Leaves, W. Esson on the curvature of
the margins of, with reference to their
growth, 3.

Lias near Whitby, Yorkshire, Dr. A.
Carte and W. H. Baily on a new
species of Plesiosaurus from the, 68.
Life, Charles M. Willich on expectation
of, 178.

Light, C. Tomlinson on the motion of
camphor, &c. towards the, 23.
Limopsis, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on a species
of, now living in the British seas, 108.
Lindsay (Dr. W. Lauder) on the geo-
logy of the gold-fields of Otago, New
Zealand, 77; on the geology of the
gold-fields of Auckland, New Zealand,
80; on the toot-poison of New Zea-
land, 98.

Linear equation of finite differences in
its most general form, on the solution
of the, by Prof. Sylvester, 188.
Linseed cake, W. H. Harris on the adul-
teration of, with nut-cake, 45.
Livingstone (Dr.), letter to Sir R. I. Mur-
chison from the River Zambesi, 146.
Lowe (E. J.) on the hurricane near
Newark of May 7, 1862, showing the
force of the hailstones and the vio-
lence of the gale, 32; on Lowe's ozone
box, 46; observations on ozone, 46.
Lubbock (John), notes on Sphærularia
Bombi, 109; on two aquatic Hymen-
optera, 110.

Lunar craters, W. R. Birt on a group
of, imperfectly represented in lunar
maps, 9.

Macleod (Henry Dunning) on the defi-
nition and nature of the science of
political economy, 159.
Magnesia, Dugald Campbell on the ac-
tion of nitric acid upon pyrophosphate
of, 37.

Main (Rev. R.), observations of R.A.
and N.P.D. of Comet II. 1862, 15;
on the dimensions and ellipticity of
Mars, 15.

Mallet (Robert) on the measurement of
the temperatures of active volcanic
foci to the greatest attainable depth,
and of the temperature, state of satu-
ration, and velocity of issue of the
steam and vapours evolved, 33.
Mammalian remains, C. B. Rose on some,

from the bed of the German Ocean, 91.
Man, Prof. Owen on the zoological
significance of the cerebral and pedial
characters of, 116.

J. Crawfurd on colour as a test of
the races of, 143.

Man, J. Crawfurd on language as a test
of the races of, 144.

Robert Dunn on the psychological
differences which exist among the
typical races of, 144.

Manures, on the effects of different, on
the mixed herbage of grass land, by
J. B. Lawes and Dr. Gilbert, 191.
Marcet (M. F.), Dr. Daubeny's reply to
the remarks of, on the power of selec-
tion ascribed to the roots of plants,
98.

Marine boiler for generating steam of
high pressure, Dr. F. Grimaldi on a
new, 186.

Mars, Rev. R. Main on the dimensions
and ellipticity of, 15.

Maskelyne (Prof. N. S.) on aerolites,
188.

Mathews (W., jun.) on serious inaccu-

racies in the great survey of the Alps,
south of Mont Blanc, as issued by the
Government of Sardinia, 147.
Medusoids, Rev. T. Hincks on the pro-
duction of similar, by certain hydroid
polypes belonging to different genera,
107.

Menzies (J. M.) on an optical instru-
ment which indicates the relative
change of position of two objects
(such as ships at sea during night)
which are maintaining independent
courses, 22.
Merionethshire, T. A. Readwin on the
gold-bearing strata of, 87.

Merivale (Herman) on the utility of
colonization, 161.

Meteorology, T. L. Plant on, 34.
Mill (Rev. Dr.), decipherment of the
Phoenician inscription on the Newton
Stone, Aberdeenshire, 147.
Miller (Prof. W. H.), his address as
President of Section B, 35.
Mineral veins, Charles Moore on the
palæontology of, and on the secondary
of some, in the carboniferous pe-
riod, 82.
Moffat (Dr.) on the luminosity of phos-
phorus. 47.

age

Molesworth (Rev. W. N.) on the influ-
ence of changes in the conditions of
existence in modifying species and
varieties, 111; on the training and in-
struction of the unemployed in the
manufacturing districts during the
present crisis, 162.

Mont Pelvoux, in Dauphiné, Rev. T. G.
Bonney on the geography of, 143.
Moon, Prof. Hennessy on some of the
characteristic differences between the

configuration of the surfaces of the
earth and, 14.

Moon, J. Park Harrison on the additional
evidence of the indirect influence of
the, over the temperature of the air,
31.

Moore (Charles) on the paleontology of
mineral veins, and on the secondary
age of some mineral veins in the car-
boniferous limestone, 82; contribu-
tions to Australian geology and palæ-
ontology, 83.

Mortality of Lancashire, F. Purdy on
the, 165.

Murchison (Sir R. I.), letter from Dr.
Livingstone to, from the River Zam-
besi, 146.

Muscles of the eye, Isaac Ashe on the
function of the oblique, 120.

Nasmyth (J.) on some peculiar features
in the structure of the sun's surface,
16.

Newark, E. J. Lowe on the hurricane

near, of May 7, 1862, 32.
New Guinea and its islands, Alfred R.
Wallace on the trade of the Eastern
Archipelago with, 148.

Newton Stone, Aberdeenshire, decipher-
ment of the Phoenician inscription on
the, by the Rev. Dr. Mill, 147.
New Zealand, Dr. W. Lauder Lindsay
on the toot-poison of, 98.
Nitric acid, Dugald Campbell on the
action of, upon pyrophosphate of mag-
nesia, 37.

Norwich, Rev. J. Crompton on deep or
artesian wells at, 70.

Odling (W.) on the synthesis of some
hydrocarbons, 48; on the nomencla-
ture of organic compounds, 48; on
ferrous acid, 48.

*Ogilby (W.) on the excentricity of the
earth, and the method of finding the
coordinates of its centre of gravity,
17.

Oil of bay, and other aromatic oils, Dr.

J. H. Gladstone on the essential, 43.
Oils, Dr. Paul on the manufacture of
hydrocarbon, from peat, 50.

essential, J. W. Osborne on the,
from the indigenous vegetation of
Victoria, 48.

Old red sandstone of Caithness, C. W.
Peach on fossil fishes from the, 85.
Old red sandstone of Scotland, &c., W.
Pengelly on the correlation of the
slates and limestones of Devon and
Cornwall with the, 85.

Old red sandstone, upper, J. W. Salter
on the identity of the, with the upper-
most Devonian, and of the middle and
lower old red with the middle and
lower Devonian, 92.

Optical instrument which indicates the
relative changes of position of two
objects which are maintaining inde-
pendent courses, J. M. Menzies on an,
22.

Organic compounds, Dr. Odling on the
nomenclature of, 48.

Dr. Phipson on a new class of, 50.
Organo-metallic radicals, G. B. Buckton
on the formation of, by substitution,
36.

Osborne (J. W.) on the essential oils
and resins from the indigenous vege-
tation of Victoria, 48; on a photo-
lithographic process, as adopted by
the Government of Victoria for the
publication of maps, 49; observations
made at sea on the motion of the
vessel with reference to sea-sickness,
133.

Otago, New Zealand, W. Lauder Lind-
say on the geology of the gold-fields
of, 77.

Owen (Prof.) on the characters of the
Aye-Aye, as a test of the Lamarckian
and Darwinian hypothesis of the trans-
mutation and origin of species, 114;
on the zoological significance of the
cerebral and pedial characters of man,
116; on the homologies of the bones
of the head of the Polypterus niloti-
cus, 118.

Ozone, E. J. Lowe's observations on, 46.
box, on Lowe's, 46.

Paleontology, Australian, contributions
to, by Charles Moore, 83.
Paraffin, Dr. Paul on the manufacture
of, from peat, 50.

Parsnip, James Buckman on the enno-
bling of roots, with particular reference
to the, 97.

Paul (Dr.) on the manufacture of hydro-

carbon oils, paraffin, &c., from peat,
50; on the decay and preservation of
stone employed in building, 50.
Pauperism of Lancashire, F. Purdy on
the, 165.

Peach (C. W.) on the fossils of the

boulder-clay in Caithness, 83; on
fossil fishes from the old red sand-
stone of Caithness, 85.

Pearls, their parasitic origin, Robert
Garner on, 126.

Peat, Dr. Paul on the manufacture of

hydrocarbon oils, paraffin, &c. from,
50.
Pengelly (W.) on the correlation of the
slates and limestones of Devon and
Cornwall with the old red sandstones
of Scotland, &c., 85.
Phipson (Dr. T. L.) on the artificial for-
mation of populine, and on a new
class of organic compounds, 50; on
the existence of aniline in certain
fungi which become blue in contact
with the air, &c., 51; on the diluvial
soil of Brabant, &c., known as the
Limon de la Hesbaye, 53.
Phoenician inscription on the Newton
Stone, Aberdeenshire, decipherment
of the, by the Rev. Dr. Mill, 147.
Phosphorus, Dr. Moffat on the lumi-
nosity of, 47.

Photography with colour, Rev. J. B.
Reade on, 22.

Photolithographic process, J. W. Os-
borne on a, adopted by the Govern-
ment of Victoria for the publication
of maps, 49.

Pierotti (Signor) on recent notices of
the Rechabites, 147.
Planetary nebula, AR 20° 56', N.P.D.

101° 56′, William Lassell on a bril-
liant elliptic ring in the, 14.
Planets in 1860, Norman Pogson on
three of the minor, 16.
*Planispheres, Chevalier Ignazio Villa
on some improved celestial, 18; ter-
restrial, 148.

*Plant (T. L.) on meteorology, with a
description of meteorological instru-
ments, 34.

*Plants, Dr. Daubeny's reply to the re-
marks of M. F. Marcet on the power
of selection ascribed to the roots of, 98.
-, John Gibbs on the inflorescence
of, 98.
Plesiosaurus, Dr. A. Carte and W. H.
Baily on a new species of, from the
lias near Whitby, 68.
Pogson (Norman) on three of the minor
planets in 1860, 16.

Poisoning, Dr. George Harley on, 129.
Political economy, W. S. Jevons on a
general mathematical theory of, 158.

H. D. Macleod on the defini-
tion and nature of the science of, 159.
Polypes, hydroid, Rev. T. Hincks on the
production of similar medusoids by
certain, belonging to different genera,
107.

Polypterus niloticus, Prof. Owen on the
homologies of the bones of the head
of the, 118.

Populine, Dr. Phipson on the artificial
formation of, 50.

Projectiles with cycloidal rotation, R.
W. Woollcombe on oblate, 187.
Property, real, Frederick Purdy on, 162.
Purdy (Frederick) on local taxation and
real property, 162; on the pauperism
and mortality of Lancashire, 165.

Quadrumana, Dr. Collingwood on Geof-
froy St.-Hilaire's distinction between
catarrhine and platyrrhine, 106.

Railway accidents, J. Sewell on the pre-
vention of, 186.

Rainbow, on the supernumerary bows in
the, 22.

Rankin (Rev. T.), meteorological obser-
vations registered at Huggate, York-
shire, 34.

Rankine (W. J. M.) on the exact form
and motion of waves at and near the
surface of deep water, 5.

Reade (Rev. J. B.) on photography with
colour, 22.

Readwin (T. A.) on the gold-bearing
strata of Merionethshire, 87.
Rechabites, Signor Pierotti on recent
notices of the, 147.

Resins, J. W. Osborne on the, from the
indigenous vegetation of Victoria, 48.
Rhinoceros tichorhinus, S. P. Saville
on a skull of the, 94.
Richardson (Sir J.) on zoological pro-
vinces, 118.

Roberts (Henry) on the increased circu-
lation of a pure and instructive litera-
ture adapted to the capacities and the
means of the labouring population,

172.

Robinson (Dr. George) on the study of
the circulation of the blood, 134.
Rocks, H. C. Sorby on the comparative
structure of artificial and natural ig-
neous, 96.

Rolleston (Dr.) on certain modifications
in the structures of diving animals,
118; on the difference of behaviour
exhibited by inuline and ordinary
starch when treated with salivary
diastase and other converting agents,
135.

Roots, James Buckman on the ennobling
of, with particular reference to the
parsnip, 97.

James Buckman's experiments
with seed of malformed, 97.
Roscoe (Prof. H. E.) on hypobromous
acid, 54.

Rose (C. B.) on some mammalian re-

Salmon fisheries, Thomas Ashworth on
the scientific cultivation of, 121.
Salter (J. W.) on the identity of the
upper old red sandstone with the up-
permost Devonian, and of the middle
and lower old red with the middle
and lower Devonian, 92.
Samuelson (James) on heterogenesis or
spontaneous generation, 119.
*Saville (S. P.) on a skull of the Rhino-
ceros tichorhinus, 94.

Schists, Prof. Ansted on bituminous,
and their relation to coal, 65.
Schönbein's antozone, Dr. G. Harley on,

44.

*Schvarez (J.) on the probable origin of
the heliocentric theory, 17.
Sea-bed and beach near Fort William,
Inverness-shire, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on
an ancient, 73; mollusca found in, 74.
Sea-sickness, J. W. Osborne on the mo-
tion of the vessel with reference to,
133.

Seed of malformed roots, James Buck-
man's experiments with, 97.
Seeley (H.) on a whittled bone from the
Barnwell gravel, 94.

Selwyn (Rev. Prof.) on autographs of
the sun, 17.

Sewell (J.) on the prevention of railway
accidents, 186.

Shells, fossil, H. C. Sorby on the cause
of the difference in the state of pre-
servation of different kinds of, 95.
Ships, iron-plated, on the importance of
economizing fuel in, by E. E. Allen,
182.

Skeleton, Dr. Cleland on ribs and trans-

verse processes, with special relation
to the theory of the vertebrate, 105.
Skiddaw slate series, Prof. Harkness on
the, 72.

Skull-sutures, Robert Garner on the, in
connexion with the superficies of the
brain, 126.

Slates and limestones of Devon and
Cornwall, W. Pengelly on the corre-
lation of the, with the old red sand-
stones of Scotland, &c., 85.

Sligo, A. B. Wynne on the geology of a
part of, 96.

Sluice, W. Thorold on the failure of the,
in fens, 186.

Smith (Dr. Edward) on tobacco-smoking:

its effects upon pulsation, 135; on the
prevalence of numerous conditions
affecting the constitution in 1000 con-
sumptive persons, 174.

Smith (Rev. Gilbert N.) on flint imple-
ments in a cave called "The Oyle,"
near Tenby, South Wales, 95.
Smith (J.) on the complementary spec-
trum, 23.

Solar spectrum, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on

the means of observing the lines of
the, due to the terrestrial atmosphere,

Storms, S. A. Rowell on objections to
the cyclone theory of, 34.
Sun, Rev. Prof. Selwyn on autographs
of the, 17.

Sun's surface, J. Nasmyth on some pe-
culiar features in the structure of the,
16.

Sunshine, Prof. Hennessy on the rela-
tive amount of, falling on the torrid
zone of the earth, 31.

Surfaces, Prof. T. A. Hirst on the volumes
of pedal, 5.

Sutton (T.), description of a rapid dry-
collodion process, 54.

Sylvester (Prof.) on the solution of the
linear equation of finite differences in
its most general form, 188.
Symbols, W. H. L. Russell on recent
discoveries made in the calculus of, 7.
Symonds (Rev. W. S.) on scutes of the
Labyrinthodon, from the Keuper
bone-breccia of Pendock, Worcester-
shire, 96; on the occurrence of Asple-
nium viride on an isolated travertine
rock among the Black Mountains of
Monmouthshire, 100.

Symons (G. J.) on the performance,
under trying circumstances, of a very
small aneroid barometer, 35.
Syncope, Dr. Charles Kidd on, as a co-
incident in chloroform accidents, 130.

sluice in fens, and on the means of
securing such sluices against a similar
contingency, 186.

Tobacco-smoking-its effects upon pul-
sation, Dr. Edward Smith on, 135.
Tomlinson (Charles) on the motion of
camphor, &c. towards the light, 23.
Toot-poison of New Zealand, Dr. W.
Lauder Lindsay on the, 98.
Tubularidæ, Dr. Allman on some new
British, 101.

Unemployed, on the training and in-
struction of the, in the manufacturing
districts during the present crisis, by
the Rev. W. N. Molesworth, 162.
University education, the Rev. W.
Emery on the expenses and social
condition of, 193.

Upper Indus, Capt. Godwin-Austen on
the glacier phenomena of the valley
of the, 67.

Vesuvius, Dr. Daubeny on the last erup-
tion of, 71.

Victoria, J. W. Osborne on the essential
oils and resins from the indigenous
vegetation of, 48.

, J. W. Osborne on a photolitho-
graphic process as adopted by the
Government of, for the publication
of maps, 49.

Villa (Chevalier Ignazio) on some im-
proved celestial planispheres, 18; on
terrestrial planispheres, 148.

Vital actions, an attempt to show that
every living structure consists of mat-
ter which is the seat of, by Prof. Beale,
122.
Volcanic temperature, Robert Mallet on
the determination of, 33.
Volcano, W. T. Blanford on an extinct,
in Upper Burmah, 69.

Wallace (Alfred R.) on the trade of the
Eastern Archipelago with New Guinea
and its islands, 148.
Waves, W. J. M. Rankine on the exact
form and motion of, at and near the
surface of deep water, 5.
Weather-charts, European, F. Galton
on, for December 1861, 30.
Wells, artesian, at Norwich, Rev. J.
Crompton on, 70.
Williamson (L.) on the merits of wooden
and iron ships, with regard to cost of
repairs and security for life, 187.
Willich (C. M.) on some models of sec-
tions of cubes, 8; on expectation of
life, 178.

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