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The Climatological and Hydrograpliical Conditions of Tropical Africa. — 

 Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. E. G. Ravenstein 

 (Chairman), Mr. Baldwin Latham, Mr. G. J. Stmons, F.R.S., and Dr. 

 H. R. Mill (Secretary). (Drawn up by Mr. E. G. Ravenstein) 572 



The Dryness of Steam in Boiler Trials. — Interim Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Sir F. Beamm-ell (Chairman), Professor W. C. Unwin (Secre- 

 tary), Professor A. B. W. Kennedy, Mr. Maik Rtjmley, Mr. Jeremiah 

 Head, and Professor Osborne Reynolds 572 



The Development of Graphic Methods in Mechanical Science. — Third Report 

 by Professor H. S. Helb Shaw, M.Inst.C.E 573 



On the Physical Deviations from the Normal among Children in Elementary 

 and other Schools. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir Douglas 

 Galton (Chairman), Dr. F. Warner (Secretary), Mr. G. W. Bloxam, Mr. 

 E. W. Beabrook, and Dr. J. G. Garson. (Drawn up by Dr. Francis 

 Warner) 614 



Ethnographical Survey of the United Kingdom. — First Report of the Com- 

 mittee, consisting of Mr. Feancis Galton (Chairman), Dr. J. G. Garson, 

 Professor A. C. Haddon, Dr. Joseph Anderson, Mr. E. W. Brabeoob: 

 (Secretary), Mr. J. Romillx Allen, Professor D. J. Cunningham, Pro- 

 fessor Boyd Dawkins, Professor R. Meldola, General Pitt-Rivers, and 

 Mr. E. G. Ravenstein. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 621 



The North- Western Tribes of Canada. — Interim Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Dr. E. B. Tylor, Mr. G. W". Bloxam (Secretary), Dr. G. M. 

 Dawson, Mr. R. G. Haliburton, and Mr. H. Hale, appointed to investi- 

 gate the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition 

 of the North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada 653 



Anthropometric Laboratory. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir 

 W. H. Flowee (Chairman), Dr. J. G. Garson (Secretary), Mr. G. W. 

 Bloxam, Professor A. C. Haddon, and Dr. Wilbeeforce Smith. (Drawn 

 up by the Secretary 654 



Uniformity in the Spelling of Barbaric and Savage Languages and Race 

 Names. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Francis Galton 

 (Chairman), Dr. E. B. Ttlor, Professor A. C. Haddon, Mr. G. W. Bloxam, 

 Mr. Ling Roth, and Mr. C. E. Peek (Secretary) 662 



The Automatic Balance of Reciprocating Mechanism. By W. Worbt Beau- 

 mont, MInst.C.E 665 



