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RESEARCH COMMITTEES. XXI 



Absorption Spectra and Chemical Constitution of Organic Compounds. — Sir J. J. 

 Dobbie {Chairman), Prof. E. E. C. Baly [Secretary), Dr. A. W. Stewart. 

 (a) £10, (b) £25. 



Research on Non-Aromatic Diazonium Salts. — Dr. F. D. Chattaway (Chairman), 

 Prof. G T. Morgan [Secretary), Mr. P. G. W. Bayly and Dr. N. V. Sidgwick. 

 (a) £10. 



To report on the present state of knowledge in regard of Infra-red Spectra. — Prof. 

 E. E. C. Baly [Chairman), (vacant) [Secretary), Prof. W. C. McC. Lewis, 

 Prof. F. A. Lindemann, Prof. T. W. Lowry, Prof. T. R. Merton. (a) £5. 



SECTION C— GEOLOGY. 



The Old Red Sandstone Rocks of Kiltorcan, Ireland. — Prof. Grenville Cole [Chair- 

 man), Prof. T. Johnson [Secretary), Dr. J. W. Evans, Dr. R. Kidston, and Dr. 

 A. Smith Woodward, (a) £15. 



To excavate Critical Sections in the Palaeozoic Rocks of England and Wales. — Prof. 

 W. W. Watts [Chairman), Prof. W. G. Fearnsides [Secretary), Prof. W. S. Boulton, 

 Mr. E. S. Cobbold, Prof. E. J. Garwood, Mr. V. C. Illing, Dr. Lapworth, Dr. J. E. 

 Marr, and Dr. W. K. Spencer, (a) £30, (b) £12. 



To consider the Nomenclature of the Carboniferous, Permo-carboniferous, and Per 

 mian Rocks of the Southern Hemisphere. — Prof. T. W. Edgeworth David [Chair- 

 man), Prof. E. W. Skeats [Secretary), Mr. W. S. Dun, Prof. J. W. Gregory, Sir 

 T. H. Holland, Messrs. W. Howohin, A. E. Kitson, and G. W. Lamplugh, Dr. A. W. 

 Rogers, Prof. A. C. Seward, Mr. D. M. S. Watsou, and Prof. W. G. Woolnough. 

 (a) £25, (b) £5. 



SECTION D.— ZOOLOGY. 



To nominate competent Naturalists to perform definite pieces of work at the Marine 

 Laboratory, Plymouth. — Prof. A. Dendy [Chairman and Secretary), Prof. E. S. 

 Goodrich, Prof. J. P. Hill, Prof. S. J. Hickson, Sir E. Ray Lankester. (a) £200. 



Experiments in Inheritance in Silkworms. — Prof. W. Bateson [Chairman), Mrs. Merritt 

 Hawkes [Secretari/), Dr. F. A. Dixey, Prof. E. B. Poulton, Prof. R. C. Punnett. 



(a) £17 2s. Id. 



E.xperiments in Inheritance of Colour in Lepidoptera. — Prof. W. Bateson [Chairman), 

 The Hon. H. Onslow [Secretary), Dr. F. A. Dixey, Prof. E. B. Poulton. (a) £24, 



(b) £1. 



Zoological Bibliography and Publication.— Prof. E. B. Poulton [Chairman), Dr. F. A. 

 Bather [Secretary), Mr. E. Heron- Allen, Dr. W. E. Hoyle, and Dr. P. Chalmers 

 Mitchell, (a) £1. 



To summon meetings in London or elsewhere for the consideration of matters affecting 

 the interests of Zoology, and to obtain by correspondence the opinion of Zoologists 

 on matters of a similar kind, with power to raise by subscription from each 

 Zoologist a sum of money for defraying current expenses of the organisation. — 

 Prof. S. J. Hickson [Chairman), Dr. W. M. Tattersall [Secretary), Profs. G. C. 

 Bourne, A. Dendy, J. Stanley Gardiner, W. Garstang, Marcus Hartog, W. A. 

 Herdman, J. Graham Kerr, R. D. Laurie, E. W. MacBride, A. Meek, Dr. P. 

 Chalmers Mitchell, and Prof. E. B. Poulton. (b) £20. 



Section F.— ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 



The Effects of the War on Credit, Currency, Finance, and Foreign Exchanges.— Prof. 

 W. R. Scott [Chairman), Mr. J. E. Allen [Secretary), Prof C. F. Bastable, Sir E. 

 Brabrook, Prof. L. R. Dicksee, Mr. B. Ellinger, Mr. E. L. Franklin, Mr. A. H. 

 Gibson, Mr. C. W. Guilleband, Mr. F. W. Hirst, Prof. A. W. Kirkaldy, 

 Mr. F. Lavington, Mr. E. Sykes, Sir J. C. Stamp, Mr. Hartky Withers, 

 Mr. Hilton Young, (a) £50. 



