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the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature should 
protest against any change in the generally used names ‘of the most 
important genera and species. 
On July 22 of this year 108 of the slips had been returned to the 
Secretary, and it was found that twenty-six zoologists had signed the 
statement (a) in favour of the strict application of the Law of Priority, 
and eighty-two had signed the statement (b) protesting against the strict 
application of the Law of Priority. Of those who signed state- 
ment (a), five proposed certain amendments to the form in which it 
was sent out, and of those who signed statement (b), four proposed 
verbal alterations. 
As the funds at the disposal of the Committee were becoming 
exhausted, the zoologists on the register were invited to send a small 
subscription to the Secretary. This invitation met with a welcome 
response, and the Coimmittee have now in hand a sum of oyer 261. 
for the purposes of the Organisation. 
The Committee ask to be reappointed. 
Natural History, &c., of the Isle of Wight.—Report of the Com- 
mittee, consisting of Mr. Chement Rerp (Chairman), Professor 
J. L. Myrus (Secretary), Mr. O. G. 8. Crawrorp, Mr. W. 
Dat, Professor E. B. Pounron, and Dr. A. B. RENDLE, 
appointed to co-operate with local bodics in: acquiring and 
arranging collections to illustrate the Natural Uistory, 
Geography, and Antiquitics of the Isle of Wight. 
Tue Comumitteo report that some progress has already been mude in 
acquiring and arranging collections. Tho original proposal which was 
put forward in the island, and discussed when the Committee was 
appointed at the Portsmouth Meeting, was to transfer 1o the Caris- 
brooke Castle Museum the whole of the collections formerly belonging 
to the Newport Literary Society, and so to make Carisbrooke the centre 
for all departments of study. But it has been represented to the Com- 
mittee that it would be more convenient to those who use the collec- 
tions that separate provision should be made for the Archeological and 
for the Natural History Collections—depositing the former at Caris- 
brooke Castle Museum, as was originally proposed, and developing 
further a proposal (which is supported by some of the geologists and 
naturalists of the island) to establish a Natural History Museum in a 
municipal building shortly to be acquired by the Local Authority at 
Shanklin. 
The archeological collections have accordingly been transferred to 
Carisbrooke, by agreement between the Newport Literary Society and 
the Governor of the Isle of Wight, H.R.H. Princess Henry of Batten- 
berg. The cost of repairing and setting in order has been met from the 
British Association’s grant and by the sale of a few objects which had 
no bearing upon the archeology of the island. Additional museum 
accommodation has been generously provided by Her Royal Highness 
