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REPORT — 1889. 



1. Receirhif/ Grants of Money — continued. 



Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



To work the very fossiliferous 

 transition bed between the 

 Middle and Upper Lias in Nortli- 

 amptnnsbire, in order to obtain 

 a full series of Upper Liassic 

 Gasteropods, and fix the hori- 

 zon of a fine collection of Liassic 

 Fish. 



To arrange for the Occupation of 

 a Table at the Laboratory of the 

 Marine Biological Association 

 at Plymouth, and to nominate 

 students to work thereat. 



For taking steps to establish a 

 Botanical Station at Peradeniya, 

 Ceylon. 



To improve and experiment with 

 a Deep-sea Tow-net. 



To arrange for the Occupation of a 

 Table at the Zoological Station 



at Naples. 



To report on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the Zoology 

 and Botany of the West India 

 Islands, and to take steps to in- 

 vestigate ascertained deficien- 

 cies in the Fauna and Flora. 



The best method of ascertaining 

 and measuring Variations in the 

 Value of the Monetary Standard. 



Inquiring and reporting as to the 

 Statistical Data available for 

 determining the Amount of the 

 Precious Metals in use as Money 

 in the principal countries of the 

 world, the chief forms in which 

 the money is employed, and 

 the amount annually used in 

 the arts. 



Members of the Committee 



Chairman. — Dr. H. Woodward. 



Secretary. — Mr. Beeby Thompson. 



Messrs. W. D. Crick, T. G. George, 

 W. Htill, E. A. Walford, E. Wil- 

 son, and H. B. W^oodward. 



Chairman. — Professor Flower. 

 Secretary. — Mr. S. F. Harmer. 

 Professors M. Foster, E. Kay Lan- 

 kester, and S. H. Vines. 



Chairman. — Professor M. Foster. 



Secretary. — Professor F. O. Bower. 



Professor Bayley Balfour, Mr. Thisel- 

 ton-Dyer, Dr. Trimen, Professor 

 Marshall Ward, Mr. Carruthers, 

 and Professor Hartog. 



Chairman. — Professor Haddon. 

 Secretary. — Mr. W. E. Hoyle. 

 Professor W. A. Herdman. 



Chairman. — Dr. P. L. Sclater. 

 Secretary. — Mr. Percy Sladen. 

 Professors E.Kay Lankestur, J. Cos- 



sar Ewart and M. Foster, Mr. A. 



Sedgwick, and Professor A. M. 



Marshall. 



Chairman. — Professor Flower. 



Secretary. — Mr. D. Morris. 



Mr. Carruthers, Dr. Sclater, Mr. 

 Thiselton-Dyer, Dr. Sharp, Mr. F. 

 Du Cane Godman, Professor New- 

 ton, Dr. A. Giinther, and Colonel 

 Fielden. 



Chairman. — Dr. Giffen. 



Secretary.— Viot. F. Y. Edgeworth. 



Mr. S. Bourne, Professor H. S. Fox- 

 well, Professor Alfred Marshall, 

 Mr. J. B. Martin, Professor J. S. 

 Nicholson, Mr. R. H. Inglis Pal- 

 grave, and Professor H. Sidgwick. 



Chairman. — Dr. Giffen. 



Secretary.— Troi. F. Y. Edgeworth. 



Mr. S. Bourne, Professor H. S. Fox- 

 well, Professor Alfred Llarshall, 

 Mr. J. B. Martin, Professor J. S. 

 Nicholson, Mr. R. H. Inglis Pal- 

 grave, and Professor H. Sidgwick. 



Grants 



£ 

 25 



30 



50 



10 



100 



100 



10 



15 



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