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Second Eeport of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. Newtoit (Chair- 

 man), Dr. W. T. Blanfoed, Dr. S. J. Hickson, Professor Riley, Mr. O. 

 Salvin, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. E. A. Smith, and Mr. D. Sharp (Secretary), 

 appointed to report on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology of 

 tbe 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 Society, and to avail themselves of such assistance 

 in their investigations as may he offered by the Hawaiian Government 355 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Rat Lankester (Chair- 

 man), Professor M. Foster, Professor S. H. Vines, and Mr. S. F. Harmer 

 (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of arranging for the occupation of 

 a Table at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association at Plymouth 356 



Sixth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor M. Foster (Chairman), 

 Professor F. 0. Bower (Secretary), Professor I. Batlet Balfour, Mr. W. 

 T. Thiselton-Dter, Dr. H Trimen, Professor Marshall AVard, Mr. W. 

 Carruthers, Professor M. M. Hartog, and Mr. W. Gardiner, for taking 

 steps to establish a Botanical Laboratory at Peradeniya, Ceylon 363 



Report of a Committee, consisting of Professor A. Newton (Chairman), Mr. 

 JohnCordeaux (Secretary), Messrs. R. M. Barrington, John A. Harvie- 

 Beoavn, and W. Eagle Clarke, and the Rev.E. P. Knublet, appointed to 

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

 and Light- vessels, and to report on the same 366 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. C. Hadbon, Professor 

 W. A. Herdman, and Mr. W. E. Hotle (Secretary), appointed for im- 

 proving and experimenting with a Deep-sea Tow-net, for opening and 

 closing under water 366 



Eeport of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Thomas H. Thomas (Chairman), 

 Professors "W. Newton Parker, A. Newton, and A Leipner, Mr. E. 

 Potjlton, Canon H. B. Tristram, and Dr. 0, T. Vachell (Secretary), 

 appointed to consider proposals for the Legislative Protection of Wild Birds' 

 Eggs 366 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. E. G. Ravenstein, Mr. Baldwin 

 Latham, and Mr. G. J. Stmons (Secretary), appointed to inquire into the 

 Climatological and Hydrographical conditions of Tropical Africa. (Drawn 

 up by Mr. E. G. Ravenstein) 367 



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

 Professor H. E. Armstrong (Secretary), Mr. S. Bourne, Dr. Crossket, 

 Mr. G. Gladstone, Mr. J. Hetwood, Sir John Lubbock, Sir Philip 

 Magnus, Professor N. Story Maskelyne, Sir H. E. Roscoe, Sir R. Temple, 

 and Professor S. P. Thompson, appointed for the purpose of continuing the 

 inquiries relating to the teaching of Science in Elementary Schools 368 



Second Report on the Development of Graphic Methods of Mechanical Science. 

 By Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw, M.Inst.C.E 373 



Shield Tunnelling in Loose Ground under Water Pressure, with special refer- 

 ence to the Vvrnwy Aqueduct Tunnel under the Mersey. By George F. 

 Deacon, M.Inst.C.E 532 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir W. H. Flower (Chairman), Dr. 

 J. G. Garson (Secretary), Dr. J. Beddoe, General A. H. L. Pitt-Rivers, 

 Mr. Francis Galton, Br. E. B. Tylor, and Mr. E. W. Brabrook, appointed 

 for the purpose of editing a new Edition of ' Anthropological Notes and 

 Queries' 537 



