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 Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. John Cordeaux (Secretary), 

 Professor Newton, Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, Mr. William Eagle Clarke, 

 Mr. R. M. Barrlngton, and Mr. A. G. More, appointed for the purpose of 

 obtaining (with the consent of the Master and Brethren of the Trinity 

 House and the Commissioners of Northern and Irish Lights) observations 

 on the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightvessels, and of reporting 

 on the same 266 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Newton (Secretary), Pro- 

 fessor Lankester, and Professor Gamgee, appointed for the purpose of pre- 

 paring a Bibliography of certain Groups of Invertebrata 270 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir Joseph Hooker, Dr. Gunther, 

 Mr. Howard Saunders, and Mr. P. L. Sclater (Secretary), appointed 

 for the purpose of exploring Kilima-njaro and tbe adjoining mountains of 

 Eastern Equatorial Africa 271 



Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. Canon Tristram, the Rev. 

 F. Lawrence, and Mr. James Glaisher (Secretary), for promoting the 

 Survey of Eastern Palestine '. 272 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Brabrook (Secretary), Mr. 

 Francis Galton, Sir Rawson Rawson, and Mr. C. Roberts, appointed for 

 the purpose of defraying the expenses of completing the preparation of the 

 final Report of the Anthropometric Committee 279 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. J. H. Gladstone (Secretary), Mr. 

 "William Shaen, Mr. Stephen Bourne, Miss Ltdia Becker, Sir John 

 Lubbock, Bart., Dr. H. W. Crossket, Sir Henry E. Roscoe, Mr. James 

 Heywood, and Professor N. Story Maskelyne, appointed for the purpose 

 of continuing the inquiries relating to the teaching of Science in Elementary 

 Schools 283 



Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir Joseph Whitworth, Sir 

 W. Thomson, Sir F. J. Bramwell, Mr. A. Stroh, Mr. Beck, Mr. W. H. 

 Preece, Mr. E. Crompton, Mr. E. Rigg (Secretary), Mr. A. Le Neve 

 Foster, Mr. Latimer Clark, Mr. H. Trueman Wood, and Mr. Buckney, 

 appointed for the purpose of determining a Gauge for the manufacture of 

 the various small Screws used in Telegraphic and Electrical Apparatus, in 

 Clockwork, and for other analogous purposes 287 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir Frederick Bramwell (Secre- 

 tary), Professor A. W. Williamson, Professor Sir William Thomson, Mr. 

 St. John Vincent Day, Sir F. Abel, Captain Douglas Galton, Mr. E. 

 H. Carbutt, Mr. Macrory, Mr. H. Trueman Wood, Mr. W. H. Barlow, 

 Mr. A. T. Atchison, Mr. R. E. Webster, Mr. A. Carpmael, Sir John 

 Lubbock, Mr. Theodore Aston, and Mr. James Brunlees, appointed for 

 the purpose of watching and reporting to the Council on Patent Legislation 293 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. J. Park Harrison, General 

 Pitt-Rivers, Mr. F. Galton, Professor Flower, Professor Thane, Dr. 

 Beddoe, Mr. Brabrook, Dr. Muirhead, Mr. F. W. Rudler, Professor 

 Macalister, and Dr. Garson (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of 

 defining the Facial Characteristics of the Races and Principal Crosses in 

 the British Isles, and obtaining Illustrative Photographs with a view to 

 their publication 294 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors Dewar and A. W. William- 

 son, Dr. Marshall Watts, Captain ABNEY,Dr. Stoney, and Professors W. 

 N. Hartley, McLeod, Carey Foster, A. K. Huntington, Emerson Rey- 

 nolds, Reinold, Liveing, Lord Rayleigh, and W. Chandler Roberts 

 (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of reporting upon the present state 

 of our knowledge of Spectrum Analysis 295 



