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5. Action of Alkalis on Oinnamic Acid Dibromide and its Esters. By 

 Professor J. J. Stjdbokough, Ph.D., D.Sc, and K. J. Thompson, B.Sc... 587 



6. *0n the Absorption of Ammonia from Water bv Algtp. By Professor 



E. A. Letts, Ph.D., and J. S. Totton ". 587 



7. *0n Determinations of Atmospheric Carbonic Anliydride made on board 

 the ' Discovery ' on the Voyage to the Cape and thence to New Zealand. 



By Professor E. A. Letts, Ph.D 587 



8. *A New Method of causing Isomerisation. By Professor Raphael 



Meldola, F.R.S., V.P.C.S 587 



9. *Interim Report on the Action of Gases dissolved in Metals and Alloys 



on their Properties 588 



10. Report on the Nature of Alloys (p. 175) 688 



11. Report on Preparing a New Series of Wave-length Tables of the Spectra 



of the Elements (p. 137) 588 



Section C— GEOLOGY. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 



Address by Lieut.-Gen. C. A. MoMahon, F.R,S., V.P.G.S., President of the 



Section 589 



1. The Geology of the Country in the Neighbourhood of Belfast. By Pro- 

 fessor Geenville a. J. Cole, F.G.S 596 



2. On the Marine Fauna of the Boulder Clay. By Joseph Weight, F.G.S. 598 



3. Report on the Exploration of Irish Caves (p. 247) 598 



4. *0n the Middle Cambrian Trilobites, &c., of Mount Stephen, British 

 Columbia. By Dr. Henet Woodwabd, F.R.S 598 



5. Preliminary List of the Minerals occurring in Ireland. By Henry J. 



Seymoitr, B.A 598 



6. *0n the Tusks and Skull of Mastodon angustidens. By C. W. Andrews, 



D.Sc 599 



7. Report on the Registration of all Type Specimens of British Fossils (p. 210) 599 



8. Notes on the Fossils of the Silurian Area of N.E. Ireland. By R. Clark 599 



9. Note on the Occurrence of Bagshot Beds at Combe Pyne, near Lyme 



Regis. By Horace B. Woodward, F.R.S 601 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 



1. On the Viscous Fusion of Rock-forming Minerals. By J. Jolt, F.R.S. ... 602 



2. *The Drift Map of the Dublin Area. By J. J. H. Teall, F.R.S 602 



3. Note on the Volcanic Rocks of Glencoe, and their Relation to the Granite 



of Ben Cruachan. By Herbert Ktnaston 602 



4. *Notes on the New Geological Map of Victoria. By James Stirling . . . 603 



5. On the Original Form of Sedimentary Deposits. By Rev. J. F. Blake, 

 M.A., F.G.S 603 



6. Fossils from Cretaceous Strata in the Salt Range of India. By Professor 



H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., V.P.G.S 604 



7. *Investigations into the Glacial Drifts of the North-east of Ireland, con- 



ducted by the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. By Madame Christen... 604 



