xvill RESEARCH COMMITTEES. 
RESEARCH CoMMITTEES ‘IN SUSPENSE.’ 
The work of the following Committees is in suspense until further 
notice. The personnel of these Committees will be found in the Report 
for 1917. 
SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY. 
To report on the Botanical and Chemical Characters of the Eucalypts and their 
Correlation. 
Dynamic Isomerism. 
Cheniical Investigation of Natural Plant Products of Victoria. 
SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY. 
An investigation of the Biology of the Abrolhos Islands and the North-west Coast 
of Australia (north of Shark’s Bay to Broome), with particular reference to the 
Marine Fauna. 
Nomenclator Animalium Genera et Sub-genera. 
To obtain, as nearly as possible, a Representative Collection of Marsupials for 
work upon (a) the Reproductive Apparatus and Development, (0) the Brain. 
To aid competent Investigators selected by the Committee to carry on definite 
pieces of work at the Zoological Station at Naples. : 
To summon meetings in London or elsewhere for the consideration of matters 
affecting the interests of Zoology or Zoologists, and to obtain by correspondence 
the opinion of Zoologists on matters of a similar kind, with power to raise by 
subscription from each Zoologist asum of money for defraying current expenses of 
the Organisation. 
SECTION E.--GEOGRAPHY. 
To aid in the preparation of a Bathymetrical Chart of the Southern Ocean 
between Australia and Antarctica. 
SECTION G.—ENGINEERING. 
To report on certain of the more complex Stress Distributions in Engineering 
Materials. 
The Investigation of Gaseous Explosions, with special reference to Temperature. 
SECTION H.—ANTHROPOLOGY. 
To conduct Explorations with the object of ascertaining the Age of Stone Circles. 
To investigate and ascertain the Distribution of Artificial Islands in the Lochs 
of the Highlands of Scotland. 
To investigate the Physical Characters of the Ancient Egyptians. 
To conduct Archzological and Ethnological Researches in Crete. 
The Teaching of Anthropology. 
To prepare and publish Miss Byrne’s Gazetteer and Map of the Native Tribes 
of Australia. 
To excavate Early Sites in Macedonia. 
To conduct Anthropometric Investigations in the Island of Cyprus. 
To investigate the Lake Villages in the neighbourhood of Glastonbury in connec- 
tion with a Committee of the Somerset Archeological and Natural History Society. 
To co-operate with Local Committees in Excavations on Roman Sites in Britain. 
SECTION K,—BOTANY, 
To carry out a Research on the influence of varying percentages of Oxygen and 
of various Atmospheric Pressures upon Geotropic and Heliotropic Irritability and 
Curvature. ; 
The Renting of Cinchona Botanic Station in Jamaica. 
SECTION L.—EDUCATION. 
To inquire into and report upon the Methods and Results of Research into the 
Dental and Physical Factors involved in Education. 
To examine, inquire into, and report on the Character, Work, and Maintenance 
of Museums, with a view to their Organisation and Development as Institutions for 
Education and Research ; and especially to inquire into the Requirements of Schools. 
