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3. On the Occurrence of (Jhonetes Pratti, Davidson, in the Carboniferous Rocks 



of AVestern Australia. By R. Bullen Newton, F.G.S 725 



4. On Porphyritic Quartz in Basic Igneous Rocks. By Alfred Haeker, 



M.A., F.G.S 726 



5. On the Occurrence of Pisolitic Tuff in the Pentlands. By H. J. Johnston- 



Latis, M.D., Bac.-es-Sci., F.G S 72t5 



6. On some Limerick Traps. By W. W. Watts, M.A. F.G.S 727 



Section D.— BIOLOGY. 

 THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 



Address bv Professor W. Rotherfoed, M.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., President of 



tlie Section 728 



\. Fifth Report of the Committee on the present state of our knowledge of 

 the Zoology and Botany of the West India Islands, and on taking steps 

 to investigate ascertained deficiencies in the Fauna and Flora 742 



2. Report of the Committee for carrying on a definite piece of Work at the 



Zoological Station at Naples 742 



3. Draft of Report of the Committee on the present state of our knowledge 



of the Zoology of the Sandwich Islands 742 



4. Fifth Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of taking steps 



for the establishment of a Botanical Laboratory at Paradeniya, Ceylon... 742 



6. Report of the Committee on the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and 

 Light-vessels 742 



6. Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of arranging for the 

 occupation of a Table at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Associa- 

 tion at Plymouth 742 



7. Report of the Committee for improving and experimenting with a Deep- 

 Sea Tow-Net, for opening and closing- under water 742 



8. Report of the Committee appointed to consider proposals for the Legisla- 

 tive Protection of Wild-birds' Egc-s 742 



9. On the Physiology of Protoplasm. By Professor W. Preter 742 



10. On Rabl's Doctrine of the Personality of the Segments of the Nucleus, and 

 Weismann's ' Idant ' Theory of Heredity. By Professor Maectjs Haetog, 

 D.Sc, M.A .' 742 



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FBIDAY, AUGUST 5. 



Department op Botany. 



1 . A proposed World's Congress of Botanists at Chicago in 1893. By Dr. J. 



C. Arthur 744 



2. Observations on Secondary Tissues in Monocotyledons. By D. H. Scott, 



M.A., Ph.D., F.L.S., and Georbe Beebner 744 



3. On the Simplest Fta-m of Mosse?. By Professor Dr. Goebel, For.F.L.S. 745 



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