INDEX. 



TAGES 



Meteorological Observations at Hamilton - - - 187 

 «' " On the Establishment of a Simulta- 

 neous System of, in British Am. 241 

 Meteors and Falling Stars ... - 188, 209 

 Metallic Oxides, Remarks on the Separation of some - - 127 

 Mines of New York - - - - - - 37 



Mississippi River ------ 9 



Narcotics we indulge in - - - - - 29, o7 



Natural Printing Process ------ 307 



Naturalists Calendar (Toronto) for April, May, June and July - 20 



" " " for August, Sept. and Oct. - 77 



" " " for November and December - 124 



Natural History in its Relation to Agriculture - . - 207 



Niagara Mail, on Lord Rosse's Discoveries - - - 206 



Nerves, Rate of Transmission of Impressions on - - 281 



Nitrogen in Rain Water - - - - . - 9 



Nickel, Separation of, from Cobalt - - - - 172 



Norris' Railway Joint Chair - - - - - 177 



Nova Zembla Bottles - - - - - - 172 



Original Communications — - 



1. — On the Variations of Temperature at Toronto, by J. B. 

 Cherriman, M. A., Director of the Provincial Mag- 

 netic Observatory - - - - - 14 



2. — Toronto Harbour, its Formation and Preservation, by 



Sanford Fleming, C. E. - - - 105, 223 



3. — On the Preservation of Food, by J. T. Brondgeest, Esq. 107 



4. — General Meteorological Register for Toronto, 1853, by_ 

 J. B. Cherriman, M. A., Director of the Provincial 

 Magnetic Observatory - - - - 



5. — Meteorological Observations at Hamilton, by W. Craigie, 

 M. D. - - - . - 



6. — Meteors and Falling Stars, by T. Henning, Esq. 188. 



7. — On the Duration and Expectation of Life in Canada, by 

 G. H. Dartnell, Esq - 



8. — A Few Rough Notes on the Canadian Saturnioe, by Thos. 

 Cottle, M. D., Woodstock - 



9. — Remarks on the Coincidences between the Primitive 

 Antiquities of the Old and New World, by Profes- 

 sor Wilson, L. L. D. , University College, Toronto - 

 10. — On some new Genera and Species of Cystidea from the 

 Trenton Limestone, by Elkanah Billings, Barrister- 

 at-Law, Bytown, C. W. - _ - - 215 



11. — On some points connected with the early History of 

 Rome, by the Rev. E. St. John Parry, Professor 

 of Classics, University of Trinity College, Toronto 

 12. — List of Indigenous Plants found in the Neighbourhood 

 of Hamilton, with the dates of their being found 

 in flower and examined, by Dr. Craigie and Mr. W. 

 Craigie ------ 



Memoranda of Vesuvius and its Neighbourhood, by the 



185 



187 

 209 



191 



212 



213 



268 



219 



222 



13.—: 



14.—' 

 15.- 



R,ev. Henry Scadding, D. D., Cantab 



237, 261 



On the Establishment of a System of simultaneous Me- 

 teorological Observations, &c, throughout the 

 British American Provinces, by Major R. Lachlan, 

 Montreal - - - - - - 241 



Remarks on the Intrusion of the Germanic Races on the 

 Area of the Older Celtic Races of Europe, by 

 Daniel Wilson, L. L. D., Professor of History, 

 University College, Toronto ... 240 



16. — Statistics of Upper Canada - 



17. — Lands and Population in the United States and Upper 



Canada ------ 



18. — On the Periodical Rise and Fall of the Lakes, by Major 

 Lachlan, Montreal - - - - - 



Obituary : — 



Hugh Scobie --'-.- - 



Francois Arago - 

 Observatory, Provincial Magnetic 

 Ocean, Northern, and Atlantic, Surface Temperature and Great 



Currents in - 

 Ohio River ------- 



Oil, Pine Apple - - - 



" Bergamot Pear - - 



" Apple ------- 



" Bitter Almonds ------ 



Organisms, Animal and Vegetable, Balance of - 

 Ottawa, Productions, by E. Van Courtland - 



Oxygen, Mode of procuring it - 

 " Production of - 



Paper from Wood Fibre - - - - 



Papier Machg, Substitute for - - - 



Paneiconography - 



Parry, Rev. Professor, on some Points connected with 



History of Rome 

 Pendulum Experiment, Report of the Literary and 



Society of Quebec on - 

 Pearls, Artificial - - . - - 



Photography, New Process of Engraving on Steel, 

 " Wax Paper process 



" on Textile Fabrics 



Photographic Light - 



Physical Constitution of the Sun 

 Finns Silvestris, Leaf of ... 



Pisciculture - 



Platometer, Description of 



Planet, New - - - - - 



Polar Regions - - - - - 



Pompeian Court in Crystal Palace 

 Printing Office, Austrian Imperial 

 Printing, Natural Process of - 

 Prizes, New York Crystal Palace 

 Propeller, Ruthven's - - - - 



Public Health, Lead, Copper and Zinc Pipes 



PAGES 



■ 285 



287 



293 



154 



159 



39 



67 



9 



11 



11 



12 



12 



308 



113 



10 



257 



194 

 171 

 181 



the early 



219, 264 

 Historical 



- 64 



- 282 



- 20 



- 139 



- 172 



- 233 



4 



- 34 

 -. 46 



305, 310 



- 281, 313 



- - 125 



- 196 



- 181 



- 307 



- 205 



- 282 



- 172 



Rain, a Source of the Nitrogen in Vegetation - - - 9 



" Ammonia contained in - - - - - 282 



Ram, Hydraulic, J. L. Gatchell's - - - - 13 



Railway, Curves and Grades on the Ontario, Simcoe & Huron - 18 



" Accidents - - - - - 45 



" Bridge over the St. Lawrence - - - . 77 



" Train, Apparatus for Stopping - 126 



" Break, Newall's - - - - - 151 



" Joint Chair - - - - - - 177 



Great Western - - - - - - 204 



" Buffalo and Brantford - - - - - 205 



" the Northern ------ 255 



" Grand Trunk - - - - - 290 



Railways, Improvement of - s . - - - 45 



" of the World - - - - - - 197 



Renal Circulation, Original Views on - - - - 147 



