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NATURE 



[October 29, 1914 



The Old Red Sandstone 



Rocks of Kiltorcan, Ire- 

 land — Prof. Grenville Cole lo o o 

 Fauna and flora of the Trias 



of the western midlands — 



Mr. G. Barrow lo o o 



To excavate critical sections 



in the Lower Palaeozoic 



rocks of England and Wales 



—Prof. W. W. Watts ... i:; o o 



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Section D — Zoology. 



To investigate the biological 

 problems incidental to the 

 Belmullet Whaling Station 

 — Dr. A. E. Shipley ... 45 o o 



Nomenclator a n i m a 1 i u m 

 genera et subgenera — Dr. 

 Chalmers Mitchell 25 o o 



An investigation of the bio- 

 logy of the Abrilhos Islands 

 and the north-west coast 

 of Australia (north of 

 Shark's Bay to Broome), 

 with particular reference to 

 the marine fauna — Prof. 

 W. A. Herdman 40 o o 



To obtain, as nearlv ac pos- 

 sible, a representative col- 

 lection of marsupials for 

 work upon (a) the reproduc- 

 tive apparatus and develop- 

 ment, (b) the brain — Prof. 

 A. Dendy 100 o o 



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Section E — Geography. 

 To investigate the conditions 



determining the selection of 



sites and names for towns, 



with special reference to 



Australia — Sir C. P. Lucas 20 o o 

 The hydrographical survey of 



Stor Fjord, Spitsbergen, by 



Dr. W. S. Bruce— Mr. 



G. G. Chisholm ... ... 50 o o 



To aid in the preparation of a 



bathymetrical chart of the 



Southern Ocean between 



Australia and Antarctica — 



Prof. T. W. Edgeworth 



David 100 o o 



£^70 o 



Section F — Economic Science and Statistics. 

 The question of fatigue from 



the economic point of view, 



if possible in co-operation 



with Section I, Sub-section 



of Psychology — Prof. Muir- 



head ... ... ... ... 30 o o 



7 ;^30 o 



Section G — Engineering. 

 The investigation of gaseous 



explosions, with special 



reference to temperature — 



(chairman not appointed), 



vice-chairman, Dr. Dugald 



Clark ... ... ... ... 50 o o 



To report on certain of the 



more complex stress distri- 

 butions in engineering 



materials — Prof. J. Perry ... 50 o o 



Section H — Anthropology. 



To investigate the lake vil- 

 lages in the neighbourhood 

 of Glastonbury in connec- 

 tion with a committee of 

 the Somerset Archaeological 

 and Natural History Society 

 — Prof. Boyd Dawkins ... 20 o o 



To conduct explorations with 

 the object of ascertaining 

 the age of stone circles — 

 Sir C. H. Read 20 o 



To investigate the physical 

 characters of the ancient 

 Egyptians— Prof. G. Elliot 

 Smith 34 16 6 



To conduct anthropometric 

 investigations in the Island 

 of Cyprus — Prof. J. L. 

 Myres 50 o o 



To excavate a Palaeolithic 

 site in Jersey— Dr. R. R. 

 Marett 50 o o 



To conduct archaeological in- 

 vestigation in Malta — Prof. 

 J. L. Myres 10 o o 



To prepare and publish Miss 

 Byrne's gazetteer and map 

 of the native tribes of Aus- 

 tralia — Prof. Baldwin Spen- 

 cer ... ... ... ... 20 o o 



Section I — Physiology. 



The ductless glands — Sir 



E. A. Schafer 35 o 



To acquire further knowledge, 

 clinical and experimental, 

 concerning anaesthetics — ■ 

 general and local — with 

 special reference to deaths 

 by or during anaesthesia, 

 and their possible diminu- 

 tion — Dr. A. D. Waller ... 20 o 



Electromotive phenomena in 

 plants — Dr. A. D. Waller ... 20 o 



To investigate the physio- 

 logical and psychological 

 factors in the production of 

 miners' nystagmus — Prof. 

 J. H. Muirhead 20 o 



The significance of the electro- 

 motive phenomena of the 

 heart— Prof. W. D. Halli- 

 burton ... ... ... 20 o 



Metabolism of phosphates — • 



Prof. W. A. Osborne .. 20 o 



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Section K — Botany. 



The structure of fossil plants 



—Prof. F. W. Oliver ... 15 c 



Experimental studies in the 

 physiology of heredity — 

 Prof. F. F. Blackman ... 45 c 



The renting of Cinchona 

 Botanic Station in Jamaica 

 —Prof. F. O. Bower ... 25 c 



To carry out a research on the , 



influence of varying per- 

 centages of oxygen and of 

 various atmospheric pres- 

 sures upon geotropic 'and 

 heliotropic irritability and 

 curvature — Prof. F. O. 

 Bower ... ... ... 50 c 



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