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Addbess by the Peesident, Sir AKXHtrR Evans, D.Litt., LL.D., 



P.S.A., F.E.S 3 



Reports on the State of Science, &c 27 



Transactions of the Sections : 



A. — Mathematical and Physical Science 355 



B.— Chemistry 366 



C— Geology 378 



D.— Zoology , 403 



E.— Geography 421 



F. — Economic Science and Statistics 435 



G. — Engineering 448 



H. — Antliropology 458 



I.— Physiology 470 



. K.— Botany 477 



L.— Education 512 



M. — Agriculture 528 



Report on the Determination of Gravity at Sea 549 



Report op the Corresponding Societies Committee and of the 



Conference OF Delegates of Corresponding Societies 666 



Index 609 



List of Publications 625 



List of Members, &c 103 



LIST OF PLATES. 



Plate I. — Illustrating the Report on Seismological Investigations. 



Plate II. — Illustrating the Report on the Botanical and Chemical Characters 

 of the Eucalypts and their Correlation. 



Plate III. — Illustrating the Report on Stress Distributions in Engineering 



Materials. 



Plate IV. — Illustrating Mr. W. VVickham King's Paper on a Plexographic 

 Model of the Thick Coal of South Staffordshire. 



Plates V. and VI. — Illustrating Mr. E. A. Reeves's Address to the Geographical 

 Section. 



Plates VII.-XVQI. — Illustrating the Report on the Determination of Gravity 

 at Sea. 



