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REPORT — 1892. 

 2. Xdt rccclring Grants of Money — continued. 



Subject for Invtstigation or Purpose 



Considering the advisability and possi- 

 bility of establishing in other parts 

 of the country Observations upon the 

 Prevalence of Earth Tremors similar 

 to those now being made in Durham 

 in connection with coal-mine explo- 

 sions. 



To consider the best Methods for the 

 Registration 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 Palaeolithic 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. 



To consider a project for investigating 

 the Structure of a Coral Reef by 

 Boring and Sounding. 



For improving and experimenting with 

 a Deep-sea Tow-net for opening and 

 closing under water. 



To make a Digest of the Observations on 

 the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses 

 and Light-vessels. 



For taking steps to establish a Botanical 

 Laboratory at Peradeniya, Ceylon. 



Members of the Committee 



Cluiirman. — Mr. G. .J. Sj'mons. 



Secretary.— -My. C. Davison. 



Sir F. J. Bramwell, Mr. E. A. Cowper, 

 Professor G. H. Darwin, Professor 

 Ewing, Mr. Isaac Roberts, Mr. Thomas 

 Gray, Sir John Evans, Professors Prest- 

 wich, Hull, Lebour, Meldola, and Judd, 

 Mr. M. Walton Brown, Mr. J. Glaisher, 

 Professor C. G. Knott, Professor J. H. 

 Poyuting, and Mr. Horace Darwin. 



Chairman. — Dr. H. Woodward. 

 Si'cretari/. — Mr. A. Smith Woodward. 

 Rev. G. F. Whidborne and Messrs. 

 Kidston and J. E. Marr. 



R. 



C/ia-irma/i.—'Mr. J. W. Davis. 



Si'crrtanj. — Rev. E. Jones. 



Sir J. Evans, Dr. J. G. Garson.and Messrs. 



W. Pengelly, R. H. Tiddeman, and J. 



J. Wilkinson. 



Chairman. — Sir J. Evans. 

 Secretary. — Mr. B. Harrison. 

 Professors Prestwicli and H. G. Seeley. 



Chairman. — Professor T. G. Bonney. 



Secretary. — Professor W. J. SoUas. 



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 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. Hcrdman. 



Chairinan. — Professor A. Newton. 

 Secretary. — Mr. Jolm Cordeaux. 

 Messrs. John A. Harvie-Browu, R. M. 



P.arrington, and ^V. E. Clarke and tlie 



Rev. E. P. Knuliley. 



Chairman. — Professor M. Foster. 



Secretary. — Professor J. B. Farmer. 



Professor Bayley Balfour, Mr. Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Dr. 'J'rimen, Professor Marshall 

 Ward, Jlr. Carruthers, Professor Har- 

 tog, Professor F. O. Bower, and JMr.' 

 W. Gardiner. 



