CONTENTS. XV 



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Mr. W. F. Mayers on the Pautliays of Yunnan . , 211 



Mr. A. MossMAN on the Topography of Yeddo 211 



Capt. SiiERARD OsBOiiN on Polar Exploration 211 



Mr. 11. B. Shaw on the Physical Features of the Pamir and its Aryan In- 

 habitants 213 



Mr. H. M. Stanley on Discoveries at the Northern End of Lake Tanganyika 213 



General R. Steachey on the Scope of Scientific Geography, illustrated by 

 Remarks on the Climate of British India 214 



Sir G. Young on the Question " Is the Asiatic EmigTation to the West 

 Indies likely to be a Permanent Fact in IVIodern Geography ? " 215 



ECONOMIC SCIENCE and STATISTICS. 



Address by Professor II. Fawcett, M.P., President of the Section 217 



Major-Geueral Sir James E. Alexandeh on the Pollution of Rivers 220 



Miss Lydia E, Becker on Statistics regarding the Attendance and Education 

 of Girls in the Elementary Schools of Manchester 220 



Mr. C. G. Bunting on the importance of providing additional facilities for the 

 Instruction of School-Board Pupils in the Higher Branches of Knowledge . 222 



Mr. Herbert Burgess on International Decimal Coinage 222 



Mr. Hyde Clarke on Polygamy as affecting Population 224 



Mr. Frank P. Fellowes's Suggestions for improving and extending our 

 National Accounts ; being a continuation of Mr. Fellowes's Paper read at 

 the Edinburgh Meeting, " On a proposed Doomsday Book, &c.'' 224 



Professor Hull on a Proposal for supplyiuo- Pure Water to Villages and 

 Country Parishes in Central and Eastern Divisions of England 226 



Miss Shirrbef on the National Union for Improving the Education of Women 226 



Dr. Edv\'ard Ssuxn on the Economic and Nutritive Value of the three prin- 

 cipal Preserved Foods, viz. Preserved Milk, Preserved Meat, and Liebig's 

 Extract of Meat 227' 



MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 



Address by Frederick J. Bramwell, C.E., President of the Section 227 



^.Ir. C. Bergeron on the Rapid and Economical Transport of I\Ierchandise . . 241 



Mr. D. T. Bostel on a Modificatiou of the Earth-Clo&et 241 



INIr. C. A. BowDLER on Aerial Navigation 241 



Mr. D. Carter on a Modification of tlie Earth-Closet 212 



Mr. Hyde Clarke on the Progress of the Through Railway to India 242 



Mr. J. P. CoLBRON on the Drainage of Shoreliam 2^2 



Mr. T. CuRLEY on the Sewage Difficulty 242 



Mr. C. F. Dennet on Breach-Loading Firearms 242 



Mr. Richard Eaton on certain Economical Improvements in the Construction 

 of Locomotive Engines, by the addition of Mechanical x'^ppliances for the 

 use of Heated Air in combination with Steam, on the principle invented bj' 

 George Warsop 243 



Mr. W. R. F.ckart on Marine Propulsion , 243 



