GENERAL INDEX. 
report on, 1888, 73 ; 1889, 228 ; sugges¬ 
tions for a course of elementary instruc¬ 
tion in physical science, by Prof. Arm¬ 
strong, 229 ; the teaching of chemistry 
in public elementary schools, by Prof. 
Smithells , 251 ; third report, 1890, 265 
* Chemistry, the history of, report on recent 
inquiries into, 1890, 771 
- report of the committee for superin¬ 
tending the publication of the monthly 
reports of the progress of', 1871, 59 ; 1873, 
451 ; 1875, 184 
* Cheques, See., F. Ward on the prevent ion 
of fraudulent alterations in, 1876, 70 
Chekmside (Lieut. Id.) on Mr. Leigh 
Smith’s voyages to Spitsbergen, 1874, 
171 
Cherriman (Prof. J. B.) on promoting 
tidal observations in Canada, 1885, 33 ; 
1886, 150 ; 1887, 31 ; 1888, 27 ; 1889, 
27 ; 1890, 183 
Chert debris in the Hampshire gravel, 
Prof. J. Prestwich on the, 1882, 529 
-in the Carboniferous Limestone 
series of Ireland, the organic origin of 
the, and its similarity to that in the cor¬ 
responding strata in North Wales and 
Yorkshire, Dr. G. J. Hinde on, 18S7, 688 
Cheshire boulders, the composition and 
origin of, J. C. Antrobus and Dr. F. H. 
Hatch on, 1890, 813 
-salt-field, notes on the, by C. E. De 
Bance, 1881, 650 
Chesney (Gen. F. R .) on the exploration 
of Moab, 1872, 210 
Chess problem, Lieut.-Gol. A. Cunning¬ 
ham on a, 1890, 745 
Chessboard, contributions to the mathe¬ 
matics of the, by H. M. Taylor, 1875, 21 
Chest-types in man, the experimental 
production of, G. W. Ilambleton on, 
1887, 903 
- notes on, by Dr. G. W. Hambleton, 
1888, 849 
Chetwynd (W.) on the progress of pos¬ 
tal banks, 1864, 163 
Chevallier (Prof. T.) on an instrument 
for ascertaining the height of a cloud, 
1863, 21 
Cheviot rocks, note on the age of the, by 
G. A. Lebour, 1877, 72 
*Cheyne (Commander), suggestion for 
anew Polar expedition, with a proposed 
route, 1877, 40 
Chiaris alba, Dr. Robert O. Cunningham 
on, 1869, ill 
Chiasmodus, Dr. Carte on the voracity of, 
1865, 84 
Chico in Southern Patagonia, the dis¬ 
covery of the sources of the, Don R. 
Lista on, 1879, 436 
Chiene (Dr J.), an experimental inquiry 
into some of the results of inoculation 
in the lower animals, 1871, 138 
Child (Dr. Gilbert W.) on marriages of 
consanguinity, 1862, 104 
-on protoplasm and the germ theory, 
1870, 131 
* Children, S. P. Day on the power of 
rearing, among savage tribes, 1866, 96 
-pauper, the education of, industrially 
and otherwise, Rev. J. O. Bevan on, 
18S3, 629 
* -Dr. C. S. Minot on the growth of, 
1884, 785 
Children’s hospitals, Dr. W. Stephenson 
on the scientific aspects of, 1871, 221 
Chile, Southern, the Tertiary Coal-fielcI 
of, G. A. Lebour and W. Mundle on, 
1870, 78 
^Chilian tumulus, J. H. Madge on a, 
1880, 636 
«- manganese ore, J. and Dr. H. S. 
Pattinson on, 1889, 537 
*Chilingworth (J. T.) on an air- 
engine, 1869 ,209 
*Chimmo (Capt.) on Cagayan Sul it 
Island, 1871, 176 
Chimneys, A. E. Fletcher on a new anemo¬ 
meter for measuring the speed of air 
in flues and, 1869, 48 
* -the effect of wind on the draught 
of, Prof. Lord Rayleigh on, 1882, 477 
Chimpanzee, Dr. Embleton on certain 
parts of the anatomy of a young, 186H, 
ii3 
-and man, some important points of 
comparison between the, Prof. D. J. 
Cunningham on, 1885, 1226 
-and gorilla, observations on the- 
myology of the, by Dr. J. Symington, 
1889, 629 
China, Baron von Richthofen on the- 
Loess of Northern, 1873, 86 
* -Baron von Richthofen on the dis¬ 
tribution of coal in, 1873, 173 
- seas, Dr. Collingwood on some 
remarkable marine animals observed 
in the, 1867, 81 
- the flora of, report on our present 
ltnowleclge of, 1887, 94 ; 1888, 420 ; 
1889, 112 
-Colonel Sykes on modes of banking- 
in, 1866, 134 
-industrial and commercial progress- 
in, R. S. Gundry on, 1889, 663 
-Alex. Michie’s notes on, 1864, 145 
-— South-western, journeyings in, A, 
Hosie on, 1885, 1137 
- North, and Corea, J. D. Rees on, 
1886, 734 
-Henry Duckworth on a new com¬ 
mercial route to, 1861, 194 
- to the North of India, letter from 
Sir H. Robinson, relating to the journey 
of Major Sarel, Capt. Blakiston, Dr. 
Barton, and another, who are endea¬ 
vouring to pass from, 1861, 196 
