114 EEPORT— 1889. 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Newton, Mr. John 

 CoEDEAUX {Secretary), Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, Mr. R. M. 

 Barrington, Mr. W. E. Clarke, and the Eev. E. P. Knubley, 

 appointed to make a digest of the observations on Migration of 

 Birds at Lighthouses and Lightvessels tvhich have been carried 

 on during the past nine years by the Migrations Committee of 

 the British Association {with the consent of the Master and 

 Elder Brethren of the Trinity House and the Commissioners of 

 Northern and Irish Lights), and to report upon the same. 



Tour Committee have to report that one of their number, Mr. W. Eagle 

 Clarke, of the Museum of Science and Art at Edinburgh, has, with the 

 approbation of your Committee, undertaken to prepare the digest of the 

 observations ; and all the materials for making the same, including 1,500 

 skeleton maps of the British Islands, provided for the purpose, have 

 accordingly been placed in his hands. The labour of reducing the obser- 

 vations, to show in a concise form and on strictly scientific lines the results 

 of the investigation which was carried on from 1879 to 1887 inclusive, 

 will be easily understood to be enormous ; and when it is borne in mind 

 that this heavy work can only be carried on after official hours, your Com- 

 mittee feel that no apology is necessary for the non-completion of the 

 digest this year. They would respectfully solicit their reappointment 

 •with the same object as before. 



Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Foster, 

 Professor Bayley Balfour, Mr. Thiselton-Dyer, Dr. Trimen, 

 Professor Marshall Ward, Mr. Carruthers, Professor Hartog, 

 and Professor Bower {Secretary), apjjointed for the jpurpose of 

 taking steps for the establishment of a Botanical Station at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon. 



The Secretary of the above Committee reports that Mr. Potter, of St. 

 Peter's College, Cambridge, has, during the past year, spent about four 

 months at Peradeniya, for purposes of collection and research, and that 

 he has brought back with him a large number of specimens, together 

 with materials for researches on abnormal stems, and other subjects, the 

 results of which will be published as soon as time permits. Before he 

 started, steps were taken to provide him from the grant of 501. (which was 

 drawn in 1888) with such apparatus as would be useful to him, and at 

 the same time would remain permanently in the laboratory for the use of 

 those who may follow him. This apparatus, which covers the ordinary 

 requirements of a working botanist, has been left by him in good order. 

 A suitable room having been set apart by Dr. Trimen in the Botanic 

 Garden, part of the grant was expended in furnishing it, and the 

 furniture remains in the laboratory. Thus the Committee has been able, 

 by an expenditure which is within the limits of the grant, to equip a 

 small room in such a way as to meet the first needs of botanical students. 

 There is much, however, that should be added, both in reagents and 

 apparatus ; while a proper water supply and sink are also urgently re- 

 quired. Therefore the Committee, while requesting that they may be 

 reapcoiuted for the ensuing year, ask also for a further grant of 601. 



