466 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY 



KOYAL COMMISSIONS 



T. H. Huxley served on the following Royal or 

 other Commissions : — 



1. Royal Commission on the Operation of Acts relating 



to Trawling for Herrings on the Coast of Scotland, 

 1862. 



2. Royal Commission to inquire into the Sea Fisheries 



of the United Kingdom, 1864-65. 



3. Commission on the Royal College of Science for 



Ireland, 1866. 



4. Commission on Science and Art Instruction in 



Ireland, 1868. 



5. Royal Commission upon the Administration and 



Operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts, 

 1870-71. 



6. Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the 



Advancement of Science, 1870-75. 



7. Royal Commission on the Practice of subjecting 



Live Animals to Experiments for Scientific 

 Purposes, 1876. 



8. Royal Commission to inquire into the Universities 



of Scotland, 1876-78. 



9. Royal Commission on the Medical Acts, 1881-82. 

 10. Royal Commission on Trawl, Net, and Beam Trawl 



Fishing, 1884. 



