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the best means of Comparing and ricducing Magnetic Observations; — Report 

 oa the best method of establishing International Standards for the Analysis of 

 Iron and Steel ; — Third Keport on the Investigation of the Properties of Solutions; 

 — Third Report on tlie Bibliography of Solution; — Report (Provisional) on the 

 Influence of the Silent Discharge of Electricity on Oxygen and other Gases ;— Report 

 of the Committee appointed to confer with the Committee of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science with a view of forming a Uniform System of 

 recording the results of Water Analysis ; — Report on the Action of Light on the 

 Hydracids of the Halogens in presence of Oxygen ; — Seventh Report on the Fossil 

 Phyllopoda of the Palii-ozoic Rocks ;— Report on the Flora of the Carboniferous 

 Rocks of liancashiro and West Yorkshire ; — Report on an Ancient Sea-beach near 

 Bridlington Quay ; — Fifteenth Report on the Circulation of Underground Waters in 

 the Permeable Formations of England and Wales, and the Quantity and Character 

 of the Water supplied to various Towns and Districts from these Formations; — 

 Report on the Higher Eocene Beds of the Isle of Wight ; — Third Report on the 

 ' Manure ' Gravels of AVexford ; — Second Report on the present state of our Know- 

 ledge of the Zoology and Botany of the West India Islands, and the steps taken to 

 investigate ascertained deficiencies in tlie Fauna and Flora ; — Second Report on the 

 development of the Oviduct and connected structures in certain freshwater Teleostei ; 

 — Report on the Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Kaples ;— Report 

 of the Committee for improving and experimenting with a Deep-sea Tow-net, for 

 opening and closing under water ;— Third Report on our present Knowledge of the 

 Flora of China ; — Report on the steps taken for the investigation of the Natural 

 History of the Friendly Islands, or other groups in the Pacific, visited by H.M.S. 

 ■•Egeria'; — Report of the Committee for making a digest of the Observations on 

 the" Migration of Birds; — Report of the Committee for taking steps for the establish- 

 ment of a Botanical Station at Peradeniya, Ceylon ;— Seventeenth Report on the 

 Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland ; —Third Report on the Physiology of 

 the Lymphatic System ;— Report on the Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools ; — 

 Third' Report on the best methods of ascertaining and measuring Variations in the 

 Value of the Monetary Standard ;— Report as to the Statistical Data available for 

 •letermining the amount of the Precious Metals in use as Money in the principal 

 <Jountries, the chief forms in which the Money is employed, and the amount annually 

 used in the Arts;— Report on the Geography and Geology of the Atlas Ranges in 

 the Empire of Morocco;— Fourth Report on Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives; — 

 Report on the Habits and Customs and Physical Characteristics of the Nomad Tribes 

 of Asia Minor, and on the excavation of Sites of ancient occupation ; — Report on 

 the effects of different Occupations and Employments on the Physical Development 

 of the Human Body; — Report of the Committee for editing a new Edition of 

 ' Anthropological Notes and Queries ' ; — Report of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee ; — Fourth Report on Electrolysis in its Physical and Chemical Bearings ; — • 

 Report on the Absorption Spectra of Pure Compounds; — Second Report on the 

 present methods of teaching Chemistry; — Tliird Report on the Influence of Silicon 

 on the properties of Steel ; — Report on the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and 

 its neighbourhood ; — Ninth Report on the Earthquake and Volcanic Phenomena of 

 Japan ; — Report of the Committee for co-operating with the Scottish Bleteorological 

 Society in making Meteorological Observations on Ben Nevis ;— Third Report on the 

 Prehistoric Inhabitants of the British Islands ;— Report on the Development of 

 Graphic Methods in Jlechanical Science ; —Report on the investigation of the Actioa 

 of Waves and Currents on the Beds and Foreshores of Estuaries by means of Work- 

 ing Models ;— Report of the Committee for continuing the Bibliography of Spectro- 

 scopy ; — Report of the Committee for calculating the Anthropological Measurements 

 taken at Bath ;— Second Report on the Disappearance of Native Plants from their 

 Local Habitats ;— The Incidence and Effects of Import and Export Duties; — Experi- 

 ments upon the Transmission of Power by Compressed Air in Paris (Popp's System) ; 

 — The Comtist Criticism of Economic Science; — On the Advisability of assigning 

 Marks for Bodily EfRciency in the Examination of Candidates for the Public 

 Services; — On the Principle and Methods of assigning Marks for Bodily Efficiency ; — 

 Experiments at Eton College on the Degree of Concordance between different 

 Examiners in assigning Marks for Physical Qualifications;— Fifth Report on the 

 North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Professor W. H. Flower's Address, 

 and Resolutions of the General Committee of the Association. 



