CONTENTS. V 



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 Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. David Gill, Professor G. Forbes, 

 Mr. Howard Grubb, and Mr. 0. PL Gimingham (with power to add to 

 their number), appointed to consider the question of Pmprovements in 

 Astronomical Clocks 13P 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor G. Forbes (Secretary), Pro- 

 fessor W. G. Adams, and Mr. W. E. Ayrton, appointed for the purpose of 

 improving an Pnstrument for detecting the presence of Fire-damp in Mines . 13P 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. W. Chandler Roberts, F.R.S. 

 (Secretary), Dr. C. R. Alder Wright, and Mr. A. P. Luff, appointed for 

 the purpose of investigating the Chemistry of some of the lesser-known 

 Alkaloids, especially Veratria and Beheerine 133 



Seventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Prestwich, 

 Professor Hughes, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, Professor L. C. Miall, 

 Rev. H. W. Crosskey, Messrs. W. Pengelly, W. Molyneux, D. 

 Mackintosh, R. H. Tiddeman, J. E. Lee, and J. Plant, and Dr. Deane, 

 appointed for the purpose of recording the position, height above the sea, 

 lithological characters, size and origin of the Erratic Blocks of England, 

 Wales, and Ireland, reporting other matters of interest connected with the 

 same, and taking measures for their preservation. Drawn up by the Rev. 

 H. W. Crosskey (Secretary) 135 



Fifteenth Report of the Committee, consisting of John Evans, F.R.S., Sir 

 John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., Edward Vivian, M.A., George Busk, 

 F.R.S., William Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., William Ayshford Sanford, 

 F.G.S., John Edward Lee, F.G.S., and William Pengelly, F.R.S. 

 (Reporter), appointed for the purpose of exploring Kent's Cavern, Devon- 

 shire 140 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. John Evans, Sir John Lubbock, 

 Major-General Lane Fox, Mr. George Busk, Professor W. Boyd Daw- 

 kins, Mr. Pengelly, and Mr. A. AV. Franks, appointed for exploring cer- 

 tain Caves in Borneo 149 



Fifth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Hull, Rev. H. W. 

 Crosskey, Captain D. Galton, Mi-. Glaisher, Mr. H. H. Howell, Profes- 

 sor G. A. Lebour, Mr. W. Molyneux, Mr. Morton, Mr. 1. Roberts, Mr. 

 Pengelly, Professor Prestwich, Mr. James Plant, Mr. Mellard Reade, 

 Mr. W. Whitaker, and Mr. De Rance (Reporter), appointed for investiga- 

 ting the Circulation of the Underground Waters in the Jurassic, New Red 

 Sandstone, and Permian Formations of England, and the Quantity and 

 Character of the Waters supplied to various Towns and Districts from these 

 Formations 155 



Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. Maxwell Close, Professor 

 W. C. Williamson, and Mr. W. H. Baily, appointed for the purpose of 

 collecting and reporting on the Tertiary (Miocene) Flora, &c, of the Basalt 

 of the North of Ireland. Drawn up by Wu. Helller Baily, F.L.S., F.G.S. 

 (Secretary) 162 



Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. H. T. Barnes-Lawrence, Mr. 

 Spence Bate, Mr. H. E. Dresser (Secretary), Mr. J. E. Harting, Dr. 

 Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. J. G. Shaw Lefevre, M.P., Professor Newton, and 

 the Rev. Canon Tristram, appointed by the Council for the purpose of 

 inquiring into the possibility of establishing a Close Time for the Protection 

 of Indigenous Animals 165 



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Report of Committee, consisting of Mi-. 0. Spence Bate, and Mr. J. Brooking 

 Rowe, appointed for the purpose of Exploring the Marine Zoology of Devon 

 and Cornwall , 165 



