Ifixii REPORT — 1886. 



Dr. H. J. Jolinston-Lavis be the Seci'etary, and that the sum of 20Z. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. R. Etheridge, Mr. T. Gray, and Professor John Milne be 

 reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Volcanic 

 Phenomena of Japan ; that Professor J. Milne be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of 501. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor T. McK. Hughes, Dr. H. Hicks, Dr. H. Woodward, 

 and Messrs. B. B. Luxmoore, P. Pennant, and Edwin Morgan be re- 

 appointed a Committee for the purpose of exploring the Cae Gwyn Cave, 

 North Wales ; that Dr. H. Hicks be the Secretary, and that the sum of 

 201. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors J. Prestwich, W. Boyd Dawkius, T. McK. Hughes, 

 and T. G. Bonney, Dr. H. W. Crosskey, and Messrs. C. E. De Eance, 

 H. G. Pordham, J. B. Lee, D. Mackintosh, W. Pengelly, J. Plant, and 

 E.. H. Tidderaan be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of record- 

 ing 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 connected with the same, and taking measures 

 for their preservation ; that Dr. Crosskey be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of 101. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. R. Etheridge, Dr. H. Woodward, and Professor T. R. Jones 

 be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of reporting on the Fossil 

 Phyllopoda of the Palteozoic Rocks; that Professor T. R. Jones be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of 201. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Professor W. C. Williamson and Mr. Cash be a Committee for 

 the purpose of investigating the Carboniferous Flora of Halifax and its 

 neighbourhood ; that Mr. Cash be the Secretary, and that the sum of 25Z. 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor T. G. Bonney, Mr. J. J. H. Teall, and Professor J. F. 

 Blake be a Committee for the purjjose of investigating the Microscopic 

 Structure of the older Rocks of Anglesea ; that Professor J. F. Blake be 

 the Secretary, and that the suxu of 101. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Dr. H. Woodward, Mr. H. Keeping, and Mr. J. Starkie Gardner 

 be a Committee for the purpose of exploring the Higher Eocene Beds of 

 the Isle of Wight ; that Mr. J. S. Gardner be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of 201. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor E. Hull, Dr. H. W. Crosskey, Captain Douglas Galton, 

 Professor J. Prestwich, and Messrs. James Glaisher, E. B. Marten, G. H. 

 Morton, James Parker, W. Pengelly, James Plant, I. Roberts, Fox 

 Strangways, T. S. Stooke, G. J. Symons, W. Toplej^ Tyl den- Wright, E. 

 Wethered, W. Whitaker, and C. B. De Ranee be reappointed a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of investigating the Circulation of the Under- 

 ground Waters in the Permeable Formations of England, and the Quality 

 and Quantity of the Waters supplied to various towns and districts from 

 these formations ; that Mr. De Ranee be the Secretary, and that the sum 

 of 5Z. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Messrs. R. B. Grantham, C. B. De Ranee, J. B. Redman, W. 

 Topley, W. Whitaker, and J. W. Woodall, Major- General Sir A. Clarke, 

 Admiral Sir B. Ommanney, Sir J. N. Douglass, Captain Sir George 

 Nares, Captain J. Parsons, Captain W. J. L. Wharton, Professor J. 

 Prestwich, and Messrs. E. Baston, J. S. Valentine, and L. F. Vernon 



