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 Tenth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor E. Hull, Dr. H. W. 

 Crosskey, Captain Douglas Galton, Professors J. Prestwich and 

 G. A. Leboue, and Messrs. James Glaisher, E. B. Marten, G. H. Morton, 

 James Parker, W. Pengelly, James Plant, I. Roberts, Fox Strang- 

 ways, T. S. Stooke, G. J. Symons, W. Topley, Tylden-Wright, E. 

 Wethered, W. Whitaker, and C. E. De Rance (Secretary), appointed 

 for the purpose of investigating the Circulation of Underground Waters in 

 the Permeable Formations of England and Wales, and the Quantity and 

 Character of the Water supplied to various Towns and Districts from those 

 Formations. Drawn up by C. E. De Rance 96 



Fifth and last Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. H. C. Sorby, 

 F.R.S., and Mr. G. R. Vine, appointed for the purpose of reporting on 

 Fossil Polyzoa. Drawn up by Mr. Vine 97 



Twelfth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors J. Prestwich, 

 W. Boyd Dawkins, T. McK. Hughes, and T. G. Bonney, Dr. H. W. 

 Crosskey (Secretary), Dr. Deane, and Messrs. C. E. De Rance, H. G. 

 Fordham, J. E. Lee, D. Mackintosh, W. Pengelly, J. Plant, and R. H. 

 Tlddeman, appointed for the purpose of recording the position, height 

 above the sea, lithological characters, size, and origin of the Erratic Blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, reporting other matters of interest con- 

 nected with the same, and taking measures for their preservation 219 



Report upon the National Geological Surveys of Europe. By W. Topley, 

 F.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E 221 



Report of .the Committee, consisting of Messrs. R. B. Grantham, C. E. D* 

 Rance, J. B. Redman, W. Topley, \V. Whitaker, and J. W. Woodau, 

 with Major- General Sir A. Clarke, Sir J. N. Douglass, Captain Sir F. O. 

 Evans, Captain J. Parsons, Professor J. Prestwich, Captain W. J. L. 

 Wharton, and Messrs. E. Easton, J. S. Valentine, and L. F. Vernon 

 Harcourt, appointed for the purpose of inquiring into the Rate of Erosion 

 of the Seacoasts of England and Wales, and the Influence of the Artificial 

 Abstraction of Shingle or other Material in that Action. Drawn up by 

 C. E. De Rance and W. Topley, Secretaries 238 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors A. H. Green and L. C. 

 Miall and Messrs. John Brigg and James W. Davis (Secretary), ap- 

 pointed to assist in the Exploration of the Raygill Fissure in Lothersdale, 

 Yorkshire .' 240 



Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. R. Etheridge, Mr. Thomas 

 Gray, and Professor John Milne (Secretary), appointed for the purpose 

 of investigating the Earthquake Phenomena of Japan. Drawn up by the 

 Secretary 241 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Ray Lankester, Mr. P. L. 

 Sclater, Professor M. Foster, Mr. A. Sedgwick, Professor A. M. Mar- 

 shall, Professor A. C. Haddon, and Mr. Percy Sladen (Secretary), ap- 

 pointed for the purpose of arranging for the occupation of a Table at th« 

 Zoological Station at Naples 262 



Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Sclater, Mr. Howard 

 Saunders, and Mr. Thiselton- Dyer (Secretary), appointed for the purpose 

 of investigating the Natural History of Timor Laut 263 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. Pye-Smith, Professor de Chau- 

 mont, Professor M. Foster, Professor Burdon Sanderson (Secretary), and 

 Mr. W. North, appointed for the purpose of investigating the Influence of 

 Bodily Exercise on the Elimination of Nitrogen (the experiments to be con- 

 ducted by Mr. North). Drawn up by Mr. North 265 



