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REPORT — 1894. 

 2. Not receiving Grants of Money — continued. 



Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



To report on recent Inquiries into the 

 History of Chemistry. 



The Teaciiino: of Natural Science in 

 EJementarj- Schools. 



The Rate of Erosion of the Sea-coasts of 

 England and Wales, and tlie Influence 

 of the Artificial Abstraction of 

 Shingle or other material in that 

 action. 



The Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius 

 and its neighbourhood. 



To consider the best Methods for the 

 Registration of all Type Specimens 

 of Fossils in the British Isles, and 

 to report on tlie same. 



The Circulation of the Underground 

 Waters in the Permeable Formations 

 of England, and the Quality and 

 Quantity of the Waters supplied to 

 various Towns and Districts from 

 these Formations. And that a Digest 

 of the eighteen Reports should be 

 prepared by the Committee, and sold 

 in a separate form. 



To report on the present state of our 

 Knowledge of the Zoology of the 

 Sandwich Islands, and to take steps 

 to investigate ascertained deficiencies 

 in the Fauna, with power to co-operate 

 with the Committee appointed for the 

 purpose by the Royal Societj-, and to 

 avail themselves of such assistance in 

 their investigations as may be offered 

 by the Hawaiian Government. 



To make a Digest of the Observations on 

 the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses 

 and Light-vessels. 



Members of the Committee 



Chairman. — Professor H. E. Armstrong. 

 Secretary. — Professor John Ferguson. 



Chairman. — Dr. J. H. Gladstone. 



Secretary. — Professor H. E. Armstrong. 



Mr. George Gladstone, Professor W. R. 

 Dunstan, Sir J. Lubbock, Sir Philip 

 Magniis, Sir H. E. Roscoe, and Dr. 

 Silvanus P. Thomjoson. 



Chairman. — Mr. W. AVhitaker. 



Secretariat. — Messrs. C. E. De Ranee and 

 W. Topley. 



Messrs. J. B. Redman and J. W. Woodall, 

 Maj.-Gen. Sir A. Clarke, Admiral Sir IJ. 

 Ommanney, Capt. Sir G. Nares, Capt. 

 J. Parsons, Capt. W. J. L. Wharton, 

 Professor J. Prestwich, Mr. Edward 

 Easton, Mr. J. S. Valentine, and Pro- 

 fessor L. F. Vernon Harcourt. 



Chairman. — Mr. H. Bauerman. 

 Secretary. — Dr. H. J. Johnston- Lavis. 

 Messrs. F. W. Rudler and J. J. H. Teall. 



Chairman. — Dr. H. Woodward. 

 Secretary. — Mr. A. Smith Woodward. 

 Rev. G. F. Whidborne, Mr. R. Kidston, 

 and Mr. J. E. Marr. 



CItairman. — Professor E. Hull. 



Secretary. — Mr. C. E. De Ranee. 



Sir D. Galton, Professor J. Prestwich, 

 and Messrs. J. Glaisher, P. F. Kendall, 

 E. B. Marten, G. H. Morton, I. Roberts, 

 T. S. Stooke, G. J. Symons, W. Topley, 

 C. Tylden- Wright, E. Wethered, and 

 W. Whitaker. 



CJiairman. — Professor A. Newton. 



Secretary.— Dr. David Sharp. 



Dr. W. T. Blanford, Professor S. J. 

 Hickson, Professor Riley, Mr. 0. Sal- 

 vin, Dr. P. L. Sclater, and Mr. Edgar A. 

 Smith. 



Chairman. — Professor A. Newton. 



Secrctai-y. — Mr. John Cordeaux. 



Mr. John A. Harvie-Brown, Mr. R. M. 



Barrington, Mr. W. E. Clarke, and Rev. 



E. P. Knubley. 



