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INDEX. 



*Brown (A.)» dredgers, 879. 



Brown (Prof. A. Crum) on meteorological 

 observations on Ben Nevis, 68 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemi- 

 cal bearings, 72 ; models of mathe- 

 matical surfaces, 646 ; on a use of the 

 external ear, 754. 



* and Dr. J. Walker on electrolytic 



synthesis, 671. 



Brown (J.) on electrolysis in its physical 

 and chemical bearings, 72. 



Brown (M. W.) on the advisability and 

 possibility of establishing observa- 

 tions upon the prevalence of earth 

 tremors, 343. 



♦Browne (Lieut. H. C.) across the Veldt 

 to Lobengula's capital, 817. 



Bubbles, a periodic effect which the size 

 of, has on the velocity of their ascent 

 in vertical tubes containing liquid. Dr. 

 F. T. Trouton on, 645. 



Buchan (Dr. A.) on meteorological obser- 

 vations on Ben Nevis, 68 ; *preliminary 

 account of oceanic circulation, based 

 on the ' Challenger ' observations, 636. 



Buchanan (Miss F.) on polychset worms, 

 356. 



Buchanan (J. Y.) on the windings of 

 rivers, 812 ; *the density, temperature, 

 and motion of the waters of the Gulf 

 of Guinea, 813 ; *the industrial geo- 

 graphy of Nyassaland, 816 ; *new re- 

 sults in the density and temperature 

 of the bottom water of the Atlantic off 

 the Brazilian coast, 821. 



Building land, taxation of, by M. David- 

 son, 843. 



Bunter pebbles of the English midlands, 

 the relation of the, to those in the Old 

 Red Sandstone conglomerates in Scot- 

 land, Prof. T. G. Bonney on, 719. 



Burgess (Dr. J.), place-names, 810. 



Bute (Marquess of) on the prehistoric and 

 ancient remains of Glamorganshire, 544. 



Cadamosto, ' the Marco Polo of West 



Africa,' by H. Y. Oldham, 820. 

 Calamostachyi Blnneyana (Schimp), by 



T. Hick, 776. 

 Calcareous tufas in Norway, Prof. A. Blytt 



on some, 714. 

 Calderwood (W. L.) on the destruction 



of immature fish, 763 ; the relation of 



size to sexual maturity, 767. 

 Calorimeter, a delicate, Dr. J. A. Harker 



and P. J. Hartog on, 662. 

 Cameron (A. C. G.) on a green sand in 



the Lower Greensand, and on a green 



sandstone in Bedfordshire, 710 ; the 



Fullers' Earth Mining Co. at Woburn 



Sands, 711. 

 CampbeU (C. W.), North Korea, 820. 

 Camphoric acid, methyl salts of, by Dr. 



J. Walker, 680. 



Canalisation of cells, the, and the con- 

 tinuity of living matter in plants and 

 animals. Dr. L. Olivier on, 792. 



Carhart (Prof. H. J.) on a special form 

 of Clark cell, 138. 



Carlier (Dr. E. W.) on the structure of 

 the so-called hibernating gland in the 

 hedgehog, 752 ; on the skin of the 

 hedgehog, 773. 



Carruthers (W.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the zoology and 

 botany of the West India Islands, and 

 on the steps taken to investigate as- 

 certained deficiencies in the fauna and 

 flora, 353 ; on the steps taken to 

 establish a botanical laboratory at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 363 ; *on the 

 structure of the stem of a typical 

 sigillaria, 776. 



Carver (H. C.) on the extinction of fires 

 in ships' holds, 883. 



CeUular growth and action, co-ordination 

 of, by physical forces, by Dr. F.Warner, 

 761. 



Chains, small, the strength of, by Prof. 

 H. S. Hele-Shaw, 878. 



Chamberlain (Dr. A. F.), report on the 

 Kootenay Indians of South-eastern 

 British Columbia, 649. 



Cliaracteristic sounds in certain lan- 

 guages, the probable derivation of 

 some, from cries or noises made by 

 animals, J. M. Weale on, 907. 



♦Characters required by certain pupae, 

 an observation bearing on the non- 

 transmission of, by E. B. Poulton, 786. 



""Chatham Islands, a recent visit to the, 

 and some points in connection with 

 geographical distribution, by H. O. 

 Forbes, 819. 



Chattock (A. P.) on the phenomena 

 accompanying the discharge of elec- 

 tricity from points, 72. 



♦Chemical composition of sea-water, the, 

 by Dr. Gibson, 821. 



Chemical Section, Address by Prof. H. 

 McLeod to the, 663. 



Children, destitute and neglected, legis- 

 lation in America and elsewhere on 

 behalf of, by Rosa M. Barratt, 842. 



*Chironomus, marine and fresh-water, 

 G. Swainson on, 790. 



^Chloroform, impurities in, by Prof. W. 

 Ramsay, 071. 



Choiietes Pratti, Davidson, the occur- 

 rence of, in the carboniferous rocks of 

 Western Australia, R. B. Newton on, 

 725. 



Chromatin, a method of staining, by 

 chemical means, by Prof . G. Gilson, 780. 



Chrystal (Prof.) on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 132 ; *a cu- 

 rious point connected with the parallel 

 axiom, 647. 



