780 
Victoria, the tertiary brown coal-beds 
of, by H. Herman, 377. 
Victorian graptolites, by Dr. T. 8. Hall, | 
359. 
Victorian kainozoic alkali rocks, the 
origin and relationship of the, Dr. 
H. 8S. Summers on, 361. 
Victorian lampreys, species of, by Dr. | 
J. A. Leach, 399. 
Victorian tertiaries, the, the age and 
sequence of, Dr. T. 8. Hall on, 372. 
—— Dr. G. B. Pritchard on, 374. 
Vincent (Prof. Swale) on the ductless 
glands, 237. 
—— on the effect of low temperature on 
cold-blooded animals, 241. 
Vines (Prof. S. H.) on the occupation 
of a table at the marine laboratory, 
Plymouth, 163. 
Visual requirements of the sailor and 
the railway employee, the problem 
of the, by Dr. J. W. Barrett, 256. 
*VonwitteR (Prof. O. U.); 
photo- 
electric effect in selenium, 303. 
Wace (A. J. B.) on the distribution of 
artificial islands in the lochs of the 
Highlands of Scotland, 229. 
*Wanve (A. B.), irrigation in New South 
Wales, 503. 
WaceER (Harold) on the Jurassic flora of 
Yorkshire, 244. 
Wages, the artificial regulation of, by 
G. 8. Beeby, 487. 
Waker (Dr. G. W.) on seismological 
investigations, 41. 
*WALKER (H.) on some new motor tests 
of intelligence, 624. 
Water (Prof. A. D.) on the occupation 
of a table at the zoological station at 
Naples, 162. 
—— on anesthetics, 549. 
Wause (W. T. H.) on the influence of 
school books wpon eyesight, 248. 
WattHEeR (Dr. Johannes) on desert 
scenery and denudation, 358. 
Warviaw (H.§8. Halcro) on the deposit 
obtained from milk by spinning in a 
centrifuge, 556. 
Warnerk (Dr. F.) on the mental and 
physical factors involved in education, 
248. 
*WaARREN (Prof. 
timbers, 512. 
Warton (Col. R. Gardner) on the ex- 
ploration of La Cotte de St. Brelade, 
Jersey, 230. 
Waste gases of combustion, the use 
of, for fire extinctive and fumigat- 
ing purposes, by Dr. G. Harker, 
342. 
Australian 
We EE): 
INDEX. 
| Watson (D. M. 8.) on the fauna and flora 
of the trias of the Western Midlands, 114. 
Watson (Dr. W.) on the investigation 
of the upper atmosphere, 69. 
—— on gaseous explosions, 177. 
Watts (Prof. W. W.) on the preparation 
of a list of characteristic fossils, 111. 
on the preparation of a list of strati- 
graphical names used in the British 
Isles, 113. 
on the fauna and flora of the trias of 
the Western Midlands, 114. 
—— on the excavation of critical sections 
in the lower paleozoic rocks of England 
and Wales, 115. 
*Wave-length in air of electrical vibra- 
tions, some measurements of the, by 
Prof. J. A. Pollock, 305. 
Wess (W. Mark) on the work of the 
Corresponding Societies Committee, 722. 
Wepster (Prof. A. G.) on the calculation 
of mathematical tables, '75. 
Weiss (Prof. F. E.) on the Jurassic flora 
of Yorkshire, 244. 
—— on the renting of Cinchona botanic 
station in Jamaica, 248. 
—— on the character, work, and main- 
tenance of museums, 249. 
*WELLISCH (E.), experiments on the 
active deposit of radium, 303. 
*WetsH (Prof. D. A.) and Dr. H. G. 
CHAPMAN, the action of the venom of 
some Australian snakes on the cor- 
puscles of some bloods, 558. 
Western Mediterranean, the prehistoric 
civilization of the, the present state of 
knowledge of, report on, 235. 
Wheat breeding in Australia, by A. E. V. 
Richardson, 663. 
*Wheat flour, strength of, by Prof. 
T. B. Wood, 662. 
Wheat improvement in Australia, by 
F. B. Guthrie, 661. 
WHITAKER (W.) on the work of the Corre- 
sponding Societies Committee, 722. 
Wuite (Mrs. J.) on the character, work, 
and maintenance of museums, 249. 
WHITEHEAD (Henry) and W. Cougs, a 
bibliography of the publications of 
local scientific societies, 730. 
Wickens (Chas. H.) on the material 
for, and the construction of, tables of 
natality, issue, and orphanhood, 471. 
Wiss (L. J.) on the fauna and flora of 
the trias of the Western Midlands, 114. 
Wiuiams (Dr. R. Stenhouse), J. Goip- 
Inc, and J. Macxrytosu, trials of 
milking machines, 652. 
Wasson (J. 8.) on stress distributions in 
engineering materials, 200. 
*Wauson (Prof. J. T.) on symmetrical 
exostoses in the acoustic meatus in the 
Australian aboriginal skull, 536. 
