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 Report of the Committee, consistinpf of ]\Ir. Sclater, Dr. G. Ha^tlaub, Sir 

 Joseph Hooker,- Captain F. M. Hunter, and Lieut. -Col. H. H. Godwin- 

 Attsten, appointed to take steps for the Im'estigation of the Natui'al History 

 of Socotra 212 



Report of the Committee, consisting of the Right Hon. A. J, Mundella, 

 M.P., James Hetwood, Esq., F.R.S., Stephen Bourne, Esq., Chas. 

 DoNCAsiER, Esq., Rev. A. Bourne, Taiso Masaki, Esq., Constantine 

 MoLLOx, Esq., R. J. Pte-Smith, Esq., Dr. Hancock, and Robert AViekin- 

 80N, Esq. (Secretary), appointed to consider and report on the German 

 and other systems of teaching the Deaf to speak 216 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. James Hetwood, Mr. Shaen, 

 Mr. Stephen Boxtrnd, Mr. Wilkinson, the Rev. W. Delant, and Dr. J. 

 H. Gladstone (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of reporting whether 

 it is important that H.M. Inspectors of Elementary Schools should be ap- 

 pointed with reference to their ability for examining in the scientific specific 

 subjects of the Code in addition to other matters 219 



On the Anthracite Coal and Coal-field of South Wales. By 0. H. Perkins 220 



Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of the Crustacea. By C. 

 Spence Bate, F.R.S., &c. Part V. — On Fecundation, Respiration, and the 

 Green Gland 230 



Report on the best means for the Development of Light from Coal-Gas of 

 different qualities, by a Committee consisting of Dr. Williajh Wallace 

 (Secretary), Professor Dittmar, and Mr. John Pattinson, F.C.S., F.I.O. 

 Part n. Drawn up by Ml-. Pattinson 241 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. Gamgee, Professor Schafer, 

 Professor Allman, and IMr. Geddes, for conducting Palseontologieal and 

 Zoological Researches in Mexico. Drawn up by ]\Ir. Geddes (Secretary)... 254 



Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. H. F. Baknes-Lawrence, Mr. 

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

 Dr. J. GwTN Jefereys, Mr. J. G. Shaw Lefevre, Professor Newton, and 

 the Rev. Canon Tristram, appointed for the purpose of inquiring into 

 the possibility of establishing a Close time for Indigenous Animals 257 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Dewab, Dr. Williamson, 

 Dr. Marshall Watts, Captain Abney', Mr. Stoney, Professor Hartley, 

 Professor McLeod, Professor Carey Foster, Professor A. K. Huntington, 

 Professor Emerson Reynolds, Professor Reinold, Professor Liveing, 

 Lord Rayleigh, Dr. Schuster, and Mr. W. Chandler Roberts (Secretary), 

 appointed for the purpose of reporting upon the present state of om* Know- 

 ledge of Spectrum Analysis 258 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Dr. A. W. 

 Williamson, Professor Sir W. Thomson, Mr. St. John Vincent Day, Dr. 

 0. W. Siemens, Mr. 0. W. Merrifield, Dr. Neilson Hancock, Professor 

 Abel, Captain Douglas Galton, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. E. H. Carbutt, Mr. 

 Maorory, Ma-. H. Trueman Wood, Mr. W. H. Baelow, and Mr. A. T. 

 Atchison, appointed for the purpose of watching and reporting to the Coimcil 

 on Patent Legislation 318 



Preliminary Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Leone Levi 

 (Secretary), Mr. Stephen Bourne, ]\Ir. Brittaln, Dr. Neilson Hancock, 

 Professor Jevonb, and Mr. FELLO^ivs, appointed for the piu-pose of inquiring 

 into the present appropriation of wages and sources of income, and consider- 

 ing how far it is consonant -with the economic progress of the people of the 

 United Kingdom 318; 



