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INDEX. 



Muirhead (Dr. A.) on standards for use 



in electrical measurements, 132. 

 JVIunro (Dr. R.)on trepanning the human 

 skull in prehistoric times, 912. 



Murray (G.) on the present state of our 

 knowledge of the zoology and botany 

 of the West India Islands, and on the 

 steps taken to investigate ascertained 

 deficiencies in the fauna and flora, 353 ; 

 on a comparison of the marine floras 

 of the warm Atlantic and the Indian 

 Ocean, 775. 



Murray (Dr. J.) on meteorological obser- 

 vations on Ben Nevis, 68. 



Musgrove (Dr. J.), the blood-vessels and 

 lymphatics of the retina, 758. 



Myeloxylon (Brong.) from the millstone 

 grit and coal measures, A. C. Seward 

 on specimens of, 776. 



*Myograph, a, for the projection of 

 muscle curves. Prof. G. J. McKendrick 

 on, and on a method of recording the 

 time of voluntary movements, 757. 



Narcotics, the use of, by the Nicobar 

 islanders, and certain deformations 

 connected therewith, E. H. Man on, 

 913. 



♦National physical laboratory, a, dis- 

 cussion on, 648. 



* , interim report on, 648. 



Native plants, the disappearance of, from 

 their local habitats. Prof. W. Hillhouse 

 on, 783. 



Necropoleis, certain ancient, in the Pyre- 

 nees and in North Britain, similarity 

 of, by Dr. Phene, 901. 



New Guinea, British, some recent ex- 

 plorations in, Coutts Trotter on, 819. 



Newton (Prof. A.) 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 present state of our 

 knowledge of the zoology of the Sand- 

 wich Islands, and on the steps taken 

 to investigate ascertained deficiencies 

 in the fauna, 355 ; on making a digest 

 of the observations on the migration of 

 birds, 366 ; on proposals for the legis- 

 lative protection of wild birds' eggs, 

 ib. 



Newton (E. T.) on some dicynodont and 

 other reptile remains from the Elgin 

 sandstone, 723. 



Newton (R. B.) on the occurrence of 

 Clbonetes Pratti, Davidson, in the car- 

 boniferous rocks of Western Australia, 

 725. 



Nicobar islanders, the use of narcotics 

 by the, and certain deformations con- 

 nected therewith, E, H. Man on, 913. 



Nicol (Dr.W. W. J.) on the bibliography of 



solution, 261 ; on the nature of solu- 

 tion, ih. ; on the molecular volumes of 

 organic substances in dilute solution, 

 683 ; on solutions of iodine, 691. 



*Nitrogen in soils, the determination of 

 small quantities of, by Dr. F. E. 

 Matthews, G86. 



North-western tribes of the Dominion of 

 Canada, eighth report on the physical 

 characters, languages, and industrial 

 and social condition of the, 545 ; re- 

 marks on linguistic ethnology, by 

 H. Hale, ih. ; report on the Kootenay 

 Indians of South-eastern British 

 Columbia, by Dr. A. F. Chamberlain, 

 549. 



Nuclei, the functions, staining reactions, 

 and structure of, by G. Mann, 753. 



Nuclein, the aftinity of, for iron and 

 other substances, Prof. G. Gilson on, 

 778. 



Nucleus, the, in the vegetable cell, ex- 

 perimental observations on the function 

 of, by Dr. Jas. Clark, 761. 



, the personality of the segments of, 



Rabl's doctrine of, and Weismann's 

 ' idant ' theory of heredity. Prof. M. 

 Hartog on, 742. 



*Nyassaland, the industrial geography 

 of, by J. Y. Buchanan, 816. 



♦Oceanic circulation, preliminary account 

 of, based on the ' Challenger' observa- 

 tions, by Dr. A. Buchan, 636. 



♦Oceanography, discussion on, 821. 



Ogilvie (Miss M. M.), landslips in the 

 St. Cassian strata of S. Tyrol, 721. 



Old age pensions, by Rev. W. M. Ede, 

 838. 



and friendly societies, by Rev. J. F. 



Wilkinson, 839. 



*01dbury Hill, the excavations at, inte- 

 rim report on, 718. 



Oldham (H. Y.), Cadamosto, ' the Marco 

 Polo of West Africa,' 820. 



Olivier (Dr. L.) on the canalisation of 

 cells and the continuity of living 

 matter in plants and animals, 792. 



♦Optical constants, the modes of measur- 

 ing, report on, 647. 



♦Oraefa Jokull, Iceland, first ascent of 

 the, by F. W. W. Howell, 810. 



Ormandy (W. R.) and Dr. T. Ewan on a 

 method for determining the vapour- 

 pressures of solutions, 693. 



♦Osteometry, human, discussion on, 910. 



♦ , ', Dr. J. G. Garson on, 910. 



Ostwald (Prof. W.) on the general laws 

 of energetics, 661 ; on the assumed 

 potential difference between a metal 

 in the molten and the solid state, 689. 



Oxy -salts, the action of dry sulphur di- 

 oxide on. Prof. W. R. Hodgkinson and 

 J. Young on, 676. 



