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stature. They request also to be informed of the existence of any skulls 
in local museums or private collections, that would assist in the identifi- 
cation of the above types. 
Negatives have been taken of very pure examples of the Cymric 
race in North Wales, and several photographs have been purchased. The 
expenditure has amounted to 47. The Committee ask to be reappointed, 
and that the grant voted last year be renewed. 
Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. JAMES GLAISHER: 
(Secretary), the Rev. Canon Tristram, and the Rev. F. LAWRENCE, 
for promoting the Survey of Eastern Palestine. 
1. The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund have been 
endeavouring during the last year to obtain from the Sultan the firman 
granting permission for the prosecution of the Survey of Eastern 
Palestine. 
2. Their efforts, aided by the personal influence of Lord Dufferin, 
have hitherto proved ineffectual. They have therefore decided on taking 
up another branch of their original prospectus, and will proceed at once 
with the Geological Survey of Palestine. 
3. A great deal of geological work has been done in the country by 
individual travellers, but up to the present time there has been no expedi- 
tion specially organised for the purpose of effecting a complete geological 
survey. 
1. ‘The valley of the Jordan and the basin of the Dead Sea have been 
examined by Mr. Lartet, whose work on the subject appeared in the 
year 1864; and by Dr. Fraas, whose report was published in 1867. 
Papers on the geology of Palestine by English travellers have also 
appeared in the quarterly journal of the Geological Society, and else- 
where, by Messrs. Duncan, Carter, Holland, Bauerman, Huddleston, 
and Milne. The Rev. Canon Tristram and Captain Conder have also 
furnished a large quantity of notes and information on the subject. 
5. The Committee of the Exploration Society have been fortunate 
in securing the services of Professor Hull, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., 
Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland, for this important work. 
He proposes to start about the middle of October, accompanied by his 
son, Dr. E. G. Hull, as medical adviser, and to proceed to examine the 
country from the south, namely, the Wady Arabah, which rans north- 
ward from Akabah to the southern shores of the Dead Sea. Here a base 
is found in the granites of the Sinai Peninsula. It will also be desirable 
to penetrate into Moab, along the border of which country the Nubian 
Sandstone comes to the surface; and most important data, bearing on the 
geological problems, may here be expected. After examining the Wady 
Arabah and the border of Moab the party will proceed, by the route which 
will appear to Professor Hull most convenient, to make the geological 
reconnaissance of Western Palestine. 
