its cause, 125; on the vitality of fishes, |
as tested by increase of temperature,
125; on the question whether the oxide
of arsenic taken in very minute quan-
tities for a long period is injurious to
man, 125.

Dawkins (W. Boyd) on the Wokey
Hole hyæna-den, 71.

Des Cloizeaux (A.), relation entre les
phénomènes de la polarisation rota-
toire, et les formes hémièdres ou
hémimorphes des cristaux à un ou à
deux axes optiques, 19; mémoire sur
les modifications temporaires et per-
manentes que la chaleur apporte à
quelques propriétés optiques de cer-
tains corps cristallisés, 38.
Devon and Cornwall, W. Pengelly on the
correlation of the slates and limestones
of, with the old red sandstones of Scot-
land, &c., 85.

Diluvial soil of Brabant, &c., Dr. Phipson
on the, 53.

Dingle (Rev. J.) on the supernumerary
bows in the rainbow, 22.

on specimens of flint instruments
from North Devon, 72.
*Doughty (Mr.) on flint instruments
from Hoxne, 72.

Dowie (James) on the loss of muscular
power arising from the ordinary foot-
clothing now worn, and on the means
required to obviate this loss, 125.
Dunn (Robert) on the psychological dif-
ferences which exist among the typical
races of man, 144.
Dynamics, Prof. Boole on the differential
equations of, 3.

*Earth, W. Ogilby on the excentricity
of the, and the method of finding the
coordinates of its centre of gravity, 17.
-, Prof. Hennessy on the relative
amount of sunshine falling on the tor-
rid zone of the, 31.

and moon, Prof. Hennessy on some
of the characteristic differences be-
tween the configuration of the surfaces
of the, 14.

--'s atmosphere, Rev. Prof. Challis on
the extent of the, 29.
Earthworm, Dr. John Davy on the blood
of the common, 124.

Eastern Archipelago, Alfred R. Wallace
on the trade of the, with New Guinea
and its islands, 148.

Eclipses, W. Spottiswoode on the Hindû
method of calculating, 18.
Education, endowed, James Heywood
on, 153,

Education, University, the Rev. W. Emery
on the expenses and social condition
of, 193.

Electric cables, with reference to obser-
vations on the Malta-Alexandria tele-
graph, Dr. Ernest Esselbach on, 26.

charge on condensers, Dr. Esselbach
on the determination of the absolute
quantity of, 27.
Electro-magnetism, James Croll on the
mechanical power of, 24.

Electromotive engine, G. M. Guy on, 27.
Emery (Rev. W.) on the expenses and
social condition of University educa-
tion, 193.

Epiglottis, Dr. George D. Gibb on the
normal position of the, as determined
by the laryngoscope, 128.
Equations, Rev. R. Harley on a certain
class of linear differential, 4.
Esselbach (Dr. Ernest) on the duration
of fluorescence, 22; on electric cables,
with reference to observations on the
Malta-Alexandria telegraph, 26; on
an experimental determination of the
absolute quantity of electric charge
on condensers, 27.

Esson (W.) on the curvature of the
margins of leaves with reference to
their growth, 3.

Eye, Isaac Ashe on the function of the
oblique muscles of the, 120.

Fairbairn (William), his address as Pre-
sident of Section G, 178.
Fellowships, James Heywood on Oxford
and Cambridge, 153.

Fens, W. Thorold on the failure of the
sluice in, and on the means of securing
such sluices against a similar contin-
gency, 186.

Ferrous acid, W. Odling on, 48.
Fisher (Rev. G.) on the numerical mode
of estimating educational qualifica-
tions, as pursued at the Greenwich
Hospital School, 153.

Fisheries, salmon, Thomas Ashworth on
the scientific cultivation of, 121.
Fishes, fossil, C. W. Peach on, from the
old red sandstone of Caithness, 85.

Dr. John Davy on the vitality of,
as tested by increase of temperature,
125.

Flint implements from Amiens, Rev.
T. G. Bonney on some, 70.

implements found in a cave called
"The Oyle," near Tenby, South Wales,
Rev. Gilbert N. Smith on, 95.

instruments from North Devon,
Rev. J. Dingle on specimens of, 72.

Fog, Dr. Gladstone on the distribution

of, round the coasts of the British
Islands, 31.

Foot (F. J.) on the geology of Burren,
co. Clare, 72; on a botanical chart of
the barony of Burren, co. Clare, 98.
Foot-clothing, James Dowie on the loss
of muscular power arising from the
ordinary, now worn, and on the means
required to obviate this loss, 125.
*Foraminifera, Dr. Fritsch on some mo-
dels of, 72.

Fort William, Inverness-shire, J. Gwyn
Jeffreys on an ancient sea-bed beach
near, 73.

Fossils of the boulder-clay in Caithness,
C. W. Peach on the, 83.

*Fritsch (Dr.) on some models of Fora-
minifera, 72.

Fungi, Dr. Phipson on the existence of
aniline in certain, which become blue
in contact with the air, 51.

Galton (F.) on the "Boussole Burnier,"
a new French pocket instrument for
measuring vertical and horizontal an-
gles, 30; European weather-charts
for December 1861, 30.
Garner (Robert) on the skull-sutures in
connexion with the superficies of the
brain, 126; on pearls-their parasitic
origin, 126; on an albino variety of
crab, with some observations on
crustaceans, and on the effect of
light, 126.

Gases, James Croll on the cohesion of, 21.
Gassiot (J. P.) on the mode of preparing
carbonic acid vacua in large glass
vessels, 42.

Generation, spontaneous, James Samuel-
son on, 119.

Geology, Australian, contributions to,
by Charles Moore, 83.

Geometrical curves, H. Johnston's in-
strument for describing, 3.
Gérard (Jules), exploration dans l'Afri-
que centrale, de Serre-Leone à Alger,
par Timbuctu, 146.

German Ocean, C. B. Rose on some
mammalian remains from the bed of
the, 91.

Gibb (Dr. George D.) on the normal
position of the epiglottis as deter-
mined by the laryngoscope, 128; on
the physiological effects of the bro-
mide of ammonium, 128.
*Gibbs (John) on the inflorescence of
plants, 98.

manures on the mixed herbage of
grass land, 191.

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

Gladstone (Dr.) on the distribution of
fog round the coast of the British Is-
lands, 31; on the essential oil of bay
and other aromatic oils, 43; on the
means of observing the lines of the
solar spectrum due to the terrestrial
atmosphere, 43.

Glaisher (J.) on a new barometer used in
the last balloon ascents, 31.

Glass vessels, J. P. Gassiot on the mode
of preparing carbonic acid vacua in
large, 42.
Godwin-Austen (Capt.) on the glacier
phenomena of the valley of the Upper
Indus, 67.

Gold-bearing strata of Merionethshire,
T. A. Readwin on the, 87.
Gold-fields of Otago, W. Lauder Lindsay
on the geology of the, 77.

of Auckland, New Zealand, W. Lau-
der Lindsay on the geology of the, 80.
Grass land, J. B. Lawes and Dr. Gilbert

on the effects of different manures on
the mixed herbage of, 191.

Gravel, H. Seeley on a whittled bone
from the Barnwell, 94.

Gray (Dr. J. E.) on changes of form
of the head of crocodiles, and on the
crocodiles of India and Africa, 106.
Greenwich Hospital School, Rev. G.
Fisher on the numerical mode of esti-
mating educational qualifications, as
pursued at the, 153.

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

Guernsey, Dr. S. Elliott's table of the
elements of the climate of, 140.
Guide-propeller, John Coryton on the,

184.

Guy (G. M.) on an electromotive engine,

27.

Hamilton (Sir W. R.), quaternion proof

of a theorem of reciprocity of curves
in space, 4.

Harcourt (A. Vernon) on a particular
case of induced chemical action, 43.
Harkness (Professor) on the Skiddaw
slate series, 72.

Harley (Dr. George) on Schönbein's ant-

ozone, 44; on secret poisoning, 129.
Harley (Rev. Robert) on a certain class
of linear differential equations, 4.

Harran in Padan-Aram, Dr. Beke's
journey to, and thence over Mount
Gilead into the Promised Land, 141.
Harris (W. H.) on the adulteration of
linseed cake with nut-cake, 45.
Harrison (J. Park) on the additional
evidence of the indirect influence of
the moon over the temperature of the
air, 31.

Heart, Isaac Ashe on the function of the

auricular appendix of the, 120.
Heisch (Charles) on a simple method of
taking stereomicro-photographs, 46.
Heliocentric theory, on the probable
origin of the, 17.

Hennessy (Professor) on some of the
characteristic differences between the
configuration of the surfaces of the
earth and moon, 14; on the relative
amount of sunshine falling on the tor-
rid zone of the earth, 31.

Heterogenesis, James Samuelson on, 119.
Heywood (James) on endowed education

and Oxford and Cambridge fellow-
ships, 153.

Hill (Edwin) on the prevention of crime,

154.

Hincks (Rev. T.) on the production of
similar medusoids by certain hydroid
polypes belonging to different genera,
107.

Hinton (James) on a physiological classi-
fication of animals, 130.

Hirst (Prof. T. A.) on the volumes of
pedal surfaces, 5.

Hoskins (Dr. S. Elliott), table of the ele-
ments of the climate of Guernsey, 140.
Human remains, Thomas Wright on the,
found at Wroxeter, 149.

Hurricane, E. J. Lowe on the, near
Newark, of May 7, 1862, 32.
Hyæna-den, W. Boyd Hawkins on the
Wokey Hole, 71.

Hydrocarbons, W. Odling on the syn-
thesis of some, 48.
Hymenoptera, John Lubbock on two
aquatic, 110.

Hypobromous acid, Prof. Roscoe on, 54.

Income-tax, W. S. Thornton on the, 175.
India, Dr. J. E. Gray on the crocodiles
of, 106.

Industrial classes, J. Buckmaster on the
progress of instruction in elementary
science among the, 150.

Inuline, Dr. Rolleston on the difference of
behaviour exhibited by, and ordinary
starch, when treated with salivary
diastase and other converting agents,
135.

Japan, Sir R. Alcock on the civilization
of, 136.

Jeffreys (J. Gwyn) on an ancient sea-
bed and beach near Fort William,
Inverness-shire, 73; on a species of
Limopsis, now living in the British
seas, with remarks on the genus, 108;
on a specimen of Astarte compressa
having its hinge-teeth reversed, 108.
Jevons (W. S.) on the study of periodic
commercial fluctuations, 157; notice
of a general mathematical theory of
political economy, 158.

Johnston's (H.) invention of an in-
strument for describing geometrical
curves, 3.

Joule (Dr.), the influence of cohesion
in relation to the experiments of, on
the thermal effects of elastic fluids in
motion, 21.

Jukes (J. Beete), his address as President
of Section C, 54.

Keuper bone-breccia of Pendock, Wor-
cestershire, Rev. W. S. Symonds on
scutes of the Labyrinthodon from the,

L'Afrique centrale, exploration dans, de
Serre-Leone à Alger, par Timbuctu,
par Jules Gérard, 146.
Lancashire, F. Purdy on the pauperism
and mortality of, 165.
Laryngoscope, Dr. George D. Gibb on
the normal position of the epiglottis as
determined by the, 128.

Lassell (William) on a brilliant elliptic
ring in the planetary nebula, AR 20°56′,
N.P.D. 101° 56', 14.

Lawes (J. B.) on the effects of different
manures on the mixed herbage of
grass land, 191.

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.

Palæontology, 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