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disposal of the Committee. This was granted on May 9, but on terms so- 
prejudicial to Dr. Watt’s interest as an officer in the Government service, 
that he could not avail himself of the commission. 
3. In the meanwhile Dr. Watt was appointed to duties in connection 
with the International Exhibition to be held in Calcutta in 1884, This 
appointment would necessarily postpone Dr. Watt’s departure to Africa 
until 1885. 
4. Considering the great probability of further obstacles arising to- 
prevent Dr. Watt from undertaking the conduct of the expedition, in 
case he should again come forward, we think that any reasonable hope of © 
securing his services must be abandoned, and that further steps should be 
taken to secure a proper leader. 
5. With this object Sir J. Hooker has placed himself in communica- 
tion with Capt. Maloney, late Administrator of the Gold Coast, respecting” 
a medical officer in the Colonial Service, of whose ability and industry 
Capt. Maloney has spoken in very high terms, and who, we have reason 
to hope, will undertake the expedition. Should this not be the case we 
shall do our best to find another fit person for the purpose. 
6. Under these circumstances the Committee trust that the sum of 
500/., voted at Southampton, which has been returned to the Treasurer 
of the Association in accordance with the regulations, may be revoted to 
them at the present meeting. 
Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. JoHN CORDEAUX 
(Secretary), Mr. J. A. Harviz-Brown, Mr. P. M. C. KERMODE, 
Professor NEwTon, Mr. R. M. Barrinatron, and Mr. A. G. Mork, 
reappointed at Southampton, for the purpose of obtaining (with 
the consent of the Master and Brethren of the Trinity House, and 
the Commissioners of Northern and Irish Lights) observations 
on the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, and 
of reporting on the same. 
Tue General Report! of the Committee, of which this is an abstract, 
comprises the observations taken at lighthouses and lightvessels, and a 
few special land stations, on the east and west coasts of England and 
Scotland, the coasts of Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Orkney 
and Shetland Isles, the Hebrides, Faroes, Iceland, and Heligoland, and 
one Baltic station—Stevns Fyr on Stevns Klint, Zealand, for which the 
Committee is indebted to Professor Liitken, of Copenhagen. Altogether 
196 stations have been supplied with schedules and printed instructions 
for registering observations, and returns have been received from about 
123—a result which is very satisfactory, showing as it does the general 
interest taken in the work, and the ready co-operation given by the 
lightkeepers in assisting the Committee. 
The stations returning the best-filled schedules are: on the Hast 
_ } Report on the Migration of Birds inthe Spring and Autumn of 1882. Westy. 
Newman, & Co., 54 Hatton Garden, London, E,C. 
