GENERAL INDEX. 
49 
Boulders and pebbles of granite, the 
occurrence of, in schistose rocks in 
Islay, J. Thomson on, 1870, 88 
-D. Milne Home on the conservation 
of, 1871, 107 
-foreign, in coal seams, M. Stirrup 
on, 1887, 686 
--and glaciated rock-surfaces of the 
Yorkshire coast, G. W. Lamplugh on 
the, 1890, 797 
-of Hayling Island, Prof. Prestwich 
on the, 1882, 529 
Boulder-stones, the manj' remarkable, to 
be found along the eastern margin of 
the Wicklow Mountains, note on a 
few of, by Prof. E. Hull, 1887, 691 
^Boulger (D.) on Tonking and the 
new approach to Yunnan, 1882, 629 
--(G. S.) on the evolution of sex in 
the vegetable kingdom, 1876, 142 
-notes on anticipatory inheritance 
in plants, especially with reference to 
the embryology of parasites, 1877, 104 
Bourdillon (F. W.) on the erosion of the 
sea-coast between Langney (or Lang¬ 
ley') Point and Beacliy Head , Sussex, 
1885, 413 
Bourne (Rev. A.) on the German and 
other systems of teaching the deaf to 
speak, i880, 216 
-- (A. G.), report on the occupation of 
the table at the zoological station at 
Naples , 1882, 290 ; 1881, 254 
- on the differences between the 
males and females of the pearly nau¬ 
tilus, 1883, 528 
-on the modification of the trochal 
disc of the Rotifera, 1885, 1095 ; on 
budding in the Oligochaeta, 1096 
* -on coral reefs, 1888, 720 
* -(F. S. A.), a journey to the Im¬ 
perial mausolea east of Peking, 1881, 
746 
-(Cr. C.), an improved form of deep- 
sea tow-net, 1889, 624 ; * on the work 
done at the laboratory of the Marine 
Biological Association in the past 
year, 642 
-(H. R. F.), our West African 
possessions: their economic oppor¬ 
tunities, and how they are abused and 
neglected, 1889, 702 
-(S.) on the growth of population 
with relation to the means of subsist¬ 
ence, 1877, 165 
- on a common measure of value in 
direct taxation , 1878, 220 
-on the decay in the export trade of 
the United Kingdom, 1879, 470 
- on the German and other systems of 
teaching the deaf to speak, 1880, 216 ; 
on the appointment of H.M. inspectors 
of elementary schools, 219 ; on the 
present appropriation of wages and 
sources of income, 1880, 318 ; 1881,272 ; 
1882, 297 ; on the recent revival in 
trade, 1880, 436 
Bourne (8.) on the manner in which 
rudimentary science should be taught, 
and how examinations should be held 
therein, in elementary schools, 1881, 
148 
- on the workings of the proposed 
revised New Code , and of other legis¬ 
lation affecting the teaching of science 
in elementary schools, 1882, 307 ; 1883, 
309 
-on the taxation of alcohol, 1882, 637 
- on the teaching of science in elemen¬ 
tary schools, 1884, 283 ; 1885, 692 ; 
1886, 27 S; 1887 , 163 ; 1888, 164 ; 1889, 
131 ; 1890, 4 S 9 
-the interdependence of the several 
portions of the British Empire, 1884, 
S 5 1 
-- on the use of index numbers in the 
investigation of trade statistics, 1885, 
859 
-- on the best methods of ascertaining 
and measuring variations in the value 
of the monetary standard, 1887, 247 ; 
1888, 181 ; 1889, 133 ; 1890, 485 
- on the statistical data available for 
determining the amount of the precious 
metals in use as money, ffc., 1888, 219 ; 
1889 , 164 ; 1890, 498 ; index numbers 
as illustrating the progressive exports 
of British produce and manufactures, 
1888, 536 
-index numbers as applied to the 
statistics of imports and exports, 1889, 
696 
f-(W. F.) and J. Swinburne on test¬ 
ing iron, 1890, 753 
Bousfield (E. C.) on the annelids of 
the genus Dero, 1885, 1097 ; *on some 
little known fresh-water annelids, 
109 S 
‘ Boussole Burnier,’ F. Galton on the, 
1862, 30 
Bouty (E.), criticism ofProfJvohlrausclis 
memoir on the conductivity of electro¬ 
lytes, 1886, 339 ; sur la polarisation des 
electrodes et sur la conductibilite des 
liquides, 348 ; sur la conductibilite elcc- 
trique des dissolutions salines tres cten- 
dues, 350 ; on mechanical and thermal 
effects accompanying electrolysis, 357 
-and M. Foussereau on the emq)loy- 
ment of alternating currents for measur¬ 
ing liquid resistances , 1886, 356 
Bovey (Prof. H. T.) on promoting tidal 
observations in Canada, 1885, 33 ; 1886, 
150 ; 1887, 31 ; 1888, 27 ; 1889, 27 ; 
1890, 1 S 3 
Bovey Basin, South Devon, the post- 
Miocene deposits of, W. Pengelly on r 
1S82, 532 
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