CONTENTS. V 



Page 

 General Lawson, Mr. George Shaw Lefevre, Professor Leone Levi, 

 Dr. Waller Lewis, Dr. Mouat, Sir Rawson Rawson, Mr. Alexander 

 Redgrave, and Professor Rolleston 152 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. A. W. Williamson, Professor Sir 

 William Thomson, Mr. Bramwell, Mr. St. John Vincent Day, Dr. C. W. 

 Siemens, Mr. 0. W. Merrifield, Dr. Neilson Hancock, Mr. F. J. Abel, 

 Mr. J. R. Napier, Captain Douglas Galton, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. E. H. 

 Carbutt, and Mr. Macrory, appointed for the purpose of watching and re- 

 porting to the Council on Patent Legislation 157 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. W. H. Barlow, Mr. H. Bes- 

 semer, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Captain Douglas Galton, Sir John 

 Hawkshaw, Dr. C. W. Siemens, Professor Abel, and Mr. E. H. Carbutt 

 (Sec), appointed for the purpose of considering the Use of Steel for Struc- 

 tural Purposes 157 



Report on the Geographical Distribution of the Chiroptera. By G. E. Dobson, 

 M.A., M.B 158 



On ReceDt Improvements in the Port of Dublin. By Bindon B. Stoney, 

 M.A., M.R.I.A., M. Inst. C.E., Engineer of the Dublin Port and Docks 

 Board 167 



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

 G. G. Stokes, F.R.S., Professor H. J. S. Smith, F.R.S., Professor Sir 

 William Thomson, F.R.S., Mr. James Glaisher, F.R.S., and Mr. J. W. 

 L. Glaisher, F.R.S. (Secretary), on Mathematical Tables 172 



Eleventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Everett, Professor 

 Sir William Thomson, Professor J. Clerk Maxwell, Mr. G. J. Symons, 

 Professor Ramsay, Professor Geikie, Mr. J. Glaisher, Mr. Pengelly, 

 Professor Edward Hull, Professor Ansteu, Dr. Clement Le Neve Foster, 

 Professor A. S. Herschel, Mr. G. A. Lebour, Mr. A. B. Wynne, Mr. 

 Galloway, and Mr. Joseph Dickinson, appointed for the purpose of inves- 

 tigating the Rate of Increase of Underground Temperature downwards in 

 various Localities of Dry Land and under Water. Drawn up by Professor 

 Everett (Secretary) 178 



Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Haughton, Professor 

 Leith Adams, Professor Barrett, Mr. Hardman, and Dr. Macalister, 

 appointed for the purpose of Exploring the Fermanagh Caves. Drawn up 

 by Mr. Thomas Plunkett, Enniskillen, for Dr. Macalister, Secretary of 

 the Committee 183 



Sixth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Prestwich, Professor 

 Harkness, Professor Hughes, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, Rev. H. W. 

 Crosskey, Professor L. C. Miall, Messrs. G. H. Morton, D. Mackintosh, 

 R. H. Ttddeman, J. E. Lee, James Plant, and W. Pengelly, Dr. Deane, 

 Mr. 0. J. Woodward, and Mr. Molyneux, appointed for the purpose of 

 recording the position, height above the sea, lithological characters, size, and 

 origin of the Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, reporting other 

 matters of interest connected with the same, and taking measures for their 

 preservation. Drawn up by the Rev. H. W. Crosskey, Secretary 185 



Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of the Crustacea. — Part. IV. 

 On Development. By 0. S?ence Bate, F.R.S 103 



Report of a Committee, consisting of Professor Rolleston, Major-General 

 Lane Fox, Professor Busk, Professor Boyd Dawkins, Dr. John Evans, 

 and Mr. F. G. Hilton Price, appointed for the purpose of examining Two 

 Caves containing human remains, in the neighbourhood of Tenby 209 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Sir William Thomson, 

 Mr. W. Froude, Professor Osborne Reynolds, Captain Douglas Galton, 

 and Mr. James N. Shoolbred (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of 



