MERIVALE, Prof. J. H., steam loop and
separator, 146.-Discussion, 147.
Metallurgy, notes of papers on, 577.
Metals, action of tidal streams on.-Dis-
cussion, 110.

MEYER, JOH., colliery explosion at
Polnisch-Ostrau, 584.
Middleton-in-Teasdale, 68.

MIDDLETON, ROBERT, nomination, 456;
election, N. E., 470.

Midland district, explosions in, 138.
Naturalists' society, 28.

MILLER, R., on the coal-field adjoining
Barnsley, 7.-Discussion, 9, 105.
MILLS, M. H., a few notes on the iron-
stone deposits of Leicestershire, 28.
- Discussion, 525.

dinner at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 168.
electrical energy, 156.

explosives used in mines, 528.

-, geological sketch of the town and dis-
trict of Nottingham, 522.

member of council, election, 511.
-, presidential address, C. and M.C.,
521.

-, steam loop and separator, 147.
-, vice-president, election, C. and M.C.,

524.

MILLS & SONS, brass works, visit to, 170.
Mine drainage commission, 185.
Mineral leases in New South Wales, 314.
Miners electric safety-lamp, the S.C.P.,

38.-Discussion, 529.

-safety-lamps, 35, 61.

Mines, distribution of electrical energy
over extended areas in.-Discussion,
94.

-, experiments with explosives used in,
49. Discussion, 488.

tenure of, New South Wales, 297.
notes of papers on, 577.
MINGAYE, -, quoted, 277.
Mining Act of New South Wales, 314.

and other portable lamps, 446.

- anthracite, a new method of, 577.
-,barometer and thermometer as applied
to, 496.

MITCHELL, JOSEPH, joint meeting and ex-
cursion, 103, 104, 105.

member of council, election, 542.
-, papers read before Federated Insti-
tutes, 111.

-

president, election, M., 452.
-, presidential address, M., 2.
valuation of library, M., 452.
visit to Nunnery colliery, 215.
MITCHELL, T. W. H., discussion of papers,
16, 17.

secretary and treasurer, M., 452.
MITCHESON, GEorge Arthur, election,
N.E., 48.

MOLLER, W. A., election, C. and M.C.,
214.

MOORE, JOSEPH, quoted, 198.
Moore Park borehole, 329.

MORDY, WILLIAM, nomination, 172;
election, N. E., 179.

Mossfields colliery, explosion at, 139.
Mountain coal-field, 336. -Analysis of
coals, 325.

Mount Keira, 276.

Kembla Coal Company, 276.
Osborne colliery, 8.

Westmacott, borehole near, 329.
MURDAY, T. J., fire-damp detector, 469.
MURTON, C. J., scrutineer, N. E., 470.
prize awarded to, 472.
Museums, local, 566.

Narrabeen, 271, 272.

NASH, H. B., action of tidal streams on
metals, 111.

coal-field adjoining Barnsley, 106,
107.

library, M., 452.

Parker and Weston pump, 10.
member of council, election, M., 452.
Native plants, disappearance of, 566.
life-histories of, 566.

Natural gas in Sze-Chuan (China), 579.
NAYLOR, HENRY, electon, M., 1.
NEALON, Dr., quoted, 82.

NEVIN, JOHN, Coal field adjoining Barns-
ley, 10.

council's report, M., 449.

on the difference between the seams
in the northern and southern parts of
the Yorkshire coal-field, as shown in
some of the deeper sinkings.-Discus-
sion, 16.

New Caledonia, coal in. 581.
NEWCASTLE, MAYOR OF, dinner at New-
castle-upon-Tyne, 167.

Newcastle Chronicle printing office,
visit to, 170.

-

coal-field, New South Wales, 333.
analyses of coals, 324.

sections of strata, 303.

Coal Mining Company, Limited,
section of B pit, 304.

- collieries, New South Wales, synopsis
of vend agreement, 309.

Notes of papers on the working of mines,
&c., 577.

on colliery explosions, 137.-Scot-
land, 137. -Newcastle, Durham, York-
shire and Lincolnshire, Manchester,
Liverpool and Midland districts, 138.
-North and South Staffordshire and
South Western districts, 139.-South
Wales, 140.-Table I., 140.—Table II.,
142.--Tables III. and IV., 143.-Dis-
cussion, 143.

the coal-fields of New South Wales,
268.-Newcastle district, 272.-Illa-
warra district, 276.-Statistics, 280.-
Northern district, 288.-Western dis-
trict, 289.-Systems of working, 292.
-Markets, 295.-Tenure of mines,
297.-Appendix A, extracts from
"The Physical Structure and Geology
of Australia," 299.-Appendix B, sec-
tions of strata in the Newcastle coal-

field, 303.-Appendix C, synopsis of
vend agreement of Newcastle col-
lieries, dated February 12, 1889, 309.

-Appendix D, New South Wales
Mining Act, 314.-Appendix E, copy
of engagement rules, Illawarra district;
rules of employment, and rates for
hewing coal, yardage, &c., at the Bulli
colliery, 317.-Discussion, 340.
Notes on the present position of the ques-
tion of transmission of power, 191.-
Steam, 191.-Compressed air, 192.-
Wire rope transmission, 194.-Tele-
dynamic transmission, 196 --Geneva,
hydraulic power, 197.-Hydraulic
distribution, 197.-Hydraulic trans-
mission for mines, 198.-Electrical
transmission, 200.-Conclusion, 202.-
Discussion, 203.

sinking of the Lens colliery,
No. 10 pit, by the Poëtsch system,

PALMER, H., member of council, election,

N.E., 493.

PANTON, F. S., fumes committee, 368.
Papers, awards for, N. E., 471.

read during the year, titles of, 250.
PARK, MUNGO, quoted, 72.

Parker and Weston pump for colliery
purposes, 11-15.
Parkgate coal, 7, 9.

PARKIN, W., election, M., 103.

PARKINSON, WILLIAM, nomination, 180;
election, N. E., 455.

PARRINGTION, M. W., fumes committee,
368, 369.

-, member of council, election, N.E.,
493.

PARTON, ARTHUR, election, S.S., 241.
PARTON, T., quoted, 276.
PASFIELD, THOS., apparatus for the
prevention of overwinding, 248.

member of council, election, S.S.,
116.

Past-presidents, C. and M.C., 525.

oil cannel coal, output in New South
Wales, 285.

raised, value of, in New
South Wales, 285.
PHILLIPS, J. ARTHUR, quoted, 69, 71.
Photography, geological, 563, 565.
Physical structure and geology of Aus-
tralia, 299.

Physicians, incorporation of the Royal
College of, 257.

Pick, sparks produced by, 586.
Pieler lamp, 352.

Pindar Oaks colliery, 7, 8, 9, 105, 106.
Piper seam, thickness of, 532.

PITKIN portable batteries and hand and
electric lamps, 444, 446.

Plants, native, disappearance of, 566.
life-histories of, 566.

Pleasley cannel, tests with, 532.

- colliery, description of, 531-541.
fans, experiments with, 535.
Poëtsch system of sinking at Lens
collieries, No. 10 pit, 242, 441.
Polnisch-Ostrau colliery, explosion at,

584.

Pont-à-Vendin, Poëtsch system of sink-
ing at, 242.

POOLE, PERCY G., election, S.S., 116.

VOL. II.-1890-01.

- John Williamson, S.S., 117.—
Sinking of shafts, 118.-Fitting up of
shafts, 121.—Engines, 121.-Hauling
engines, 121.-Boilers, 121.-Timber-
ing of the face of longwall work and
roads, 122.-Blasting, 122.-Safety-
lamps, 122.--Coal-cutting machines,
123. The colliery manager, 124.

--

T. W. Embleton, 252.-Agri-
culture, 252.-Cranks. wagon wheels,
boilers, and steam engines, 253.-
Electricity, railways, shipbuilding,
254.-Mining, 255.-Discussion, 258.
Wm. Cochrane, N.E., 181.
PRESTWICK, JOSEPH, election, M., 103.
PRINGLE, H. A., quoted, 276.
Prizes for papers, N. E., 471.

Produce of coal in Yorkshire, 1872-
1889, 5.

Production of coal in New South Wales,
281.

gold mines on the Gold Coast, 81.
Prosper colliery, Germany, Capell fan
at, 221.
PREECE, ., quoted, 155, 156.
Princes river, 70.
Pudding stone, 69.

Pump, Parker and Weston, 11.
Pumping arrangement at Eltringham
colliery, 457.--Section of strata below
the Brockwell seam, 457.-Boiler and
indicator tests, 458.-Quadrants, 459.
-Pumps, 460.-Governor, 461.
Water wheels, 463.-Discussion, 464.
Pumps, underground, at Teversal col-
liery, 546.

Purifier, Carroll, 3, 239.

Quadrants at Eltringham colliery, 459.
Queensland coal-fields, 336.

analyses of coals, 325, 336.

Railway, City and South London, 434.
Railways, development of, 254.
RAMSAY, J. A., Waddle (1890) fan,
176, 177.

Rathluba colliery, 274.

RAYMOND, R. W., quoted, 69.

4 B

engineer on the experiments
with explosives, 398.

French commission on the
inflammability of fire-damp by sparks
produced by steel tools, and on the
employment of electric lamps.—I.,
sparks produced by the pick, 585.-
II., electric lamps, 586.

on the chemical examination of the
fumes of roburite and tonite in mines,
369.

coal outcrops in the Sharigh
Valley, Baluchistan, 580.
REUMAUX, M., Poëtsch system of sink-
ing at Lens colliery, 441.

REYNOLDS, Prof. O., quoted, 195, 196.
RHODES, C. E., coal-getting by machinery,
231.

-, experiments with Capell and Schiele
fans, 226.

member of council, election, 452.
quoted, 233.

RICHARDSON'S paper mills, steam loop
at, 147.

RICHTER, FREDERICK, nomination, N. E.,

-

Elsom method of relighting, 35,

Berlin (1889), mining exhibition,

Cuvelier lock for, 444.

remarks on, 352.

, S.C.P. miners' electric, 38, 446, 529.
tests made on, 355.

SALMOND, W., member of council, nomi-
nation, 209; election, C. and M.C.,

525.

Saltwells colliery, explosion at, 139.
SAMBORNE, JOHN STUKLEY PALMER,
nomination, 456; election, N. E., 470.
Sandstones, Hawkesbury, 322.
Sandwell Park colliery, explosion at,

139.

SAWYER, A. R., quoted, 69, 74.
Scarle, North, boring near, 522.
Schaffhausen Falls, 186, 196, 197.
Schiele fan, experiments with, 216-230.
Scotland, explosions in, 137.

SCOTT, W. BEATTIE, barometer and
thermometer as applied to mining, 500,

502.

coal-dust commission, 241.

Lithgow seam, 279.

seams at Silver Hill, Teversal, and
Pleasley collieries, 532.

worked by the Gladstone Coal
Company, 279.

strata in the Newcastle coal-field,
New South Wales, 303.

Securite, 52, 53, 54.

-, experiments with, 489.

coal-dust and, 419, 420.
Sedimentation, experiments in, 588.
SEELY, C. H, member of council, elec-

tion, C. and M.C., 525.

Separator, Bower, 3.

SEYMOUR, LOUIS IRVING, nomination,
63; election, N.E., 171.
Shaft guides, invention of, 255.

sinking, Poetsch system of, 242.
Shafts, &c., at Pleasley colliery, 533.
Teversal colliery, 541.

fitting up of, 121.

-, sinking of, 118.

Shag Point coal-field, 337.-Analyses of
coals, 325.

Shales, Wianamatta, 322.

Sharigh Valley, Baluchistan, coal out-
crops in, 580.

SHAW, JAMES E., election, M., 103.

SHAW, JOHN, nomination, 172; election,
N.E., 179.

Sheffield Park and Attercliffe Common,
guides first used at, 255.

SMITH, J. B., distribution of electrical
energy, 96.

-, explosives used in mines, 529.

ironstone deposits of Leicestershire,
525.

- member of council, election, C. and
M.C., 525.

on colliery depreciation, 211.
report of council, C. and M. C., 503.
Soar coal lowering arrangements, 93.
technical education, 98.

Smithies colliery, 7, 105.
SMYTH, BROUGH, quoted, 69.

SMYTH, Sir WARINGTON, quoted, 362, 496.
SNELL, ALBION T., distribution of electri-
cal energy over extended areas in
mines. Discussion, 94, 149, 164.

· quoted, 95.

Soar patent coal lowering arrangements,
93, 94.

Soft coal seam, 25.

SOPWITH, A., apparatus for the preven
tion of overwinding, 246, 247.

-

-

barometer and thermometer as applied
to mining, 501.

coal-dust commission, 241.

investigation of fumes of explosives,
413, 414.

quoted, 152, 153, 256.