XVlll CONTENTS. 



Page 

 8. On the required Amendment in the Marriage Laws of tlie United King- 

 dom. By the Rev. Daniel Ace, D.D., F.R.A.S 672 



4. On Diminishing Annuities — a Neo-Philosophy in Lending Funds. By 

 Frederick N. Newcome 675 



TUESDA Y, A UG UST 31. 



1 . "What is Capital ? The Contradictory Responses of Economists to this 

 question examined from the ground of Actual Fact and Life. By W, 

 Westgarth 679 



2. Remarks and Statistics relating to Swansea Usages and Customs as they 



aflect the Sellers of Foreign or Colonial Copper Ores. By Wm. Hen- 

 derson 681 



3. Progress of the EngUsh Stations in the Hill Regions of India. By HroE 



Clarke, V.P.S.S 686 



Section G.— MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 

 FRIBA T, A UG UST 27. 



Address by James Abernetht, V.P.Inst. C.E., F.R.S.E., President of the 



Section 688 



1. On the Bute Docks, Cardiff. By J. McConnochie, M.Inst.C.E 692 



2. On the Temperature of Town Water-supplies. By Baldwin Latham, 

 C.E., M.Inst.C.E., F.G.S., F.M.S., &c 696 



5. On Spontaneous Comhustion of Coals in Ships. By James Bamfield ... 696 



MONDAY, AUGUST 30. 



1. Report of the Committee on Tidal Observations in the English Channel... 696 



2. Report of the Committee on Patent Legislation 696 



3. On the Anthracite Coal and Coal-field of South Wales. By C. H. Perkins 697 



4. On the Expansion of Steam in Non-Rotative Pumping Engines. By 



Henry Davet, M.Inst. C.E., F.G.S 697 



5. Project for a Channel Railway. By Bradford Leslie, M.InstC.E., 



Agent and Chief Engineer, East Indian Railway 698 



6. On Combined Elliptical, Parallel, and Angular Motion. By George 

 Fawcus 699 



7. On the Shakespear Safety Lamp. By Colonel Shakespear 699 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 3L 



1. On the Loading of Ships. By W. E. Hall 699 



2. On the Steering of Ships. By Professor Osborne Reynolds, F.R.S 699 



3. On an improved Sounding Machine. By Professor Sir W. Thomson, 

 M.A., F.R.S 703 



4. On the Incrustation of Steam Boilers. Bv W. Thomson 70S 



