154 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1913, 
Zoology Organisation.—Report of the Committee, consisting of 
Sir E. Ray LANKESTER (Chairman), Professor S. J. Hickson 
(Secretary), Professors G. C. Bourne, J. CossarR Ewart, 
M. Hartoa and W. A. Herpman, Mr. M. D. Hutu, Pro- 
fessors J. GRAHAM Kerr and EH. A. MINCHIN, Dr. P. 
CHALMERS MITCHELL, Professor E. B. Poutton, and Dr. 
A. E. SHIPLEY. 
THE past session has been a quiet one as far as the work of the 
Committee is concerned. Some correspondence has been carried on 
regarding the question of the permanent endowment of the British 
table at Naples. 
The Committee ask to be reappointed. 
Belmullet Whaling Station.—Interim Report of the Committee, 
consisting of Dr. A. E. Surptey (Chairman), Professor J. 
STANLEY GARDINER (Secretary), Professor W. A. HERDMAN, 
Rev. W. Spotswoop GREEN, Mr. E. 8. Goopricu, Dr. H. W. 
Marerr Tims, and Mr. R. M. Barrinaton, appointed to 
investigate the Biological Problems incidental to the Belmullet 
Whaling Station. 
THe Committee, having decided to further investigate the catch of 
whales during 1913, requested Professor W. A. Herdman to nominate 
one or more naturalists to proceed to Belmullet and also to direct 
and advise them as far as might be necessary. He selected two of 
his pupils, R. J. Daniel, B.Sc., and J. E. Hamilton, B.Sc., who 
proceeded to Belmullet on June 24. At the request of the Board of 
Agriculture and Fisheries Mr. Daniel was released on August 28 to 
take up a temporary appointment as Assistant Naturalist for Herring 
Investigations, but Mr. Hamilton still remains at the Fishery. 
The following is an extract from a short report sent to the 
Secretary by Messrs. Daniel and Hamilton: 
Blacksod, Belmullet, August 29, 1913. 
Since June 26 we have examined altogether thirty-eight whales, of which 
twenty-eight have been Common Rorquals. The remainder consisted of six 
Sperm Whales, all males, three Sibbald’s Rorquals, and one Humpback. A com- 
plete set of standardised measurements has been taken of each whale. The 
length and sex of the whales caught at the neighbouring whaling station on 
Rusheen Island have also been procured. 
Four foetus of the Common Rorqual have been examined; they were not 
sufficiently small to be of embryological interest. The smallest, which had been 
about four feet long, was almost completely destroyed by the explosion of the 
bomb, and was considerably decayed. 
The stomachs have been examined to ascertain the food of the different 
species, but we believe that there is nothing of importance to record. The 
Schizopod, which is the principal food of the Balenopterid whales, has been 
noted in many Rorquals, and also in the single Humpback examined. A nearly 
complete cuttlefish of very large size was taken from the stomach of one of 
the Sperm Whales. 
The external parasites found include Penella and Balewnophilus on the 
Common Rorqual, Cyamus and Conchoderma on the Sperm Whales, and a large 
Balanus-like Cirripede on the Megaptera. Of internal parasites the sole 
