COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE GENEBAL COMMITTEE. 



2. Not receiving Grants of Money — continued. 



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Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



Members of the Committee 



The Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius 

 and its neighbourhood. 



To consider the best Methods for the 

 Kegistration of all Type Specimens 

 of Fossils in the British Isles, and 

 to report on the same. 



To complete the Investigation of the 

 Cave at Elbolton, near Skipton, in 

 order to ascertain whether the re- 

 mains of Palasolithic Man occur in 

 the Lower Cave Earth. 



To carry on Excavations at Oldbury 

 Hill, near Ightham, in order to ascer- 

 tain the existence or otherwise of 

 Eock Shelters at that spot. 



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 Keports should be 

 prepared by the Committee, and sold 

 in a separate form. 



To consider a project for investigating 

 the Structure of a Coral Eeef by 

 Boring and Sounding. 



For improving and experimenting with 

 a Deep-sea Tow-net for opening and 

 closing under water. 



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 de- 

 ficiencies in the Fauna and Flora. 



To make a Digest of the Observations on 

 the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses 

 and Light-vessels. 



Cliairman. — Mr. H. Bauerman. 

 Seoretar}/. — Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis. 

 Messrs. F. W. Kudler 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. 



Cliairman. — Mr. R. H. Tiddeman. 

 Secretary. — Rev. E. Jones. 

 Sir J. Evans, Dr. J. (i. Garson, Mr. W. 

 Pengelly, and Mr. J. J. Wilkinson. 



Cliairman. — Sir J. Evans. 

 Secretary. — Mr. B. Harrison. 

 Professor J. Prestwich and Professor H. 

 G. Seeley. 



Cliairman. — Professor E. Hull. 



Secretary. — Mr. C. E. De Ranee. 



Dr. H. W. Crosskey, Sir D. Galton, Pro- 

 fessor J. Prestwich, and Messrs. J. 

 Glaisher, P. F. Kendall, E. B. Marten, 

 G. H. Morton, W. Pengelly, I. Roberts, 

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



C. Tylden- Wright, E. Wethered, and 

 W. Whitaker. 



Cliairman. — Professor T. G. Bonney. 



Secretary. — Professor W. J. Sollas. 



Sir Archibald Geikie, Professors A. H. 

 Green, J. W. Judd, C. Lapworth, A. C. 

 Haddon, Boyd Dawkins, G. H. Dar- 

 win, and A. Stewart, Captain W. J. L. 

 Wharton, Drs. H. Hicks, J. Murray, 

 and H. B. Guppy, Messrs. F. Darwin, 

 H. O. 'Forbes, G. C. Bourne, S. Hickson, 

 A. R. Binnie, and J. W. Gregory, and 

 Hon. P. Fawcett. 



Chairman. — Professor A. C. Haddon. 

 Secretary. — Mr. W. E. Hoyle. 

 Professor W. A. Herdman. 



Chairman. — Dr. P. L. Sclater. 



Secretary. — Mr. G. Murray. 



Mr. W. Carruthers, Dr. A. C. Gunther, Dr. 



D. Sharp, Mr. F. Du Cane Godman, 

 and Professor A. Newton. 



Chairman. — Professor A. Newton. 

 Secretary. — Mr. John Cordeaux. 

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

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



E. P. Knubley. 



