BECOMMENDATIOJSS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ixxxi 



That Professors Mcintosh, Allman, Lankester, Burdon Sanderson, 

 Cleland, Ewart, Stii'ling, McKendrick, Dr. Cleghorn and Dr. Traquair, 

 be a Committee for the purpose of carrying on researches on the develop- 

 ment of Fishes at the St. Andrews Mai-ine Laboratory ; that Professor 

 Mcintosh be the Secretary, and that the sum of 501. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors Newton and Flower, Mr. Carruthers, Mr. Sclater, and 

 Mr. Thiselton-Dyer be a Committee for the purpose of reporting on the 

 present State of our Knowledge of the Zoology aud Botany of the "West 

 India Islands, and taking steps to investigate ascertained deficiencies in 

 the Fauna and Flora ; that Mr. Thiselton-Dyer be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of 1001. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Messrs. W. Carruthers, W. F. R. Weldon, J. G. Baker, G. M. Murray, 

 and W. T. Thiselton-Dyer be a Committee for the purpose of exploring 

 the Flora of the Bahamas ; that Mr. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of 1001. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor E. Bay Lankester, Mr. P. L. Sclater, Professor M. 

 Foster, Mr. A. Sedgwick, Mr. Walter Heape, Professor A. C. Haddon, 

 Professor Moseley, and Mr. Percy Sladen be reappointed a Committee for 

 the purpose of making arrangements for assisting the Marine Biological 

 Association Laboratory at Plymouth ; that Mr. Percy Sladen be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of lOOZ. be placed at theii' disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. John Cordeaus, Professor A. Newton, Mr. J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown, Mr. W. E. Clarke, Mr. R. M. Barrington, and Mr. A. G. More be 

 reappointed a Committee for the purpose of obtaining (with the consent 

 of the Master and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House and the Com- 

 missioners of Northern and Irish Lights) Observations on Migration of 

 Birds at Lighthouses and Lightvessels, and of reporting on the same ; 

 that Mr. Cordeaux be the Secretary, and that the sum of 30Z. be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Thiselton-Dyer, Mr. Carruthers, Mr. Ball, Professor Oliver, 

 and Mr. Forbes be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of continuing 

 the preparation of a report on our present knowledge of the Flora of 

 China ; that Mr. Thiselton-Dyer be the Secretary, and that the sum of 

 751. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Ray Lankester, Mr. P. L. Sclater, Professor M. Foster, 

 Mr. A. Sedgwick, Professor A. M. Marshall, Professor A. C. Haddon, 

 Professor Moseley, and Mr. Percy Sladen be i-eapjDointed a Committee for 

 the purpose of arranging for the Occupation of a Table at the Zoological 

 Station at Naples ; that ]Mr. Percy Sladen be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of lOOZ. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That General J. T. Walker, General Sir J. H. Lefroy, Professor Sir 

 William Thomson, Mr. Alexander Bnchan, Mr. J. Y. Buchanan, Mr. 

 John Murray, Dr. J. Rae, Mr. H. W. Bates, Captain W. J. Dawson, Dr. 

 .A. Selwyn, and Professor C. Carpmael be reappointed a Committee for 

 the purpose of reporting upon the Depth of the permanently Frozen Soil 

 in the Polar Regions, its geographical limits, and relation to the present 

 poles of greatest cold ; that Sir Henry Lefroy be the Reporter and !Mr. 

 H. W. Bates the Secretary, and that the sum of 51. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. S. Bourne, Mr. F. T. Edgeworth (Secretary), Professor H. 

 S. Foxwell, Mr. Robert Giffeu, Professor Alfred Marshall, Mr. J. B. 



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