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TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



VOL. XXXVII. PART IV.— FOR THE SESSION 1894-95. 



CONTENTS. 



Tage 

 XXX. Note on some Fossils from Seymour Island, in the Antarctic Regions, obtained by Dr 



Donald. By G. Sharman and E. T. Newton. (With a Plate), . . . 707 



XXXI. On the Partition of a Parallelepiped into Tetrahedra, the Corners of which Coincide 



with Comers of the Parallelepiped. By Prof. Crum Brown. (With Two Plates), 711 



XXXIT. On the Manganese Oxides and Manganese Nodules in Marine Deposits. By John 



Murray, LL.D., Ph.D., of the Challenger Expedition, and Robert Irvine, F.C.S., 721 



XXXIII. I. — On the Estimation of Carbon in Organic Substances by the Kjeldahl Method. II. — 



Its Application to the Analysis of Potable Wafers. By Charles Hunter Stewart, 

 D.Sc, M.B. (From the Public Health Laboratory of the University of Edin- 

 burgh.) (With Two Plates), ....... 743 



XXXIV. Tlie Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Soil, with special reference to the 



Soil of Graveyards. By James Buchanan Young, M.B., D.Sc. (From the Public 

 Health Laboratory, University of Edinburgh), ..... 759 



778 

 779 

 794 

 796 

 797 

 79S 

 799 

 S00 

 801 

 S02 

 803 



The Council of the Society, ..... 



Alphabetical List of the Ordinary Fellows, 



List of Honorary Fellows, ..... 



List of Ordinary Fellows Elected during Session 1891-92, 



List of Honorary Fellows Elected during Session 1891-92, 



Fellows Deceased or Resigned, 1891-92, 



List of Ordinary Fellows Elected during Session 1892-93, 



Fellows Deceased or Resigned, 1892-93, 



List of Ordinary Fellows Elected during Session 1893-94, 



Fellows Deceased ok Resigned, 1893-94, 



Laws of the Society, ...... 



The Keith, Makdougall-Brisbane, Neill, and Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prizes, . . 810 



Awards of the Keith, Makdougall-Brisbane, and Neill Prizes, from 1827 to 1893, and of 



the Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize, from 1884 to 1893. .... 813 



Proceedings of the Statutory General Meetings, ...... 817 



List of Public Institutions and Individuals entitled to receive Copies of the Transactions 



and Proceedings of the Royal Society, ...... 825 



Index, ............ 833 



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