Ixxiv REPORT — 1886. 



be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of obtaining (with the consent 

 of the Master and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House and the Commis- 

 sioners of Northern and Irish Lights) observations on the Migration of 

 Birds at Lighthouses and Light-vessels, and of reporting on the same ; 

 that Mr. John Cordeaus be the Secretary, and that the sum of 30Z. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Canon A. M. Norman, Mr. H. B. Brady, Mi-. W. Carruthers, 

 Professor Herdman, Professor Mcintosh, Mr. J. Murray, Professor A. 

 Newton, Mr. P. L. Sclater, and Professor A. C. Haddon be a Committee 

 for the purpose of considering the question of accurately defining the 

 term ' British ' as applied to the Marine Fauna and Flora of our Islands, 

 and bringing forward a definite proposal on the subject at a future meet- 

 ing. The Committee to be called the ' British Marine Area Committee.' 

 That Professor A. C. Haddon be the Secretary, and that the sum of bl. 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That General J. T. Walker, General Sir J. H. Lefroy, Professor Sir 

 William Thomson, Mr. Francis Galton, Mr. Alexander Buchan, Mr. J. T. 

 Buchanan, Mr. John Murray, Mr. H. W. Bates, and Mr. E. G. Raven- 

 stein be a Committee for the purpose of taking into consideration the 

 combination of the Ordnance and Admiralty Surveys, and the production 

 of a Bathy-hypsographical Map of the British Isles ; that Mr. E. G. 

 Kavenstein be the Secretary, and that the sum of 25Z. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That General J. T. Walker, General Sir J. H. Lefroy, Professor 

 Sir William Thomson, Mr. Alexander Buchan, Mr. J. Y. Buchanan, 

 Mr. John Murray, Dr. J. Rae, Mr. H. W. Bates, Captain W. J. Dawson, 

 Dr. A. Selwyn, and Professor C. Carpmael be reappointed a Committee 

 for the purpose of reporting upon the Depth of permanently Frozen Soil 

 in the Polar Regions, its geographical limits, and relation to the present 

 poles of greatest cold ; that Sir Henry Lefroy be the Reporter and Mr. 

 H. W. Bates the Secretary, and that the sum of bl. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Sidgwick, Professor Foxwell, the Rev. W. Cunningham, 

 Professor Munro, and Mr. A. H. D. Acland be a Committee for the purpose 

 of further inquiring into the Regulation of Wages under the Sliding 

 Scales and under the Lists in the Cotton Industry ; that Professor Manro 

 be the Secretary, and that the sum of \0l. b3 placed at their disposal for 

 the purpose. 



That Dr. Garson, Mr. Pengelly, Mr. F. W. Rudler, and Mr. G. W. 

 Bloxam be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating 

 the Prehistoric Race in the Greek Islands ; that Mr. Bloxam be the 

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

 purpose. 



That Mr. Pengelly, Dr. John Evans, Sir John Lubbock, Professor 

 Alexander Macalister, Mr. W. Cunnington, and Dr. Garson be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of exploring Ancient Barrows in Wiltshire ; that 

 Dr. Gai'son be the Secretary, and that the sum of 20/. 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. R. G. Haliburton, and Mr. George W. Bloxam be 

 reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating and publishing 

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

 condition of the North- Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada; that 



