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CONTENTS. 
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Objects and Rules of the Association . xv 
Places of Meeting and Officers from commencement . xviii 
Table of Council from commencement . XXI 
Treasurer’s Account . xxm 
Officers and Council . xx * v 
Officers of Sectional Committees . xxv 
Corresponding Members. xxv * 
Report of the Council to the General Committee . xxvi 
Report of the Kew Committee . xxvii 
Report of the Parliamentary Committee . xlii 
Recommendations for Additional Reports and Researches in Science xlvi 
Synopsis of Money Grants. xlix 
General Statement of Sums paid for Scientific Purposes. I 
Extracts from Resolutions of the General Committee . . liv 
Arrangement of the General Meetings . liv 
Address of the President. Iv 
REPORTS OF RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. 
Third Report on the Facts of Earthquake Phenomena. Catalogue of 
recorded Earthquakes from 1606 b.c. to A.u. 1850 (continued). By 
Robert Mallet, C.E., F.R.S., M.R.I.A . ¥ 1 
On the Construction and general Use of Efficient Life-Boats. By 
Major-General Chesney, R.A., D.C.L., F.R.S. &c . 327 
A Third Report (supplementary to two former Reports made to the 
British Association 1832 and 1840) on the present state of our know¬ 
ledge of Radiant HeaL By the Rev. Baden Powell, M.A., F.R.S., 
F.R.A.S., F.G.S., Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of 
Oxford . 337 
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