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On the Eiver Avon (Bristol) : its Drainage-Area, Tidal Phenomena, and 

 Dock Works. By Thomas Howard, M.Inst.C.E 175 



Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. H. F. Barnes, H. E. 

 Dresser (Secretary), T. Harland, J. E. Hahting, Professor Neavton, 

 and the Rev. Canon Tristram, appointed for the purpose of inquiring 

 into the possibility of establishing a " Close Time " for the protection 

 of indigenous animals, and for watching Bills introduced into Parlia- 

 ment affecting this subject 184 



Report of the Committee appointed to Superintend the Publication of the 

 Monthly Reports of the Progress of Chemistry, the Committee consist- 

 ing of Professor A. W. Williamson, E.R.S., Professor Fraukland, 

 F.R.S., and Professor Roscoe, F.R.S 184 



Report on Dredging oif the Coast of Durham and North Yorkshire in 

 1874. By George Stewardson Brady, C.M.Z.S., and David Robert- 

 son, F.G.S 185 



Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors during the year 1874-75, 

 by a Committee, consisting of James Glaisher, F.R.S., of the Royal 

 Observatory, Greenwich, R. P. Greg, F.G.S., F.R.A.S., C. Brooke, 

 F.R.S., Professor G. Forbes, F.R.S.E., Walter Flight, D.Sc, F.G.S., 

 and Professor A. S. Herschel, F.R.A.S 199 



On the Analytical Forms called Trees, with Application to the Theory 

 of Chemical Combinations. By Professor Catlet, F.R.S 257 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Cayley, F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor Stokes, F.R.S., Professor Sir W. Thomson, F.R.S., Professor H. 

 J. S. Smith, F.R.S., and J. Y/. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., on Mathematical 

 Tables. (Professor Cayley, Reporter.) 305 



Report of the Committee, consisting of W. Spottiswoode, F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor Stokes, F.R.S., Professor Cayley, F.R.S., Professor Clifeord, 



. F.R.S., and J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S., appointed to report on Mathe- 

 matical Notation and Printing, with the view of leading Mathemati- 

 cians to prefer in optional cases such forms as are more easily put into 

 type, and of promoting uniformity of notation 337 



Second Report of the Committee appointed to investigate Intestinal Secre- 

 tion. By Dr. Lauder Brunton and Dr. Pye-Smith 339 



Third Report of the Sub-Wealden Exploration Committee, consisting of 

 Henry Willett, F.G.S., R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S., W. Topley, 

 F.G.S., T. Davidson, F.R.S., Professor J. Prestwich, F.R.S., Professor 

 Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., and Henry Woodward, F.R.S. Drawn up by 

 Henry Willett, F.G.S 346 



