CONTENTS. XXI 



Pago 



2. Report of the Committee for inquirini>- into llie present Appropriation of 



Wages and ntlii'v .sources of income, and considering' how lar it ia con- 

 sonant with the economic progress of the pet)ple of the United Kingdom... 7G1 



3. On the Ilemedies proposed for Disputes about Wages. By the Rev. W. II. 

 Jemison, LL.B 761 



4. The Depression in Agriculture; its Effects and its Lessons. By IIenky 



F. MooKE 761 



lUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 



1. On the Free Public Libraries of Manchester and Notting Hill, London. 



By Jamks IIeywood, F.R.S ; 762 



2. On the Progress of British Commerce in a Generation. By E. J. 



Watherston 763 



3. Some Results of the Removal of the Malt Tax. By H. Stopes 765 



4. Bankruptcy in its Economic Bearings. By J, Macdonkll 765 



5. On ]!]conomies and Statistics, viewed from tlie standpoint of the Pre- 



liminary Sciences. By Patrick Gedbes, F.K.S.E 765 



Section G.— MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 



Address by Sir W. Armsxrong, O.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., President of 



the Section 767 



Observations on the Improvements of the Mississippi River, and on the pro- 

 posed Sliip Railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. By 

 Captain .J. B. Eads", O.E 774 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 



1. Some of the Developments of Meclianical l^'ngineoring during the last half- 

 century. By Sir F.J. Bkamwell, M.1.G.10., F.U.S 774 



2. On the Automatic Sounder. By James Dillon, M.I.O.E 774 



3. On the ]<]conomical EiVect of using Cheap Gas for Gas-motors, with a 



description of Apparatus for producing such Gas. J$y J. Emkrson 

 DowsoN, O.E 775 



4. On Continuous Door-locks and Footboards for Railway Carriages. By R. 



PiCKWKLL 776 



5. On a new Integrating Anemometer. By the Rev. J. M. Wilson, M.A., 



and 11. S. IIele Shaw 776 



6. The Advantages of Ex-focal Light in iirst-order Dioptric Lighthouses, 



By J. R. WiGUAM 776 



MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 



1. On Telegraphic Photography. By Shelford Bidwell, M.A., LL.B 777 



2. On the Swan Incandescent Lamp. By J. W. SwAN 778 



3. On l<]lectric Lighting as applied to Coal Mines. By Andrew Jamieson... 778 



4. On a Screw Gauge for Electrical Apparatus. By W. H. Preeck, F.R.S. 770 



5. On the "Value of Quadriform Gaslights for Lighthouses in comparison with 



the Electric Light. By J. R. Wigham 779 



