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Piige 

 Evans, Professors Peestwich, Hull, Lebotie, Meldola, and JrnD, Mr. M. 

 Walton Beown, and Mr. J. Glaisher, appointed to consider the advisa- 

 bility and possibility of establisliino- in other parts of the country Observa- 

 tions upon the Prevalence of Earth Tremors similar to those now being- 

 made in Durham in connection with coal-mine explosions 333 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. H. Woodwaed (Chairman), 

 Messrs. W. D. Cetce, T. G. George, Wm. Hull, E. A. Walfoed, E. 

 "Wilson, H. B. Woodward, and Beeby Thompson (Secretary), to work n(^ 

 the very Eossiliferous Transition Bed between the Middle and Upper Lias 

 in Northamptonshire, in order to obtain a more clear idea of its fauna, and 

 to fix the position of certain species of fossil fish, and more fully investigate 

 the horizon on which they occur. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 334 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. J. W. Davis (Chairman), Rev. E. 

 Jones (Secretary), Drs. J. Evans and' J. G. Gaeson, and Messrs. W. Pen- 

 GELLT, R. H. Tiddeman, and J. J. Wilkinson, to complete the investiga- 

 tion of the Cave at Elbolton, near Skipton, in order to ascertain whether 

 Remains of Palaeolithic Man occur in the Lower Cave Earth ■J'il 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. John Evans (Chairman), Mr. B. 

 Haerison (Secretary), and Professors J. Peestwich and H. G. Seeley, • 

 appointed to carry on excavations at Oldbury Hill, near Ightham, in order 

 to ascertain the existence or otherwise of Rock-shelters at this spot. 

 (Drawn up by Mr. B. Hareison) 353 



Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Flowee (Chairman), 

 Mr. D. MoEEis (Secretary), Mr. Careuthees, Dr. Sclatee, Mr. Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Dr. Sharp, Mr. F. Du Cane Godman, Professor Newton, Dr. 

 GuNTHEE, and Colonel Feilden, appointed for the purpose of reporting 

 on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of the 

 AVest India Islands, and taking steps to investigate ascertained deficiencies 

 in the Fauna and Flora 3D4 



Draft of Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Flowee (Chair- 

 man), Mr. D. Sharp (Secretary), Dr. Blanfoed, Dr. Hickson, Professor 

 Newton, Professor Riley, Mr. O. Salvin, and Dr. Sclatee, appointed to 

 report on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology of the Sand- 

 wich Islands, and to take steps to investigate ascertained deficiencies in the 

 Fauna , 357 



Fifth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Foster, Professor 

 Bayley Balfour, Mr. Thiselton-Dyer, Dr. Teimen, Professor Marshall 

 Ward, Mr. Careuthers, Professor Haetos, Mr. Waltee G.^ediner, and 

 Professor Bowee (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of taking steps for 

 the establishment of a Botanical Laboratory at Peradeniya, Ceylon 358 



Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. A. W. Wills (Chairman), 

 Mr. E. W. Badger, Mr. G. Claeidge Deuce, and Professor Hillhouse, 

 for the purpose of coUectLna' information as to the Disappearance of Native 

 Plants from their Local Habitats. (Drawn up by Professor Hilehouse, 

 Secretary ) 359 



Report of a Committee, consisting of Professor Newton, Mr. John Coedeaux- 

 (Secretary), Messrs. John A. Haevie-Beown, R. M. Barrington, W.. 

 Eagle Clarke, and the Rev. E. P. Knubley, appointed at Leeds to make 

 a digest of the observations on the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and 

 Light- vessels, which have been carried on by the Migration Committee of 

 the British Association, and to report on the same at Cardiff 363 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Floaver (Chairman), Pro- 

 fessor M. Foster, Professor Ray Laneester, Professor Vines, and Mr. S. F. 

 Haemee (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of arranging for the occupa- 



