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REPORT—1890. 
1. Receiving Grants of Money—continued. 
Subject of Investigation or Purpose 
Members of the Committee 
To arrange for the Occupation of 
a Table at the Laboratory of the 
Marine Biological Association 
at Plymouth. 
For taking steps to establish a 
Botanical Station at Peradeniya, 
Ceylon. 
For improving and experimenting 
with a Deep-sea Tow-net for 
opening and closing under water. 
Disappearance of Native Plants 
from their Local Habitats. 
To report on the present state of 
our Knowledge of the Zoology 
of the Sandwich Islands, and to 
take steps to investigate ascer- 
tained deficiencies in the Fauna. 
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 Geography and the Habits, 
Customs, and Physical Charac- 
ters of the Nomad Tribes of Asia 
Minor and Northern Persia, and 
to excavate on sites of Ancient 
Occupation. 
The Action of Waves and Currents 
on the Beds and Foreshores of 
Estuaries by means of Working 
Models. 
| Editing anew Edition of ‘ Anthro- 
| pological Notes and Queries,’ 
Chairman.—Professor Flower. 
Secretary.—Mr. 8. F. Harmer. 
Professors M. Foster, E. Ray Lan- 
kester, and §. 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, 
Professor Hartog, and Mr. W. 
Gardiner. 
Chairman.—Professor A. C. Haddon. 
Secretary.—Mr. W. E. Hoyle. 
Professor W. A. Herdman. 
Chairman.—Mr. A. W. Wills. 
Secretary.—Professor W. Hillhouse. 
Messrs. E. W. Badger and George 
Claridge Druce. 
Chairman.—Professor Flower. 
Secretary.—Dr. David Sharp. 
Dr. Blanford, Dr. Hickson, Pro- 
fessor Newton, Mr. Salvin, and 
Dr. Sclater. 
Chairman.—Professor Flower. 
Secretary.—Mr. D. Mortis. 
Mr. Carruthers, Drs. Giinther and 
Sclater, Mr. Thiselton- Dyer, Dr 
Sharp, Mr. F. Du Cane Godman, 
Professor Newton, and Colonel 
Feilden. 
Chairman.—Dr. Garson. 
Secretary.—Mz. Bent. 
Messrs. H. W. Bates, Bloxam, and 
J. Stuart Glennie, Sir Frederic 
Goldsmid, and Messrs. Pengelly 
and Rudler. 
Chairman.—Sir J. N. Douglass. 
Secretary.—Professor Osborne Rey- 
nolds. | 
Professor Unwin and Messrs. W. 
Topley, E. Leader Williams, 
W. Shelford, G. F. Deacon, A. R. 
Hunt, W. H. Wheeler, W. Ander- 
son, and H. Bamford. 
Chairman.— Professor Flower. 
Secretary.— Dr. Garson. 
Dr. Beddoe, General Pitt-Rivers, Mr. 
Francis Galton,and Dr. H, B. Tylor. 
Grant 
50 
40 
100 
100 
30 
150 
