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 Avebuey, Professor W. Ridgeway, Dr. J. G. Garson, Dr. A. J. 

 Evans, Dr. R. Munro, Professor Boyd Dawkins, and Mr. A. L. 

 Lewis, appointed to conduct Explorations with the object of 

 ascertaining the Age of Stone Circles. (Drawn up by the Secretary)... 264 



Archaeological and Ethnological Investigations in Sardinia. — Report of 

 the Committee, consisting of Mr. D. G. Hogarth (Chairman), 

 Professor R. C. Bosanquet (Secretary), Drs. T. Ashby, W. L. H. 

 Duckworth, and F. C. Shrubsall, and Professor J. L. Myres 264 



Ethnographic Survey of Canada. — Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Rev. Dr. G. Bryce (Chairman), Mr. E. S. Hartland (Secretary), 

 Dr. P. H. Bryce, Mi-. C. Hill-Tout, Dr. B. Sulter, Professor J. L. 

 Myres, Dr. A. C. Haddon, Dr. F. C. Shrubsall, Professor H. Mont- 

 gomery, Mr. A. F. Hunter, Dr. J. Maclean, and the Hon. 

 David Laird 265 



Notes and Queries in Anthropology. — Report of the Committee, consist- 

 ing of Dr. C. H. Read (Chairman), Professor J. L. Myres (Secre- 

 tary), Mr. E. N. Fallaize, Dr. A. C. Haddon, Mr. T. A. Joyce, and 

 Drs. C. S. Myers, W. H. R. Rivers, C. G. Seligmann, and F. C. 

 Shrubsall, appointed to prepare a New Edition of Notes and Queries 

 in Anthr op ology 266 



The Establishment of a System of Measuring Mental Characters.— 

 Report of the Committee consisting of Dr. W. McDougall (Chair- 

 man), Mr. J. Gray (Secretary), Mr. W. Brown, Miss Cooper, 

 Dj-. C. W. Kimmins, Dr. C. S. Myers, Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, 

 Dr. W. G. Smith, Dr. C. Spearman, and Mir. W. H. Winch 267 



The Ductless Glands. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor 

 Schafer (Chairman), Professor Swale Vincent (Secretary), Pro- 

 fessor A. B. Macallum, Dr. L. E. Shore, and Mrs. W. H. Thompson. 

 (Drawn up by the Secretary) 267 



Anaesthetics. -Second Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of 

 Dr. A. D. Waller (Chairman), Dr. F. W. Hewitt (Secretary), 

 Dr. Blumfeld, Mr. J. A. Gardner, and Dr. J. A. Buckmaster, 

 appointed to acquire further knowledge, Clinical and Experimental, 

 concerning Anaesthetics — especially Chloroform, Ether, and Alcohol 

 — with Special Reference to Deaths by or during Anaesthesia, and 

 their possible Diminution 268 



Appendix I. — On the Principles of Anaethesia by Ether Vapour. 



By Dr. A. D. Waller 270 



,, II. — On the Rate of Assumption of Chloroform by the 

 Blood ; and the Percentages of Chloroform found 

 in the Blood of Cats at the Asphyxial Point, using 

 different Strengths of Chloroform-Air Mixture 

 By Dr. G. A. Buckmaster and Mr. J. A. Gardner 275 



