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 Third Keport of the Committee, consisting of Sir Joseph D. Hooker, Sii- 

 John Lubbock, Sir George Nares, General J. T. Walker, Sir Leopold 

 McClintock, Admiral Sir George H. Richards, Professor Flower, Pro- 

 fessor Huxley, Dr. Sclater, Professor Moselet, Mr. John Mtjrrat, 

 General Strachet, Sir William Thomson, and Admiral Sir Erasmus 

 Ommannet (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of drawing attention to 

 the desirability of prosecuting further research in the Antarctic Regions ... 316 

 Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. Alex. Buchan, Professor 

 McKendrick, Professor Chrystal, and Dr. John Murray (Secretary), ap- 

 pointed for the purpose of aidiug in the maintenance of the establishment 



of a Marine Biological Station at Granton, Scotland 319 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. H. Bauerman, Mr. F. W. Rudler, 

 Mr. J. J. H. Teall, and Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, appointed for the in- 

 vestigation of the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its neighbourhood. 



(Drawn up by Dr. II. J. Johnsxon-Lavis, M.D., F.G.S., Secretary) 320 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. John Murray (Secretary), 

 Professor Chrystal, Dr. A. Buchan, Rev. C. J. Steward, the Hon. R. 

 Abercromby, Mr. J. Y. Buchanan, Mr. David Cunningham, Mr. Isaac 

 Roberts, Dr. H. R. Mill, and Professor Fitzgerald, appointed to arrange 

 an investigation of the Seasonal Variations of Temperature in Lakes, Rivers, 

 and Estuaries in various parts of the United Kingdom in co-operation with 



the local societies represented on the Association 326 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. J. W. Davis, Mr. W. Cash, 

 Dr. H. Hicks, Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, Mr. Clement Reid, Dr. H. Wood- 

 ward, and Mr. T. Botnton, appointed for the purpose of investigating an 

 ancient Sea-beach near Bridlington Quay. (Drawn up by G. W. Lamplugh, 



Secretary) " 328 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Lankester, Professor 

 Milnes Marshall, Mr. Sedgwick, and Mr. G. H. Fowler (Secretary), 

 appointed for the purpose of investigating the Developrnent of the Oviduct 



and connected structures in certain iresh- water Teleostei 338 



Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors Armstrong, Lodge, 

 Sir William Thomson, Lord Rayleigh, Fitzgerald, J. J. Thomson, 

 Schuster, Poynting, Crum Brown, Ramsay, Frankland, Tilden, 

 Hartley, S. P. Thompson, McLeod, Roberts- Austen, Rtjcker, Reinold, 

 Carey Foster, and H. B. Dixon, Captain Abney, Drs. Gladstone, Hop- 

 KINSON, and Fleming, and Messrs. Crookes, Shelford Bidwell, W. N. 

 Shaw, J. Lakmor, J. T. Botxomley, R. T. Glazebrook, J. Brown, E. J. 

 Love, and John M. Thomson, appointed for the purpose of considering 



the subject of Electrolysis in its Physical and Chemical Bearings 339 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Messrs. W. Careuthers, W. F. R. 

 Weldon, J. G. Baker, G. M. Murray, and W. T. Thiselton-Dyer (Secre- 

 tary), appointed for the purpose of exploring the Flora of the Bahamas 361 



Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors Schaper (Secretary), 

 Michael Foster, and Lankester and Dr. AV. D. Halliburton, ap- 

 pointed for the purpose of investigating the Physiology of the Lymphatic 



System. (Drawn up by Dr. W. D. Halliburton) 363 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor T. G. Bonney, Mr. J. J. H. 

 Teall, and Professor J. F. Blake (Secretary), appointed to mvestigate 

 the Microscopic Structure of the Older Rocks of Anglesey. (Drawn up by 



the Secretary) ^^' 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Thiselton-Dyer (Secretary), Mr. 

 Carruthers, Mr. Ball, Professor Oliver, and Mr. Forbes, appointed for 

 the purpose of continuing the preparation of a Report on our present know- 

 ledge of the Flora of China *20 



Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Foster, Professor 



