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 Madreporaria of the Bermuda Islands. — Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Professor S. J. Hickson (Chairman), Dr. W. E. Hotle (Secietary), Dr. 

 F. F. Blackman, Mr. J. S. Gardiner, Professor W. A. Herdman, Mr. A. C. 

 Sewabd, Professor C. S. Sherrington, and Mr. A. Q. Tanslet, appointed 

 to conduct an investigation into the Madreporaria of the Bermuda Islands 325 



Occupation of a Table at the Marine Laboratory, Plymouth. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Mr. W. Garstanq (Chairman and Secretary), 

 Professor E. Rat Lankester, Mr. A. Sedgwick, Professor Sydney H. 

 Vines, and Professor W. F. R. Weldon 325 



Colour Physiology of the Higher Crustacea. — Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Professor S. J. Hickson (Chairman), Dr. F. W. Gamble 

 (Secretary), Dr. W. E. Hoyle, and Mr. F. W. Keeble, appointed to enable 

 Dr. F. W. Gamble and Mr. Keeble to conduct Researches on the relation 

 between Respiratory Phenomena and Colour Changes in the Higher 

 Crustacea 325 



The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa, with special reference to those of the 

 Zambesi. — Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. A. 

 BouLENGER (Chairman), Dr. J. D. F, Gilchrist (Secretary), and Mr. W. L. 

 Sclater 326 



Zoology Organisation. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors 

 E. Ray Lankester (Chairman), S. J. Hickson (Secretary), T. W. Bridge, 

 J. CossAR Ewart, M. Hartog, W. a. Herdsian, and J. Graham Kerr, 

 Mr. O. H. Latter, Professor E. A. Minchin, Dr. P. C. Mjtchell, Professor 

 C. Lloyd Morgan, Professor E. B. Poitlton, Mr. A. Sedgwick, Mr. A. E. 

 Shipley, and Rev. T. R. R.Stebbing 326 



The Influence of Salt and other Solutions on the Development of the Frog. — 

 Report of theCommittee, consisting of Professor G. C. Bourne (Chairman), 

 Mr. J. W. Jenkinson (Secretary), and Professor S. J. Hickson. (Drawn 

 up by the Secretary.).., 327 



I. On the Effect of certain Solutions upon the Developing Egg 327 



II. On the Symmetry of the Egg and the Symmetry of the Embryo ... 328 



Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Professor S. J. Hiceson (Chairman), Rev. T. R. R. 

 Stebbing (Secretary), Professor E. Ray Lankester, Professor W. F. R. 

 Weldon, Mr. A. Sedgwick, Professor W. C. McIntosh, and Mr. G. P. 

 Bidder 329 



Report of Mr.G. P. Farran 329 



Report of Professor J. Arthur Thomson 329 



Report of Mr. E. S. Goodeich, F.R.S 330 



Report of Dr. J. H. Ashworth 330 



The Quantity and Composition of Rainfall and of Lake and River Discharge. 

 — Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir John Murray 

 (Chairman), Professor A. B. Macallum and Dr. A. J. Herbertson 

 (Secretaries), Sir B. Baker, Professor W. M. Davis, Professor P. F. 

 Frankland, Mr. A. D. Hall, Mr. E. H. "V. Melville, Dr. H. R. Mill, 

 Professor A. Penck, and Mr. W. Whitaker 330 



Investigations in the Indian Ocean. — First Repo-t of the Committee, consist- 

 ing of Sir John Murray (Chairman), Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner (Secre- 

 tary), Captain E. W. Creak, Professors W. A. Herdman, S. J. Hickson, 

 and J. W. JuDD, Mr. J. J. Lister, and Dr. H. R. Mill, 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 Nazareth and Saya de Malha, and also the distribution of Marino 

 Animals 331 



