950 
RIDEAL (Dr. 8.) on recording the results 
of the chemical and bacterial examina- 
tion of water and sewage, 255. 
Rice (E.) on the B. A. serew gauge, 464. 
RIJCKEVORSEL (Dr. van) ona connection 
between sun-spots and meteorological 
phenomena, 654. 
Rivers (W. H.R.) on the vision, §c., of 
Natives of Torres Straits and New 
Guinea, 586, 902. 
on two new departures in anthropo- 
logical method, 879. 
ROBERTS-AUSTEN (Sir W. C.) on the 
bibliography of spectroscopy, 439. 
*ROBINSON (Mark) on the Niclausse 
water-tube boiler, 855. 
Romney Marsh, reclamation of, and 
Dymchurch Wall, E. Case on, 859. 
RoscoE (Sir H. H.) on solar radiation, 
159. 
on wave-length tables of the spectra 
of the elements and compounds, 257. 
on the teaching of science in ele- 
mentary schools, 359. 
Ross (Hon. G.) on an ethnological sur- 
vey of Canada, 497. 
RotcH (A. Lawrence) on progress in 
exploring the air with kites, 655. 
—— on the first crossing of the Channel 
by a balloon, 656. 
RowE (Dr. Arthur) on the photo-micro- 
graphy of opaque objects as applied to 
the delineation of the minute struc- 
ture of fossils, 740. 
Rucker (Prof. A. W.) on determining 
magnetic force at sea, 64. 
on practical clectrical standards, 
240. 
RUSSELL (Dr. W. J.) on the action of 
light upon dyed colowrs, 363. 
Saccharification of starch by malt- 
diastase, the influence of acids and of 
some salts on the, Dr. A. Fernbach on 
the, 709. 
Salinity and temperature of the surface 
water of the North Atlantic 1896-7, 
H. N. Dickson on, 810. ‘ 
Salt water, effect on agricultural soils on 
the East Coast, T. S. Dymond on the, 
707. 
Sand-dunes between Deal and Sandwich, 
with remarks on the flora of the 
district, G. Dowker on, 921. 
--—— bordering the Delta of the Nile, 
Vaughan Cornish on, 812. 
Sandstone pipes in the Carboniferous 
Limestone at Dwlbau Point, Anglesey, 
E. Greenly on, 742. 
Sandwich Islands, the zoology of the, 
Ninth report on, 436. 
*SARGANT (Miss Ethel) on vermiform 
nuclei in the fertilised embryo-sac of 
Lilium martagon, 923. 
REPORT—1899. 
SAVAGE (Rev. E. B.) on Trish elk re- 
mains tn the Isle of Man, 376. 
SCADDING (Rev. Dr.) on an ethnological 
survey of Canada, 497. 
ScCHAFER (Prof. E. A.) on the histology of 
the suprarenal capsules, 598. 
on the physiological effects of pep- 
tone and its precursors when introduced 
into the circulation, 605. 
on the microchemistry of cells, 609. 
—— and SWALE VINCENT on the 
physiological effects of extracts of the 
pituitary body, 894. 
SCHMIDT (Hermann) on Indian currency 
after the report of the Commission, 834. 
Scuorr (Dr. Gerhard) on oceanographi- 
cal and meteorological results of the 
German deep-sea expedition in the 
Valdivia, 808. 
Schools, the physical and mental defects of 
children in, Report on, 489. 
ScHusTER (Prof. A.) on radiation from 
a source of light in a magnetic field, 63. 
—— on determining magnetic force at 
sea, 64. 
—— on solar radiation, 159. 
—- on practical electrical standards, 
240. 
on wave-length tables of the spectra 
of the elements and compounds, 257. 
Science, the teaching of, m elementary 
schools, Report on, 359. 
ScLaTER (Dr. P. L.) on the compilation 
of an index generum et specierum ani- 
malium, 429. 
on the present state of owr knowledge 
of the zoology of the Sandwich Islands, 
436. 
on the zoology and botany of the 
West India Islands, 441. 
on zoological and botanical publica- 
tion, 444. 
Scotland, recent ethnographical work in 
Aberdeenshire, J. Gray on, 874. 
*Scottish fresh-water lochs, the hathy- 
metrical survey of the, Sir J. Murray 
and F. P. Pullar on, 809. 
Scotr KeLrie (Dr. J.) on the explora- 
tion of Sokotra, 460. 
on the Torres Straits expedition, 
585. 
*Scorr-MONCRIEFF (W.) on the place of 
nitrates in the biolysis of sewage, 692. 
Screw gauge proposed in 1884, Report 
on the means by which practicai effect 
can be given to the introduction of the, 
464, 
*Seals, the fur, of the Behring Sea, G 
E. H. Barrett-Hamilton on, 784. 
Seclusion of girls at Mabuiag, C. G. 
Seligmann on the, 590. 
Sepewick (A.) on the occupation of wu 
table at the Zoological Station at 
Naples, 431. 
