Vlll CONTENTS. 



Nicholson, F., F.Z.S. — Exhibit and account of some bones of the 

 Great Auk {Alca Impennis Linn.) from Funk Island, New- 

 foundland ... ... ... ... ... ... xxvii — xxviii 



Oldham, Charles. — Exhibit of a melanic example of the Brown 



rat {Miis decumanus Pallas), from County Wexford ... xxiv 



Petavel, J. E., M.Sc. — Exhibit and description of apparatus for 



experimental work at very high gaseous pressures ... ... xxi 



Pope, William J., F.R.S., and Peachey, S. J.— A new class 

 of organo-metallic compounds : trimethylplatinimethyl 

 hydroxide and its salts ... ... ... ... xxix — xxx 



Ragdale, John R. — Exhibit and description of arrow heads, 

 obsidian chippings, pottery, etc., from the Yellowstone 

 Park and Petrified Forest, Arizona ... ... ... ... xx — xxi 



Stopes, Miss M. C, D.Sc, Ph.D. — Reference to the coal mine in 



Sutherlandshire ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxii 



Taylor, R. L., F.C.S., F.I.C. — Remarks on phosphorescence in 



some forms of silica ... ... ... ... ... xiii — xiv 



Thorp, Thomas, F.R.A.S. — An apparent case of gaseous absorp- 

 tion by the action of radium bromide on the sides of a 

 glass tube ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxix 



Weiss, F. E. , D.Sc, F.L.S. — Gutta percha from a Chinese Tree 



{Eucommia zilmoides Oliver). With two text-figures ... ii — vi 



Exhibition of photographs illustrating the flora of Corsica ... xxxvi 



Woodall, H. J. — A curious case of the freezing of water in a 



bottle ... ... ... .. ... ... ... .. xxv 



General Meetings... ... ... .. ... vii, xii, xiii, xvi, xviii 



Annual General Meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxi 



Special Meeting for the delivery of the Wilde Lecture .. ... xxii 



Report of Council, 1907, with obituary notices of Professor 

 M. P. E. Berthelot, For.Mem.R.S., Professor L. Boltzmann, 

 For.Mem.R.S., Sir Michael Foster, K.C.K., F.R.S., 

 Professor D. Mendeleeff, Ph.D., For.Mem.R.S., Professor 

 H. Moissan, Professor H. Marshall Ward, D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 and Mr. C. S. Allott, M.Inst. C.E xxxvii— lvi 



Treasurer's Accounts ... ... ... ... ... ... lvii — lix 



List of the Council and Members of the Society ... ... lx — lxxv 



List of the Awards of the Wilde and Dalton Medals and of the 



Premium... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... lxxvi 



List of the Wilde Lectures ... ... ... ... ... ... lxxvii 



