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RESEAKCH COMMITTEES. 

 1. Meceiving Grants of Money — continued. 



Subject for Investigation, or Purpose 



To investigate the Feeding Habits 

 of British Birds by a study of 

 the contents of the crops and 

 gizzards of both adults and 

 nestlings, and by the collation 

 of observational evidence, with 

 the object of obtaining precise 

 knowledge as to the economic 

 status of many of our commoner 

 birds affecting rural science. 



Members of Committee 



CItairman. — Dr. A. E. Shipley. 

 Secretanj. — Mr. C. Gordon Hewitt. 

 Messrs. J. N. Halbert, Kobert 



Newstead, A. G. L. Rogers, and 



P. V. Theobald. 



Section E.— GEOGRAPHY. 



To carry on an Expedition to 

 investigate the Indian Ocean 

 between India and South Africa 

 in view of a possible land con- 

 nection, to examine the deep 

 submerged banks, the Nazareth 

 and Saya de Malha, and also the 

 distribution of Marine Animals. 



The Quantity and Composition of 

 Rainfall, and of Lake and River 

 Discharge. 



Chairman. — Sir John Murray. 35 



Secretary. — Mr. J. Stanley Gar- 

 diner. 



Captain E. W. Creak, Professors 

 W. A. Herdman, S. J. Hickson, 

 and J. W. Judd, Mr. J. J. Lister, 

 Dr. H. R. Mill, and Dr. David 

 Sharp. 



Chairman. — Sir John Murray. 10 



Secretaries. — Professor A. B. Mac- 

 allum and Dr. A. J. Herbertson. 



Professor W. M. Davis, Professor 

 P. F. Frankland, Mr. A. D. Hall, 

 Mr. N. F. Mackenzie, Mr. E. H. V. 

 Melville, Dr. H. R. Mill, Pro- 

 fessor A. Penck, Mr. A. Strahan, 

 and Mr. W. Whitaker. 



Section F.— ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 



The Amount of Gold Coinage in 

 Circulation in the United King- 

 dom. 



The Amount and Distribution of 

 Income (other than Wages) be- 

 low the Income-tax exemption 

 limit in the United Kingdom. 



C/iairma/L — Mr. R. H. Inglis Pal- 

 grave. 



Secretary. — Mr. H. Stanley Jevons. 



Professor Edgeworch and Messrs. 

 A.L. Bowley andD.H. Macgregor. 



Chairman. — Professor E. Cannan. 



Secretary. — Professor A. L. Bow- 

 ley. 



Messrs. W. G. S. Adams and A. B. 

 Clark and Professors F. Y. Edge- 

 worth and H. B. Lees Smith. 



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Section G.— ENGINEERING. 



The Investigation of Gaseous Ex- 

 plosions, with special reference 

 to Temperature. 



Chairman. — Sir W. H. Preece. 



Secretaries. — Mr. Dugald Clerk 

 and Professor B. Hopkinsou. 



Professors W. A. Bone, F. W. Bur- 

 stall, H. L. Callendar, B. G. 

 Coker, W. E. Dalby, and H. B. 

 Dixon, Drs. R. T. Glazebrook, 

 J. A. Harker, and H. S. Hele- 

 Shaw, Colonel H. C. L. Holden, 

 Mr. J. E. Petavel, Captain H. 

 Riall Sankey, ;ind Profesors A. 

 Smilhells and W. Watson. 



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