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REPORT—1896. 
1. Receiving Grants of Money—continued. 
Subject for Investigation or Purpose 
Members of the Committee 
To examine the Conditions under 
which remains of the Irish E)k 
are found in the Isle of Man. 
To enable Professor W. F. R. 
Weldon to investigate the phe- 
nomena of variation in Crus- 
tacea, or, failing this, to ap- 
point some other competent in- 
vestigator to carry on a defi- 
nite piece of work at the Zoo- 
logical Station at Naples. 
To enable Mr. Walter Garstang 
to occupy a Table at the Labo- 
ratory of the Marine Biological 
Association at Plymouth, for an 
experimental investigation as 
to the extent and character of 
selection occurring among cer- 
tain crabs and fishes, and to 
cover the cost of certain appa- 
ratus. 
Zoological Bibliography and Pub- 
lication. 
Compilation of an Index Generum 
et Specierum Animalium. 
To report on the present state of | 
our Knowledge of the Zoology 
and Botany of the West India 
Islands, and to take steps to 
investigate ascertained defi- 
ciencies in the Fauna and Flora. 
To work out the details of the 
Observations on the Migration 
of Birds at Lighthouses and 
Lightships, 1880-87. 
Climatology of Tropical Africa. 
Chairman.—Professor W. Boyd 
Dawkins. 
Secretary.—My. P. C. Kermode.. 
His Honour Deemster Gill, Mz. 
G. W. Lamplugh, and Mr. 
W. B. Savage. 
Chairman.— Professor 
Herdman., 
Secretary.—Mr. Percy Sladen. 
Professor E. Ray Lankester, Pro- 
fessor W. F. R. Weldon, Pro- 
fessor, 8. J. Hickson, Mr. A. 
Sedgwick, Professor W. C. 
M‘Intosh, and Mr. W. E. Hoyle. 
Chairman.—Mr. G, C. Bourne. 
Secretary. — Professor E. Ray 
Lankester. 
Professor Sydney H. Vines, Mr. 
A. Sedgwick, and Professor 
W. F. R, Weldon. 
Vier enputae 
Chairman.—Sir W. H. Flower. 
Secretary.—Myr. F, A. Bather. 
Professor W. A. Herdman, Mr. 
W. EH. Hoyle, Dr. P. Lutley 
Sclater, Mr. Adam Sedgwick, Dr. 
D. Sharp, Mr. C. D. Sherborn, 
Rey. T. R. R. Stebbing, and Pro- 
fessor W. F. R. Weldon. 
Chairman.—Sir W. H. Flower. 
Secretary.—Mr. ¥, A. Bather. 
Dr. P. L. Sclater, Dr. H. Wood- 
ward, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 
and Mr. R. McLachlan. 
Chairman.—Dr. P. L. Sclater. 
Secretary.—My. G. Murray. 
Mr. W, Carruthers, Dr. A. C. Giin- 
ther, Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. F. Du 
Cane Godman, and Professor A. 
Newton. 
Chairman.—Professor A. Newton. 
Seeretary.—Mr. John Cordeaux. 
Mr. John A. Harvie-Brown, Mr. 
R. M. Barrington, Mr. W. E. 
Clarke, Rev. E. P. Knubley, and 
Dr. H. O. Forbes. 
Chairman.—Mr. E. G. Ravenstein. 
Secretary.—Mr. H. N. Dickson. 
Sir John Kirk, Dr. H. R. Mill, 
and Mr. G. J. Symons. 
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