llECOMMENnATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ixxiii 



Harconrt be reappointed a Committee for the purpose 'of inquiring into 

 the Rate of Erosion of the Sea-coasts of England and Wales, and the 

 Influence of the Artificial Abstraction of Shingle or other material in that 

 Action ; that Messrs. De Ranee and Topley be the Secretaries, and that 

 the sum of 15/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. R. Etheridge, Dr. H. Woodward, and Mr. A. Bell be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of reporting upon the ' Manure ' Gravels of 

 Wexford ; that Mr. A. Bell be the Secretary, and that the sum of 10/. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Valentine Ball, Mr. H. G. Fordham, Professor Haddon, 

 Professor Hillhonse, Mr. John Hopkinson, Dr. Macfarlane, Professor 

 Milnes Marshall, Mr. F. T. Mott, Dr. Traquair, and Dr. H. Woodward 

 be a Committee for the purpose of preparing a report upon the Provincial 

 Museums of the United Kingdom ; that Mr. Mott be the Secretary, and 

 that the sum of 51. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors Schafer, Michael Foster, and Lankester, and Dr. 

 W. D. Halliburton be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the 

 Physiology of the Lymphatic System ; that Professor Schafer be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of 25/. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Professor Ray Lankester, Mr. P. L. Sclater, Professor M. Foster, 

 Mr. A. Sedgwick, Professor A. M. Marshall, Professor A. C. Haddon, 

 Professor Moseley, and Mr. Percy Sladen be reappointed a Committee for 

 the purpose of arranging for the occupation of a table at the Zoological 

 Station at Naples ; thait Mr. Percy Sladen be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of 100/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Lankester, Mr. P. L. Sclater, Professor M. Foster, Mr. 

 A. Sedgwick, Professor A. M. Marshall, Professor A. C. Haddon, Professor 

 Moseley, and Mr. Percy Sladen be a Committee for the purpose of making 

 arrangements for assisting the Marine Biological Association Laboratory at 

 Plymouth ; that Mr. Percy Sladen be the Secretary, and that the sum of 

 50Z. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors McKendrick, Struthers, Young, Mcintosh, A. Nichol- 

 son, and Cossar Ewart and Mr. John Murray be reappointed a Committee 

 for the purpose of aiding in the maintenance of the establishment of a 

 Marine Biological Station at Granton, Scotland ; that Mr. John Murray 

 be the Secretary, and that the sum of 751. be placed at their disposal for 

 the purpose. 



That Mr. Stainton, Sir John Lubbock, and Mr. McLachlan be re- 

 appointed a Committee for the purpose of continuing a Record of Zoo- 

 logical Literature ; that Mr. Stainton be the Secretary, and that the sum 

 of 100/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Thiselton Dyer, Mr. Carruthers, Mr. Ball, Professor Oliver, 

 and Mr. Forbes be a Committee for the purpose of continuing the prepa- 

 ration of a report on our present knowledge of the Flora of China ; that 

 Mr. Thiselton-Dyer be the Secretary, and that the sum of 751. be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Sclater, Mi-. Seebohm, Mr. Carruthers, and Mr. R. Trimen 

 be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Fauna and Flora of 

 the Cameroon Mountains ; that Mr. Sclater be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of 75/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. John Cordeaux, Professor A. Newton, Mr. J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown, Mr. W. E. Clarke, Mr. R. M. Barrington, and Mr. A. G. More 



