226 
Echinodermata, list of, from the coast of 
Ireland, 179. 
Eddy (Stephen) on the lead-mining dis- 
tricts of Yorkshire, 167. 
Fairbairn (William) on the patent laws, 
164; on the collapse of glass globes 
and cylinders, 174; on shipping sta- 
tistics, 239. 
Fauna, marine, of the S. and W. coasts 
of Ireland, 176. 
Gladstone (Dr. J. H.), meteors observed 
by, 195. 
Glass globes and cylinders, on the col- 
lapse of, 174. 
Great Britain, on the magnetic survey 
of, 185. 
Greene (Prof. J. Reay), report on the 
marine fauna of the south and west 
coasts of Ireland, 176. 
Henderson (Andrew) on shipping statis- 
tics, 239; on river steamers, their 
form, construction, and fittings, with 
reference to the necessity for improv- 
ing the present means of shallow water 
navigation on the rivers of British 
India, 268. 
Hincks (Rev. Thomas), additional list of 
Polyzoa from Belfast Bay, 293. 
Hyndman (G. C.), report of the Belfast 
dredging committee, 282. 
India, British, on the necessity for im- 
proving the shallow water navigation 
of, 268. 
Ireland, on the marine fauna of the 8S. 
and W. coasts of, 176; on the instru- 
ments employed in the magnetic sur- 
vey of, 260. 
Jeffreys (J.G.), list of Testacea found in 
dredged sand from the Turbot Bank, 
near Belfast Bay, 287. 
Keddie (William), report on animal, 
vegetable, and mineral substances im- 
ported from foreign countries into the 
Clyde in the years 1853 to 1857, 185. 
Kinahan (Dr. J. R.), report of Dublin 
dredging committee, 262; report on 
Crustacea of Dublin district, 7b. ; list of 
Crustacea inhabiting Belfast Bay, 291. 
Lead-mining districts of Yorkshire, on 
the, 167. 
Lloyd (Rev. H.) on the instruments em- 
loyed in the magnetic survey of Ire- 
and, with some of the results, 260, 
INDEX I. 
Lowe (E. J.), meteors observed by, 147. 
Mallet (Robert), fourth report on the 
facts and theory of earthquake phzeno- 
mena, l. 
Magnetic and meteorological observa- 
tions, report of the jomt committee of 
the Royal Society and the British As. 
sociation, for the continuance of, 295. 
Magnetic Survey of Great Britain, report 
of the committee on the, 185. 
Magnetic Survey of Ireland, on the in- 
struments employed in the, 260. 
poh rag (J. E.) on shipping statistics, 
239, 
Meade (R. H.) on some points in the 
anatomy of the Araneidea, or true 
spiders, especially on the internal 
structure of their spinning organs, 157. 
Meteorites, on, 152. 
Meteors, luminous, 137 ; list of, observed 
by G. J. Symons, 7b.; table of, pass- 
ing from and to the respective constel- 
lations, 144; list of, observed by Dr. 
J, H. Gladstone, 145; by E. J. Lowe, 
147 ; by various observers, 151, 
Moorsom (Admiral) on shipping statis- 
tics, 239. 
Patent laws, report on the, 164. 
Perry (James) on shipping statistics, 239. 
Polyzoa from Belfast Bay, additional list 
of, 293. 
Powell (Rev. Baden), report on observa- 
He: of luminous meteors, 1857-58, 
Railway trains, adaptation of suspension 
bridges to sustain the passage of, 293. 
Royal Society and British Association, 
report of the jomt committee of the, 
for procuring a continuance of the 
magnetic and meteorological observa- 
Gone 295 ; letter from General Sabine, 
a (J. Scott) on shipping statistics, 
Sabine (Major-General) report of the 
committee on the magnetic survey of 
Great Britain, 185; letter from, to the 
Committee of Royal Society and British 
Association for procuring a continu- 
ance of the magnetic and meteorologi- 
cal observations, 303. 
Shipping statistics, on, 239. 
Steamers, river, 268 
Stevelly (Prof.) on a meteor seen at Bel- 
fast in Oct. 1840, 156. 
Symons (G. J.) meteors observed by, 137. 
