INDEX. 



917 



Nortbumberland in preliistoric times, by 

 Rev. G. R. Hall, 788. 



•North-west territories of Canada, the, 

 by J. G. Colmer, G69. 



North-western tribes of the dominion of 

 Canada, fifth report on the physical 

 characters, languages, and industrial 

 and social condition of the, 797 ; re- 

 marks on North American ethnology, 

 by H. Hale, ib. ; first general report on 

 the Indians of British Columbia, by 

 Dr. F. Boas, 801. 



Nudibranchiata, on the structure and 

 function of the dorsal papillae in, by 

 Prof. W. A. Herdman, 630. 



Nyassaland and its commercial possi- 

 bilities, by Capt. Lugard, 665. 



Oak-leaf, the shape of the, Sir J. Lubbock 

 on, 626. 



Occupations and employments, different, 

 the effects of, on the physical develop- 

 ment of the human body, report on, 

 186. 



Ocean currents, on two models ill ustrat- 

 ing the action of the winds in relation 

 to, by A. \V. Clayden, 669. 



Odling (Prof.) on forming a uniform 

 system of recording the results of 

 water analysis, 55. 



Oliver (Prof.) on our present knowledge 

 of the tlora of China, 112. 



Oliver (Dr. F. W.) *on Tuchungia, a new 

 genus from Central Africa, 649 ; on a 

 case of mycorhiza, ib. 



Oliver (Dr. T.), our local industries in 

 their social and pathological aspects, 

 639. 



Onychodus, the Devonian ganoid, the oc- 

 currence of, in Spitzbergen, A. S. 

 Woodward on, 584. 



Ormandy (R.) and Dr. J. B. Cohen, me- 

 tallic aluminium as a chemical reagent, 

 550. 



Osborn (Prof. H. F.), the palaeontological 

 evidence for the transmission of ac- 

 quired characters, 621. 



Our local industries in their social and 

 pathological aspects, by Dr. T. Oliver, 

 639. 



Our West African possessions: their 

 economic opportunities and how they 

 are abused and neglected, by H. R. F. 

 Bourne, 702. 



Palgrave (R. H. Inglis) on the best 

 methods of ascertaining and measur- 

 ing variations in the value of the 

 monetary standard, 133 ; on the statis- 

 tical data available for determining 

 the amount of the precious metals in 

 use as money, &c., 164. 



Parasites and other natural enemies of 

 insect* injurious to vegetation, note on 

 the importation and colonisation of, 

 by Dr. C. V. Riley, 640. 



Paros, the island of, in the Cyclades, and 

 its marble quarries, by R. Swan, 570. 



Pasture plants, the effects of root-section 

 on the vitality of. Prof. W. Fream on, 

 648. 



Paterson (Dr. A. M.) on the effects of 

 different occupations and employments 

 on the physical development of the 

 human body, 186. 



Pattinson (J. and Dr. H. S.) on Chilian 

 manganese ore, 537. 



Pengelly (W.) on underground tempera- 

 ture, 35 ; on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 71 ; on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 115; 

 on the nomad tribes of A.sia Minor, 

 176; on the prehistoric inhabitants of 

 the British Islands, 318. 



Peradeniya, Ceylon, third report on the 

 steps taken for establishing a botanical 

 station at, 114. 



Periodical return of storms, T. J. Murday 

 on the, 509. 



Periodicity of mild winters, R. E. W. 

 Goodridge on the, 510. 



* PcrhphtJialimts, the caudal respiration 

 of. Prof. A. C. Haddon on, 635. 



Perkin (Dr. W. H.)and Dr. J. H. Glad- 

 stone on the correspondence Vjetween 

 the molecular refraction, dispersion, 

 and magnetic rotation of carbon com- 

 pounds, 515. 



Peroiu^spora, on the structure of the 

 nuclei in, and on their behaviour 

 during the formation of the oosphere, 

 by H. W. T. Wager, 618. 



Perry (Prof. J.) on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 41 ; on the 

 development of graphic methods in 

 mechanical science, 322 ; a variable 

 standard of self-induction, 512 ; hot 

 twisted strip voltmeter, ib. 



Perry (Prof. S. J.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 49. 



Peru and Bolivia, recent explorations in, 

 by H. Guillaunie, 667. 



♦Petrie ( W. M. F.), wind-action in Egypt, 

 663. 



Petroleum, ships for the carriage of, by 

 A. R. Liddcll,738. 



Phipson (\V. W.), central station beating 

 and power supply, Boston, U.S. (Email's 

 system), 749. 



Photographic negatives, on a new method 

 of printing, employing living leaves in 

 place of sensitive paper, by W. Gar- 

 diner, 519. 



Photographic plates, the action of mag- 

 netism on, by P. Braliam, 519. 



