116 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. — 1915. 



(19) H. G. Smith, ' Note on the Paraffins of Eucalyptus Oils.' Proc. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., 



1913. 



(20) H. Deane, Records, Geological Survey, Victoria, 1902, p. 20. 



(21) E. C. Andrews, 'Geographical Unity of Eastern Australia' Proc. Roy. Soc, 



N.S.W., 1910. 



(22) J. H. Maiden, ' Critical Revision of the Eucalypts,' Part VIII. 



(23) R. T. Baker, ' A Census of Victorian Eucalypts and their Economics.' Aust. Ass. 



Adv. Sc, Melbourne, 1913. 



(24) Cuthbert Hall, ' The Evolution of the Eucalypts in relation to the Cotyledons 



and Seedling Leaves.' Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1914. 



(25) H. Deane, ' Observations on the Tertiary Flora of Australia.' Proc. Linn. Soc, 



N.S.W., 1900, p. 463-475. 



(26) Bentham and Mueller, ' Flora Australiensis,' Vol. III. 



(27) E. C. Andrews, ' Development of the Natural Order Myrtacese.' Proc Linn. Soc, 



N.S.W., 1913. 



(28) Ettingshausen, ' Cosmopolitan Flora of Tertiary Australia.' Mem. Geol. Soc. 



N.S.W., 1888. 



' Die Tertiarflora,' von Haring, Wien. Abhandl., 1855. 



The Preparation of a List of Characteristic Fossils. — Report of 

 the Committee, consisting of Professor P. F. Kendall 

 (Chairman), Mr. W. Lower Carter (Secretary), Mr. H. A. 

 Allen, Professor W. S. Boulton, Professor G. A. J. Cole, 

 Dr. A. E. Dwerryhousb, Professors J. W. Gregory, Sir 

 T. H. Holland, G. A. Lebour, and S. H. Eeynolds, Mr, 

 Cosmo Johns, Dr. J. E. Marr, Dr. Marie C. Stopes, Dr. 

 A. Vaughan, Professor W. W. Watts, Mr. H. Woods, and 

 Dr. A. Smith Woodward, appointed for the consideration 

 thereof. 



During the year the Chairman has carefully considered the various 

 suggestions sent in as the result of the preliminary list circulated by 

 the Secretary. He has analysed the criticisms and suggestions and 

 embodied them in a tabular form, which was submitted to the Com- 

 mittee. This showed that of 624 species included in the printed list 

 375 were accepted without any dissent. Of the 242 species challenged, 

 192 were objected to by only one or two critics. Of the 221 additional 

 species proposed, 157 had the support of only one critic. Thus the 

 general result seemed liighly encouraging, and the Chairman recom- 

 mended the appointment of a small sub-committee to deal with the lists 

 and submit their contents to specialists, believing that in this way a list 

 might be compiled that would meet with general acceptance. 



The Committee met at Manchester on September 7 and received and 

 adopted the Chairman's report. They modified this recommendation 

 by appointing two Sub-Committees : (1) Northern — Prof. J. "W. 

 Gregory, Prof. P. F. Kendall, Prof. G. Lebour, and Dr. G. Hickling 

 (convener); (2) Soidhern — Prof. W. S. Boulton, Dr. A. Vaughan, 

 Mr. H. Woods, and Dr. W. T. Gordon (convener). 



The Committee ask for reappointment with a grant of lOZ. for print- 

 ing in lieu of the same amount voted but not expended last year. 



