Ixii KEPOBT — 1880. 



That Professor A. C. Ramsay and Professor John Milne be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of investigating the Earthquake Phenomena of 

 Japan ; that Professor Milne be the Secretary, and that the sum of 251. 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. H. C. Sorby, Professor W. J. SoUas, and Professor Williara 

 Ramsay be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Conditions 

 under which ordinary Sedimentary Materials may be converted into 

 Metamorphic Rocks ; that Professor SoUas be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of 101. be placed at their disposal for the pnrpose. 



That Professor W. C. Williamson, and Mr. W. H. Baily be reappointed 

 a Committee for the purpose of Collecting and Reporting upon the Ter- 

 tiary Flora, &c., of the Basalt of the North of Ireland ; that Mr. Baily 

 be the Secretary, and that the sum of 201. be placed at their disposal for 

 the purpose, on the understanding that a collection of representative 

 Fossils obtained be sent to the British Museum. 



That Dr. M. Foster, Professor Rolleston, Dr. Pye-Smith, Professor 

 Huxley, Dr. Carpenter, Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. F. M. Balfour, Sir Wyville 

 Thomson, Professor Ray Lankester, Professor Allman, and Mr. P. Sladen 

 be a Committee for the purpose of aiding in the maintenance of the 

 Scottish Zoological Station ; that Mr. P. Sladen be the Secretary, and 

 that the sum of 50^. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. M. Foster, Professor Rolleston, Mr. Dew Smith, Professor 

 Huxley, Dr. Carpenter, Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. Sclater, Mr. F. M. Bal- 

 four, Sir Wyville Thomson, Professor Ray Lankester, Professor Allman, 

 «.nd Mr. P. Sladen be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of ar- 

 ranging for the Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at 

 Naples ; that Mr. P. Sladen be the Secretary, and that the sum of 751. 

 he placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Lieut.-Colonel H. H. God win- Austen, Dr. G. Hartlaub, Sir J. 

 Hooker, Dr. Giinther, Mr. Seebohm, and Mr. Sclater be a Committee for 

 the purpose of investigating the Natural History of Socotra ; that Mr. 

 Sclater be the Secretary, and that the sum of 601. be placed at their dis- 

 posal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, Professor Sir Wyville Thomson, and Mr. 

 Percy Sladen be a Committee for the purpose of a Zoological Exploration 

 ■of the Seabed lying north of the Hebrides ; that Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys be 

 the Secretary, and that the sum of 501. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Major-General Pitt-Rivers and Mr. A. W. Franks be a Com-' 

 mittee for the purpose of issuing a revised edition of the Anthropological 

 .Notes and Queries for the .Use of Travellers ; that Major-General Pitt- 

 Rivers be the Secretary, and that the sum of 201. be placed at their dis- 

 posal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Pye-Smith, Professor M. Foster, and Professor Burdon 

 Sanderson be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating 

 the Influence of Bodily Exercise on the Elimination of Nitrogen (the 

 •experiments to be conducted by Mr. North) ; that Professor Burdon 

 ■Sanderson be the Secretary, and that the sum of 501. be placed at their 

 'disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Rolleston, Professor Allman, General Pitt- Rivers, Mr. 

 J. Evans, and Mr. E. Cannington be a Committee for the Investigation 

 of Prehistoric Remains in. Dorsetshire ; that Professor Rolleston be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of 251. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



