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EEPORT 1878. 



Tod (Miss I. M.) on the boarding-out of 



pauper children, 659. 

 Topley (Mr.) on the Kentish boring 



exploration, 380. 

 Torbay, the relative ages of the raised 



beaches and submerged forests of, W. 



Pengelly on, 531. 

 Tourmaline crystals, unilateral conduc- 

 tivity in, Prof. S. P. Thompson and Dr. 



O. J. Lodge on, 495. 

 Trades unionism, the social aspects of 



J. H. M. Campbell on, 676. 

 unionists, some economic fallacies 



of, Prof. J. J. Shaw on, 675. 

 Traill (W. A.) on the rocks of Ulster as a 



source of water-supply, 537. 

 Transfer of land, the simplification of, 



J. H. Edge on, 663. 

 *Traquair (Dr. R. H.) on the genus 



Cteiwdvs (Agassiz), 571. 

 Tribe (A.) and Dr. Gladstone on alumi- 

 nium alcohols, 508. 

 Tristram (Rev. Canon) on the possibility 



of establishing a " close time " for 



indigenous animals, 146. 

 Tyrone, the metamorphic and intrusive 



rocks of, J. Nolan on, 536. 



Ulster, the rocks of, as a source cf water- 

 supply, W. A. Traill on, 537. 



Ultramundane corpuscles, the mutual ac- 

 tion of vortex atoms and, Prof. G. 

 Forbes on, 498. 



Underground temperature, eleventh re- 

 port on the rate of increase of, down- 

 wards in various localities of dry land 

 and under water, 178. 



waters in the Jurassic. New Red 



Sandstone, and Permian formations of 

 England, fourth report on the circula- 

 tion of the, 382. 



Unilateral conductivity in tourmaline 

 crystals, Prof. S. P. Thompson and Dr. 

 O. J. Lodge on, 495. 



*Vanadium, some fluor compounds of, 

 Prof. H. E. Roscoe on, 507. 



Vartry water, on some peculiarities of 

 the, and on the action of that water 

 upon boiler plates, by Dr. C. R. C. 

 Tichborne, 517. 



Ventilation, a system of, by means of 

 fans and punkahs worked by com- 

 pressed air, for use in hospitals and 

 barracks in India and other tropical 

 climates, by the Hon. R. C. Parsons, 

 710. 



Veratria, report on the chemistry of. 105. 



*Vertebrata of the Permian formation 

 of Texas, Prof. E. D. Cope en the, 571. 



Vivian (E.) on the exploration of Kent's 

 Cavern, 124. 



Voltaic action, J. Brown on the theory 

 of, 498. 



Vortex atoms and ultramundane corpus- 

 cles, the mutual action of, Prof. G. 

 Forbes on, 498. 



Wake (C. S.) on the primitive human 

 family, 592. 



Wallace (Dr. W.) on the best means for 

 the development of light from coal- 

 gas, 108. 



Wanklyn (Prof. J. A.) and W. J. Cooper 

 *on a method of elementary organic 

 analysis by a moist process, 51 7 ; *on 

 a direct method for determining the 

 calorific power of alimentary sub- 

 stances, 605. 



Waterhouse (Capt. J.) on processes of 

 map-producing, 628. 



Watson (Sir J.), how to meet the re- 

 quirements of population displaced by 

 Artizans' Dwellings Act, 658. 



Watts (Dr. W. M.) on the oscillation- 

 frequencies of solar rays, 37. 



Weirs, movable and fixed, with reference 

 to the improvement of the navigation, 

 mill power, and drainage of flood 

 waters of rivers, J. Neville on, with 

 especial notice of the River Shannon, 

 691. 



Wheeler (W. H.) on the drainage of 

 fenland considered in relation to the 

 conservancy of the rivers of Great 

 Britain, 693. 



Whitaker (W.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters 382. 



Wigham (J R.), new application of gas 

 for lighthouses, 436 ; a short descrip- 

 tion of two kinds of fog signals, 437 ; 

 a new atmospheric gas machine, 437. 



*Willett (Mr.) on the Kentish boring ex- 

 ploration, 380. 



Williams (W.) on " Cervus Megaceros," 

 537. 



Williams (W. M.) on the glaciation of Ire- 

 land, and the tradition of Lough 

 Lurgan, 528. 



Williamson (Dr. A. W.) on patent legis- 

 lation, 157. 



Williamson (Prof. W. C.) on the supposed 

 radiolarians and diatoms of the car- 

 boniferous rocks, 534. 

 Willemcetia group of the Crustacea, C. S. 

 Bate on the, 561. 



*Willis (W., jun.) on a new process of 

 photo-chemical printing in metallic 

 platinum, 518. 



Wills (T.) on the best means for the 

 development of light from coal-gas, 

 108. 



Wilson (A. S.) on the amounts of sugar 

 contained in the nectar of various 

 flowers, 504 ,\ on the association of an 



