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REPORT — 1901. 

 1. Receiving Grants of Money — continued. 



Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



To explore Irish Caves. 



[Collections to be placed in the 

 Science and Art Museum, Dub- 

 lin.] 



To consider the best Methods for 

 the Registration of all Type 

 Specimens of Fossils in the 

 British Isles, and to report on 

 the same. 



[Balance in hand.] 



To enable Mr. R. Gurney to work 

 at Excretion in Crustacea, Mr. 

 Wallace to investigate Vivi- 

 parous Fishes, and to aid other 

 competent investigator, to carry 

 on definite pieces of work at the 

 Zoological Station at Naples. 



To enable Mr. R. C. Punnctt to 

 continue his inrestigations on 

 the pelvic plexus of Elasmo- 

 branch fishes, and to enable 

 other competent naturalists to 

 perform definite pieces of work 

 at the Marine Laboratory, 

 Plymouth. 



[Balance, 8^. 5*., in hand.] 



CoKpilation of an Index Generum 

 et Specierum Animalium. 



To work out the details of the 

 Observations on the Migration 

 of Birds at Lighthouses and 

 Lightships, 1880-87. 



To investigate the structure, for- 

 mation, and growth of the Coral 

 Reefs of the Indian Region, 

 with special observations on the 

 inter-relationship of the reef 

 organisms, the depths at which 

 they grow, the food of corals, 

 effects of currents and character 

 of the ocean bottom, &c. The 

 land flora and fauna will be 

 collected, and it is intended 

 that observations shall be made 

 on the manners, k.c., of the 

 natives in the different parts 

 of the Maldive group. 



Chairman. — Dr. R. F. Scharff. 

 Secretary. — Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger. 

 Mr. G. Coffey, Professor Grenville 



Cole, Dr. Cunningham, Mr. G. 



W. Lamplugh, Mr. A. McHenry, 



and Mr R. J. Ussher. 



Chairman. — Dr. H. Woodward. 



Secretary. — Mr. A. Smith Wood- 

 ward. 



Rev.G. F. Whidborne, Mr. R. Kid- 

 ston, Professor H. G. Seeley, IMr. 

 H. Woods, and Rev. J. F. Blake. 



W. 



A. 



Chairman. — Professor 

 Herdman. 



Secretary. — ProfessorG.B. Howes. 



Professor E. Ray Lankester, Pro- 

 fessor W. F. R. Weldon, Pro- 

 fessor S. J. Hickson, Mr. A. 

 Sedgwick, and Professor W. C. 

 Mcintosh. 



Chairman. — Sir. W. Garstang. 

 Secretary. — Mr. W. Garstang. 

 Professor E. Ray Lankester, 



Professor Sydney H. Vines, Mr. 



A. Sedgwick, and Professor W. 



F. K. Weldon. 



Chairman. — Dr. H. Woodward. 

 Secretari/. — Mr. F. A. Bather. 

 Dr. P. L. Sclater, Rev. T. R. R. 



Stebbing, Mr. R. McLachlan, 



and Mr. W. E. Hoyle. 



Chairman. — Professor A. Newton. 

 Secretary. — Rev. E. P. Knubley. 

 Mr. John A. Harvie- Brown, JMr. 



R. M. Barrington, Mr. A. H. 



Evans, and Dr. H. 0. Forbes. 



Chairman. — Mr. A. Sedgwick. 

 Secretary. — J. Graham Kerr. 

 Professor J. W. Judd, Mr. J. J. 



Lister, Mr. Francis Darwin. Dr. 



S. F. Harmer, Professors A. 



Macalister, W. A. Herdman, and 



S. J. Hickson. 



Grants 



£ f. (/. 

 45 



100 



100 



15 



50 



