iv REPORT — 1895. 



REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



[An asterisk * indicates that the title only is given. The mark f indicates the same, 

 but a referejice is given to the jotirnal or newspaper where it is published in extenso.] 



Page 

 Corresponding Societies. — -Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor R. 

 Mbldola (Chairman), Mr. T. V. Holmes (Secretary), Mr. Francis Galton, 

 Sir Douglas Galton, Sir Rawson Rawson, Mr. G. J. Stmons, Dr. J. G. 

 Gaeson, Sir John Eyans, Mr. J. Hopkinson, Professor T. G. Bonnet, Mr. 

 VV. Whitaker, Professor E. B. Poulton, Mr. Cuthbert Peek, and Rev. 

 Canon H. B. Tristram 39 



Underground Temperature. — Tweuty-first Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Professor J. D. Everett (Chairman and Secretary), Lord Kelvin, Mr. 

 G. J. SrMONS, Sir A. Geikie, Mr. J. Glaishee, Professor E. Hull, Pro- 

 fessor J. Peestwich, Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, Professor A. S. Hbeschel, 

 Professor G. A. Leboue, Mr. A. B. Wynne, Mr. W. Galloway, Mr. 

 Joseph Dickinson, Mr. G. F. Deacon, Mr. E. Wethered, Mr. A. Strahan, 

 and Professor MiCHiE Smith. (Drawn up by Professor Everett) 75 



The Uniformity of Size of Pages of Scientific Societies' Publications. — Report 

 of the Committee, consisting of Professor S. P. Thompson (Chairman), 

 Mr. G. H. Bryan, Dr C. V. Burton, Mr. R. T. Glazebeook, Dr. G. 

 Johnstone Stonet, and Mr. J. Swinburne (Secretary) 77 



Comparison of Magnetic Instruments. — Interim report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Professor A. W. Ruckee (Chairman), Mr. W. Watson (Secre- 

 tary), Professor A. Schuster, and Professor H. H. Tuener, appointed to 

 confer with the Astronomer Royal and the Superintendents of other 

 Observatories with reference to the Comparison of Magnetic Standards 

 with a view of carrying out such Comparison 79 



The Application of Photography to the Elucidation of Meteorological Pheno- 

 mena. — Fifth Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. J. Symons 

 (Chairman), Professor R. Meldola, Mr. J. Hopkinson, and Mr. A. W. 

 Clatden (Secretary). (Drawn up by the Secretary) 80 



Solar Radiation. — Eleventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir G. C, 

 Stokes (Chairman), Profes.sor A. Schuster, Mr. G. Johnstone Stoney, 

 Sir H. E. Roscoe. Captain W. de W. Abney, Mr. C. Chree, Mr. G. J. 

 Symons, Mr. W. E. Wilson, and Professor Heebeet McLeod, appointed 

 to consider the best Methods of Recording the Direct Intensity of Solar 

 Radiation 81 



Investigation of the Earthquake and Volcanic Phenomena of Japan. Four- 

 teenth Report of the Committee, consisting of Lord Kelvin, Professor 

 W. 6. Adams, Mr. J. T. Bottomley, Professor A. H. Greex, Professor 

 C. G. Knott, and Professor John Milne (Secretary). (Drawn up by the 

 Secretar v) ". 81 



