INDEX. 



707 



'Bourne (Rev. A.) on the German and 

 other systems of teaching the deaf to 

 speak, 216. 



Bourne (S.) on the German and other 

 systems of teaching the deaf to speak, 

 216 ; on the appointment of H.M. in- 

 spectors of elementary schools, 219 ; 

 on the present appropriation of wages 

 and sources of income, 318; on the 

 recent revival in trade, 436. 



Brabrook (Mr.) on the work of the An- 

 thropometric Committee, 120. 



Braham (P.) *on a new mode of illu- 

 minating microscopic objects, 502 ; 



. *on an instrument for the detection 

 of polarised light, 502 ; *on crystals of 

 mercury, 54i ; note on silver sulphate, 

 550. 



Bramwell (F. J.) on secular experiments 

 on the elasticity of wires, 61 ; on patent 

 legislation, 318. 



Bristol coalfield, the sandstones and grits 

 of the lower and middle series of the, 

 E. Wethered on, 579. 



British Columbia, sketch of the geology 

 of, by G. M. Dawson, 588. 



Brittain (Mr.) on the present appropria- 

 tion of wages and sources of income, 

 318. 



Brown and Cordeaux's, Messrs., method 

 of obtaining systematic observations 

 of the migration of birds at lighthouses 

 and lightships, A. Newton on, C05. 



Buckland (Miss A. \V.) on surgery and 

 superstition in neolithic times, 630. 



*Buslimen crania. Prof. G. RoUeston on, 

 631. 



Busk (G.) on the exploration of Kent's 

 Cavern, 62. 



Bute Docks, Cardiff, J. McConnochie on 

 the, 692. 



*Butler (G. G.) on pictorial aid to geo- 

 graphical teaching, 660. 



Cameron (J. M.) on the position of agri- 

 cultural education and research in this 

 country and on the continent of Europe, 

 537. 



Campbell (Su- G.) on the work of the 

 Aiitlu-opometric Committee, 120. 



*Candahar, the high road from the Indus 

 to, by Sir E. Temple, 658. 



Canton, a journey from, to Kwei- Yang-Fu 

 up the Canton river, W. Jlesny on, 

 660. 



*Capello (Capt. H.) and Lieut. R. Ivens 

 on the results of the Portuguese ex- 

 pedition in West Central Africa, 659. 



Capital, what is ? by W. Westgarth, 679. 



Carbonic acid, the action of," on lime- 

 stone. Prof. W. Boyd Dawson on, 573. 



Carbonic oxide, the influence of water 

 . on the union of, with oxygen at high 

 temperatures, H. B. Dixon on, 503. 



Carboniferous polyzoa, report on the, 76. 



Carbutt (E. H.) on patent legislation, 

 318. 



Carpenter (Dr.) on the occupation of £l 

 table at the zoological station at Naples, 

 161. 



Carruthers (W.) on the ' Geological Re- 

 cord,' 87. 



Caves of the South of Ireland, first report 

 on the exploration of the, 209 ; R. J. 

 Ussher on the caves and kitchen- 

 midden at Carrigagower, co. Cork, 210; 

 R. Day on the implements found at 

 Carrigagower, co. Cork, 211. 



Cayley (Prof.) on mathematical tables, 

 30 ; on the calculation of tables of the 

 fundamental invariants of algebraic 

 forms, 38. 



'Challenger' expedition, exhibition of 

 some of the zoological reports of the, 

 by P. L. Sclater, 6"06. 



Channel railway, project for a, by B. 

 Leslie, 698. 



Chemical Section, Dr. J. H. Gilbert's Ad- 

 dress to the, 507. 



*Chilian tumulus, J. H. Madge on a, 636. 



Chiroptera, report on accessions to our 

 knowledge of the, during the past two 

 years (1878-80), by G. E. Dobson, 169. 



*Circles on a sphere, the distribution of, 

 Prof. H. J. S. Smith on, 476. 



Circulation of the underground waters in 

 the Permian, New Red Sandstone, and 

 Jurassic formations of England, and 

 the quantity and character of the 

 water supplied to towns and districts 

 from those formations, sixth report on 

 the, 87. 



Clarke (Hyde) on drum-signalling in. 

 Africa, 620 ; un a manuscript, perhaps 

 Khita, discovered by Capt. Gill in 

 Western China, 621 ; recent doubts on 

 monosyllabism in philological classifi- 

 cation, 621 ; on the pre-Cymric epoch 

 in Wales, (529 ; on the antiquity of 

 gesture and sign language, and the 

 origin of characters and speech, 630 ; 

 on the discovery of a bi-lingual seal in 

 Cuneiform and Khita, 633 ; further re- 

 searches on the prehistoric relations of 

 the Babylonian, Chinese and Egyptian 

 characters, language and culture, .nnd 

 their connection with sign and gesture 

 language, 635 ; on the ' Vei Syllabary ' 

 of Liberia, West Aft-ica, 635 ,• on the 

 progress of the English stations in the 

 hill regions of India, 686. 



Close time for indigenous animals, re- 

 port on the possibility of establishing 

 a, 257. 



Clouds, on determining the heights and 

 distances of, by their reflexions in a 

 low pool of water, and in a mercurial 

 horizon, by F. Gallon, 459. 



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