198 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCH. 
Zoology Organisation.—Interim Report of the Committee, 
consisting of Sir E. Ray LANKESTER (Chairman), Professor 
S. J. Hickson (Secretary), Professors G. C. BouRNE, T. W. 
Brince, J. Cossar Ewart, M. Hartoa, W. A. Herpman, and 
J. Grawam Kerr, Mr. O. H. Larrer, Professor Mincutn, Dr. 
P. C. MitcHEt, Professors C. Luoyp Moraan, E. B. Povunton, 
and A. SEpGwick, Dr. A. E. Sarpiey, and Rev. T. R. R. 
STEBBING. 
Durine the past session the Committee have had several matters of im- 
portance under consideration, but it was not considered necessary 10 
summon a general meeting of zoologists. 
A meeting of the Committee was held in Cambridge on June 22, when 
it was decided to ask for reappointment without a grant. 
Occupation of a Table at the Marine Laboratory, Plymouth.— 
Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. DENDY 
(Chairman and Secretary), Sir E. Ray LANKESTER, Professor 
A. SEDGWIcK, and Professor SypNEY H. VINEs. 
Since the date of our last report the British Association’s table at the 
Plymouth Marine Laboratory has been occupied for a fortnight by Miss 
May E. Bainbridge, who was engaged in investigating the Copepod 
parasites of fishes. An application from Mr. J. S. Dunkerly for the 
use of the table during the month of August, for the purpose of in- 
vestigating the life-history of the Flagellate Protozoa, has lately been 
granted. 
Investigations in the Indian Ocean.—Fourth Report of the Com- 
mittee, consisting of Sir JoHN Murray (Chairman), Mr. J. 
STANLEY GARDINER (Secretary), Captain E. W. CReak, 
Professors W. A. Herpman, S. J. Hickson, and J. W. Jupp, 
Mr. J. J. Lister, Dr. H. R. Mitu, and Dr. D. SHARP, 
appointed to carry on an Expedition to investigate the Indian 
Ocean between India and South Africa in view of a possible 
land connection, to examine the deep submerged banks, the 
Nayareth and Saya de Matha, and also the distribution of 
marine animals. 
THE Committee have received the following communication from Mr. 
J. Stanley Gardiner, who has had charge of the work :— 
The further expedition to the Indian Ocean, determined upon in 
1907, has now been brought to a satisfactory conclusion. Accom- 
panied by Mr. H. Scott and Mr. J. C. F. Fryer, I arrived at Seychelles 
