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on the Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland ; — Keport of the Committee 

 for preparing a further Eeport upon the Provincial Museums of the United Kingdom ; 

 — Second Report on the • Manure ' Gravels of Wexford ; —Report of the Committee 

 for continuing the Researches on Food- Fishes at the St. Andrews Marine Laboratory; 

 — Fourteenth 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 

 Migration of Birds ; — Report on the Flora of the Carboniferous Rocks of Lancashire 

 and West Yorkshire ; — Report on the Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station 

 at Naples ; — Report on the teaching of Science in Elementary Schools ; — Sixth Report 

 on the Fossil Phyllopoda of the Palfeozoic Rocks ; — Second Report on the best method 

 of ascertaining and measuring Variations in the Value of the Monetary Standard; — 

 Eeport as to the Statistical Data available for determining the amount of the Precious 

 Metals in use as Money in the principal Countries, the chief forms in which the 

 Jloney is employed, and the amount annually used in the Arts; — Fourth Report on 

 the North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada ; — Report of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee ; — Second Report on the Prehistoric Inhabitants of the British 

 Islands ; — Third Report of the Committee for drawing attention to the desirability 

 of prosecuting further research in the Antarctic Regions ; — Report of the Committee 

 for aiding in the maintenance of the establishment of a Marine Biological Station at 

 Granton, Scotland ; — Report on the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its neigh- 

 bourhood ; — Report of the Committee to arrange an investigation of the Seasonal 

 Variations of Temperature in Lakes, Rivers, and Estuaries in various parts of the 

 United Kingdom, in co-operation with the local societies represented on the Associa- 

 tion ; — Report on an ancient Sea-beach near Bridlington Quay ; — Report on the 

 Development of the Oviduct and connected structures in certain fresh-water 

 Teleostei ; — Third Report on Electrolysis in its Phj-sical and Chemical Bearings ; — 

 Report on the Flora of the Bahamas ; — Second Report on the Physiology of the 

 Lj-mphatic System ; — Report on the JMicroscopic Structure of the Older Rocks of 

 Anglesey ; — Report on our present knowledge of the Flora of China ; — Second Report 

 of the Committee for taking steps for the establishment of a Botanical Station at 

 Peradeniya, Cej-lon ; — Eighth Report on the Earthquake and Volcanic Phenomena of 

 Japan ; — Report on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of 

 the West India Islands, and the steps taken to investigate ascertained deficiencies 

 in the Fauna and Flora; — Second Report on our Experimental Knowledge of the 

 Properties of Matter with respect to Volume, Pressure, Temperature, and Specific 

 Heat ; — Report on the advisability and possibility of establishing in other parts of 

 the country observations upon the prevalence of Earth Tremors similar to those now 

 being made in Durham ; — The Relations between Sliding Scales and Economic 

 Theory ; — Index-numbers as illustrating the Progiessive Exports of British Produce 

 and Manufactures ; — The Friction of Metal Coils ; — Sur I'application de I'analyse 

 spectrale a la mecanique mol^culaire et sur les spectres de I'oxygene ; — A List of 

 Works referring to British Mineral and Thermal Waters ; — Report on the Rate of 

 Erosion of the Sea-coasts of England and Wales, and the Influence of the Artificial 

 Abstraction of Shingle or other material in that Action. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Sir F. J. Bramwell's Address, and 

 Resolutions of the General Committee of the Association. 



REPORT OP THE FIFTY-NINTH MEETING, at Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, September 1889, PtibUshed at £1 4s. 



Contents : — Fifth Report of the Committee for promoting Tidal Observations in 

 Canada ; — Report on the Molecular Phenomena connected with the Magnetisation 

 of Iron ; — Report on the Collection and Identification of Meteoric Dust ; — Eighteenth 

 Report on Underground Temperature ; — Fifth Report on the best methods of record- 

 ing the direct Intensity of Solar Radiation ; — Report of the Committee for con- 

 structing and issuing Practical Standards for use in Electrical Measurements ; — 

 Second Report of the Committee to arrange an investigation of the Seasonal Varia- 

 tions of Temperature in Lakes, Rivers, and Estuaries in various parts of the United 

 Kingdom, in co-operation with the local Societies represented on the Association ; — 

 Report on the proposals of M. Tondini de Quarenghi relative to the Unification 

 of Time, and the adoption of a Universal Prime Meridian ; — Fifth Report on 



