PROCEEDINGS OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



VOL. LXV. 



No. 414. 



CONTENTS. 



OFFICE LIBRARY 



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Meeting of April 20, 1899, and List of Papers read 



A Sugar Bacterium. By H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., and J. Reynolds 



Experiments in Micro-metallurgy : — Effects of Strain. Preliminary Notice. 

 By J. A. Ewino, F.R.S., and Walter Rosenhain, 1851 Exhibition 

 Research Scholar, Melbourne University. (Plates 1 — 5) ... 85 



The Physiological Action of Choline and Neurine. By F. W. Mott, M.D., 



F.R.S., and W. D. Hallibitrton, M.D., F.R.S 91 



On Intestinal Absorption, especially on the Absorption of Serum, Peptone, 



and Glucose. By E. Waymouth Reid, F.R.S 94 



Studies in the Morphology of Spore-producing Members. IY. The Lepto- 



sporangiate Ferns. By F. O. Bower, Sc.D., F.R.S 96 



Note on the Fertility of different Breeds of Sheep, with Remarks on the 

 Prevalence of Abortion and Barrenness therein. By Walter Heape, 

 M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by W. F. R. Weldon, 



Some further Remarks on Red -water or Texas Fever. By Alexander 

 Edington, M.B., F.R.S.E., Director of the Bacteriological Institute, 

 Cape Colony. Communicated by Dr. D. Gill, C.B., F.R.S. . . Ill 



Green, F.R.S, 



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Price Two Shillings. 



May 25, 1899. 



