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 The Lake Village at Glastonbury. — Eighth Report of the Committee, consist- 

 ing of Dr. R. MuNKO (Chairman), Professor W. BorD Dawkins (Secretary), 

 Sir John Evans, Dr. Arthur J. Evans, Mr. Henry Balfotjr, Mr. C. H. 

 Read, and Mr. Arthur Bulleid. (Drawn up by Mr. Arthur Bulleid and 

 Mr. H. St. George Gray.) 410 



The Ductless Glands. — Second Interim Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Professor Schafer (Chairman), Professor Swale Vincent (Secretary), 

 Professor A. B. Macallum, Dr. L. E. Shore, and Mr. J. Barcroet. 

 (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 423 



The Effect of Climate upon Health and Disease. — Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Sir T. Lauder Brunton (Chairman), Mr. J. Barcroft 

 (Secretary); Colonel D. Bru-ce, Dr. A. Buchan, Dr. F. Campbell, Sir 

 Kendal Franks, Professor J. G. McKendrick, Sir A. Mitchell, Dr. 

 W. 0. F. Murray, Dr. Porter, Dr. A. J. Wright, and the Heads of the 

 Tropical Schools of Liverpool and London 424 



The ' Metabolic Balance Sheet' of the Lidividual Tissues. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Professor F. Gotch (Chairman), Mr. J. Barcroft 

 (Secretary), Sir Michael Foster, and Professor E. H. Starling. 

 (Drawn up by Dr. F. G. Hopkins and the Secretary) 426 



The State of Solution of Proteids. — Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Professor Halliburton (Chairman), Professor Waymouth Reid 

 (Secretary), and Professor ScHAFER. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 428 



Peat Moss Deposits. — Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of Pro- 

 fessor R. J. Harvey Gibson (Chairman), Professor R. H. Yapp 

 (Secretary), Professor J. R. Green, and Mr. Clement Reid, appointed 

 to investigate the Peat Moss Deposits in the Cross Fell, Caithness, and 

 Isle of Man Districts 430 



Research on South African Cycads. — Interim Report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Mr. A. C. Seward (Chairman), Mr. R. P. Gregory (Secretary), 

 Dr. D. H. Scott, and Dr. W. H. Lang 431 



The Structure of Fossil Plants.— Second Interim Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Dr. D. H. Scott (Chairman), Professor F. W.Oliver (Secre- 

 tary), Messrs. E. Newell Arber and A. C. Seward, and Professor F. E. 

 Weiss 432 



Botanical Photographs. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor 

 L. C. Miall (Chairman), Professor F. E. Weiss (Secretary), Mr. Francis 

 Darwin, Mr. W. G. Smith, and Mr. A. G. Tansley, for the Registration 

 of Negatives of Photographs of Botanical Interest. (Drawn up by the 

 Secretary.) 433 



The Conditions of Health essential to the carrying on of the Work of Instruction 

 in Schools. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Sherrington 

 (Chairman), Mr. E. White Wallis (Secretary), Sir Edward Brabrgoe, 

 Dr. C. W. KiMMiNs, Professor L. 0. Miall, and Miss Maitland 433 



Studies most suitable for Elementary Schools.— Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Sir Philip Magnus (Chairman), Mr. VV. Mayhowe Heller 

 (Secretary), Sir AV. db W. Abney, Mr. R. H. Adie, Professor H. E. 

 Armstrong, Miss A. J. Cooper, Miss L. J. Clarke, Mr. George Fletcher, 

 Professor R. A. Gregory, Principal Griffiths, Mr, A. D. Hall, Dr. A. J. 

 Herbeetson, Dr. C. W. Kimmins, Professor J. Perry, Mrs. W. N. Shaw, 

 Professor A. Smithells, Dr. Lloyd Snape, Principal Reichel, Mr. H. 

 Richardson, Mr. Harold Wager, Miss Edna Walter, and Professor 

 W. W. Watts, appointed to report upon the Course of Experimental, 

 Observational, and Practical Studies most suitable for Elementary Schools 438 



