir L. 



Bell to the, 521. 

 *Chemin de fer glissant, by Sir D. Gal- 

 ton, 746. 

 Chemistry, the present methods of teach- 

 ing, second report on, 228 ; suggestions 

 for a course of elementary instruction 

 in ph3'sical science, by Prof. Armstrong, 

 229 ; the teaching of chemistry in 

 public elementary schools, by Prof. 

 Smithells, 251. 

 Chemistrj-, the teaching of, in public 

 elementary schools, by Prof. Smithells, 

 251. 

 Cherriman (Prof. J. B.) on promoting 



tidal observations in Canada, 27. 

 Chilian manganese ore, J. and Dr. H. 



S. Pattinson on, 537. 

 Chimpanzee and gorilla, observations on 

 the myology of the, by Dr. J. Syming- 

 ton, 629. 

 China, industrial and commercial pro- 

 gi-ess in, by R. S. Gundry, 663. 



, the flora of, third report on our 



present knowletlge of, 112. 

 Christie (W. 11. M.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic 

 observations, 49. 

 Chromic acid, the employment of, instead 

 of nitric acid, in the Bunsen cell, J. 

 W. Swan on, 512. 

 Chrystal (Prof. G.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 41 ; on 

 arranging an investigation of the sea- 

 sonal variations of temperature in 

 lakes, rivers, and estuaries, 44 ; on the 

 best means of comparing and reducing 

 magnetic observations, 49. 

 Clarke (Hyde) the increase in Europe 

 and America of nominal or fictitious 



