lxxii report — 1884. 



and Professor McKendrick be a Committee for the purpose of promoting 

 the establishment of a Marine Biological Station at Granton, Scotland ; 

 that Mr. John Murray be the Secretary, and that the sum of 1001. be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Huxley, Mr. Sclater, Mr. Howard Saunders, Mr_ 

 Thiselton Dyer, and Professor Moseley be a Committee for the purpose 

 of promoting the establishment of Marine Biological Stations on the 

 coast of the United Kingdom ; that Professor Moseley be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of 150?. be placed at their disposal for the -purpose. 



That General Sir J. H. Lefroy, Lieut.-Colonel Godwin-Austen, 

 Mr. W. T. Blanford, Mr. Sclater, Mr. Carruthers, Mr. Thiselton Dyer, 

 Professor Struthers, Mr. G. W. Bloxam, Mr. H. W. Bates, Lord Alfred 

 Churchill, Mr. F. Galton, and Professor Moseley, with power to add to 

 their number, be a Committee for the purpose of furthering the Explora- 

 tion of New Guinea, by making a grant to Mr. Forbes for the purposes 

 of his expedition ; that Mr. H. W. Bates be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of 200Z. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That General Sir J. H. Lefroy, the Rev. Canon Carver, Mr. F. 

 Galton, Mr. P. L. Sclater, Professor Moseley, Dr. E. B. Tylor, Professor 

 Boyd Dawkins, Mr. G. W. Bloxam, and Mr. H. W. Bates be a Committee 

 for the purpose of furthering the scientific Examination of the country 

 in the vicinity of Mount Roraima in Guiana, by making a grant to Mr. 

 Everard F. im Thurn for the purposes of his expedition ; that Mr. H. W. 

 Bates be the Secretary, and that the sum of 1007. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Sir Frederick Bramwell, 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. Carpraael, Sir John Lubbock, Mr. Theodore Aston, and Mr. James 

 Brunlees be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of watching and 

 reporting to the Council on Patent Legislation ; that Sir Frederick 

 Bramwell be the Secretary, and that the sum of 51. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. E. B. Tylor, Dr. G. M. Dawson, General Sir J. H. Lefroy, Dr. 

 Daniel Wilson, Mr. Horatio Hale. Mr. R. G. Haliburton, and Mr. George 

 W. Bloxam be a Committee for the purpose of investigating and publish- 

 ing reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social 

 condition of the North- western tribes of the Dominion of Canada; that 

 Mr. Bloxam be the Secretary, and that the sum of 501. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. J. Park Harrison, General Pitt-Rivers, Professor Flower, 

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

 Rudler, and Dr. Garson be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of 

 defining the Physical Characteristics of the Races and Principal Crosses 

 in the British Isles, and obtaining illustrative Photographs with a view 

 to their publication ; that Dr. Garson be the Secretary, and that the sum. 

 of 10Z. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Not involving Grants of Money. 



That Professor G. Carey Foster, Sir William Thomson, Professor 

 Ayrton, Professor J. Perry, Professor W. G. Adams, Lord Rayleigh,, 



