INDEX. 



[_An asterisk (*) sijiiijics that no abstract of the communication is ffiven.'] 



OBJECTS and rules of the Association, 

 xxiv. 



I'laces and times of meeting, with names 

 of ofBcers, from commencement, xxxiv. 



List of former Presidents and Secretaries 

 of Sections, xliii. 



List of evening lectures, Ix. 



Lectures to the Operative Classes, Ixiii. 



Officers of Sections present at Cardiff, 

 Ixiv. 



Treasurer's account, Ixvi. 



Table showing the attendance and re- 

 ceipts at the annual meetings, Ixviii. 



Officers and Council for 1891-tf2, Ixx. 



Eeport of the Council to the General 

 Committee at Cardiff, Ixxi. 



Committees appointed by the General 

 Committee at Cardiff: L receiving 

 grants of money, Ixxvi ; 2. not receiving 

 grants of money, Ixxx ; other resolu- 

 tions adopted, Ixxxiv; resolutions re- 

 ferred to the Council for consideration, 

 and action if desirable, ib. 



Synopsis of grants of money appropriated 

 to scientific purposes, Ixxxv. 



Places of meeting in 1892 and 1893, 

 Ixxxvi. 



General statement of sums which have 

 been paid on account of grants for 

 scientific purposes, Ixxsvii. 



General meetings, c. 



Address by the President, Dr. William 

 Huggins,F.K.S.,F.R.A.S.,Hon.F.R.S.E., 

 &c., 3. 



Abel (Sir F.) on the best method of esta- 

 blishing an international standard for 

 the analysis of iron and steel, 273. 



Abircromby (Hon. K.) on meteorological 

 observations on Ben Nevis, 140; on 

 arranging an investigation of the sea- 

 1891. 



sonal variations of temperature in lakes, 

 rivers, and estuaries, 454. 



Abney (Capt.) on electrolysis in its phy- 

 sical and chemical bearings, 122 ; on 

 the best methods of recording the 

 direct intensity of solar radiation, 160 ; 

 on the preparation of a new series of 

 wave-length tables of the spectra of 

 the elements and compounds, 161 ; on 

 the action of light upon dyed colours, 

 263 ; on the absorption spectra of pure 

 compounds, 275. 



Aborigines of Western Australia, Miss 

 E. M. Gierke on tlie, 716. 



Absolute units of measurement, by W. 

 Moon, 580. 



Absorption of heat in the solar atmo- 

 sphere, W. E. Wilson on the, 557. 



Absorption spectra of pure compounds, 

 provisional report on the, 275. 



Acclimatisation, Dr. R. W. Felkin on, 

 715. 



Action of light upon dyed colours, interim 

 report on, 263. 



Action of screw propellers, by Major R. 

 de Villamil, 780. 



Adams (Prof. W. G.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 149 ; on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 152. 



*Adams (W. M.), the first sea- wanderings 

 of the English race, 808. 



Adeney (W. E.) on the formation of peaty 

 colouring matters in sewage by the 

 action of micro-organisms, 612. 



Africa, the application of Indian geo- 

 graphical survey methods to, by Lt. -Col. 

 T. H. Holdich, 717. 



, south-west, the geography of, by 



Dr. H. Schlichter, 719. 



African, east central, customs, by Rev. J. 

 Macdonald, 809. 



African lands, the comparative value of, 

 A. S. White on, 715. 



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