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REPORT — 1888. 

 2. Not receiving Grants of Money. — continued. 



Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



Members of the Committee 



The Rate of Erosion of the Sea-coasts of 

 England and Wale?, and the Influence 

 of the Artificial Abstraction of 

 Shingle or other material in that 

 action. 



The Flora of the Carboniferous Eocks 

 of Lancashire and West Yorkshire. 



The Development of the Oviduct and 

 connected Structures in certain Fresh- 

 water Teleostei. 



Taking steps for the Establishment 

 of a Botanical Station at Peradeniya, 

 Ceylon. 



To make a Digest of the Observations 

 on Migrations of P>irds at Lighthouses 

 and Light-vessels, which have been 

 carried on during the past nine years 

 by the Migrations Committee of the 

 British Association (with the consent 

 of the Masters and Elder Brethren 

 of the Trinity House, and the Com- 

 missioners of" Northern Lights), and 

 to report upon the same at New- 

 castle. 



Collecting Information as to the Dis- 

 appearance of Native Plants from 

 their Local Habitats. 



The Teaching of Science in Elementary 

 Schools. 



Chmrman.—yir. K. B. Grantham. 

 Secretaries.— 'iileasTS. C. E. De Ranee and 



W. Topley. 

 Messrs. J. B. Redman, W. Whitaker, and 



J.W.Woodall, Maj.-Gen. Sir A. Clarke, 



Admiral Sir E. Ommanney, Sir J. N. 



Douglass, Capt. Sir G. Nares, Capt. 



J. Parsons, Capt. W. J. L. Wharton, 



Professor J. Prestwich, and Messrs. E. 



Easton, J. S. Valentine, and L. F. 



Vernon Harcourt. 



ClMlrman.—Vxoiessor W. C. Williamson. 

 Secretary. — Mr. W. Cash. 



Chairman. — Professor Lankester. 

 Secretary.— ^Ir. G. H. Fowler. 

 Professor Milnes Marshall and Mr. Sedg- 

 wick. 



Chairman. — Professor M. Foster. 



Secretary. — Professor F. O. Bower. 



Professor Bayley Balfour, Mr. Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Dr. Trimen, Professor Marshall 

 Ward, Mr. Carruthers, and Professor 

 Hartog. 



Chairman. — Professor Newton. 

 Secretary. — Mr. John Cordeaux. 

 Mr. Harvie-Brown, Mr. R. M. Barrington, 

 llr. W. E. Clarke, and Rev. E. P. 



Knubley. 



Chairman.— ^iT. A. W. Wills. 

 Secretary. — Professor W. Uillhouse. 

 Mr. E. W. Badger. 



Chairman.— T)T. J. H. Gladstone. 



Secretary.— ?roiessor Armstrong. 



Mr. S. Bourne, Miss Becker, Sir J. Lub- 

 bock, Dr. Crosskey, Sir R. Temple, Sir 

 H. E. Roscoe, Mr. J. Heywood, and 

 Professor N. Story Maskelyne. 



Other Resolutions adopted by the General Committee. 



That it is desirable that the Association should become a Governor of the Marine 

 Biological Association, and that a grant of 200/. be made to the Marine Biological 

 Association with that view. 



