x Contents. 



March 7, 1898. PAGE 



The Coral Eeefs of Funafuti, Rotuma and Fiji together with some 

 Notes on the Structure and Formation of Coral Reefs in general. 

 By J. Stanley Gardiner 417 



Method for the Demonstration of " Connecting Threads " in the Cell 



Wall. By Walter Gardiner 504 



2, 1898. 



On the theory of Order. By E. T. Dixon 513 



On a certain system of differential equations defining periodic functions. 



By H. F. Baker 513 



On the Total Eclipse of the Sun 1898 Jan. 22. By H. F. Newall . . 521 



May 16, 1898. 



On the figures produced on photographic plates by electric discharges. 



By J. A. M c 'Clelland 522 



On a Method of facilitating the measurement of temperature by means 



of Platinum Thermometry. By E. B. H. Wade . . . .526 

 The development of Peripatus novae-britanniae. By Dr A. Willey . 530 

 On the possibility of deducing magneto-optic phenomena from a direct 



modification of an electro-dynamic energy function. By J. G. 



Leathern 530 



On the solutions of the equation (v 2 + k 2 )^ = in elliptic coordinates 



and their physical applications. By R. C. Maclaurin . . . 531 

 On the interpretation of divergent solutions of the hyper-geometric 



equation. By W. M C F. Orr 531 



The Harmonic Expression of the Daily Variation of Solar Radiation, 



and the Annual Variation of its coefficients. By R. Hargreaves . 532 



Index 545 



PLATES. 



I and II. To illustrate Mr Blythe's paper 6 



III. To illustrate Mr J. Stanley Gardiner's paper . . . 459 



IV and V. To illustrate Mr M c Clelland's paper 522 



