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REPORT 1889. 



2. l^ot recehnng Grants of Money. — continued. 





Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



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. 



Reporting on the Tertiary and Second- 

 ary Plants of the United Kingdom, 

 and on the Higher Eocene Beds of the 

 Isle of Wight, 



To consider the best methods for the 

 registration of all Type Specimens of 

 Fossils in the British Isles, and to re- 

 port on the same. 



To make a Digest of the Observations on 

 the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses 

 and Light-vessels, which have been 

 carried on by the Migration Commit- 

 tee of the British Association, and to 

 report upon the same at Leeds. 



Collecting Information as to the Dis- 

 appearance of Native Plants from 

 their Local Habitats. 



The Invertebrate Fauna and Cryptoga- 

 mic Flora of the Fresh Waters of the 

 British Isles. 



To reprint the Rules of Zoological No- 

 menclature, if required. 



The Teaching of Science in Elementary 

 Schools. 



Ascertainingand recording the localities 

 in the British Islands in which evi- 

 dences of the existence of Prehistoric 

 Inhabitants of the country are found. 



Members of the Committee 



Chairman. — Mr. R. B. Grantham. 

 Secretaries.— TAessrs. 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. 



Chairman.— T>r. H. Woodward. 

 Secretary. — Mr. J. S. Gardner. 

 Professor J. W. Judd and Messrs. W. 

 Carruthers and C. Reid. 



Chairman. — Dr. Woodward. 

 Secretary.— 'Kt. J. E. Marr. 

 Mr. R. Etheridge, the Rev. G. F. Whid- 

 borne, and Mr. R. Kidston. 



Chairman. — Professor Newton. 

 Secretary. — Mr. John Cordeaux. 

 Messrs. John A. Harvie-Brown, R. M. 



Barrington and W. E. Clarke and the 



Rev. E. P. Knubley. 



Chairman. — Mr. A. W. Wills. 

 &c»'rfar(/.— Professor W. Hillhouse. 

 Messrs. E. W. Badger and George Clar- 

 ridge Druce. 



Chairman. — Canon A. M. Norman. 



Secretary. — Professor J. C. Ewart. 



Professors I. B. Balfour, J. Geikie, A. C. 

 Haddon, W. R. McNab, W. J. Sollas, 

 and Lap worth, Dr. H. Scott, and Mr. 

 F. E. Beddard. 



Chairman. — Canon Norman. 

 Secretary. — Mr. Howard Saunders. 

 Mr. 0. Salvin and Professor Newton. 



Cliairman. — Dr. J. H. Gladstone. 



Secretary. — Professor Armstrong. 



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

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

 H. E. Roscoe, Mr. J. Hey wood, and 

 Professor N. Story Maskelj'ne. 



Chairman. — Sir John Lubbock. 



Secretary. — Mr. J. W. Davis. 



Dr. J. Evans, Professor Boyd Dawkins, 

 Dr. R. Munro, Messrs. Pengelly and 

 Hicks, Prof essor Meldola,and Dr. M air- 

 head. 



