REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, 
Erc. 
Seismological Investigations.—TLhirtieth Report of Committee 
(Professor H. H. Turner, Chairman; Mr. J. J. Suaw, Secretary ; 
Mr. C. Vernon Boys, Dr. J. E. Crompir, Dr. C. Davison, Sir F. W. 
Dyson, Sir R. T. GuazeBproox, Dr. Harotp JEerrreys, Professor 
H. Lamp, Sir J. Larmor, Professors A. EK. H. Love, H. M. Mac- 
Donatp, Dr. A. Cricuton MitcHEe., Professor H. C. PLumMerr, 
Mr. W. E. Prummer, Professor R. A. Sampson, Sir A. ScoustTER, Sir 
Napier SHaw, and Sir G. T. WALKER). [Drawn up by the Chairman 
except where otherwise mentioned. | 
General. 
Bary in 1925 news was received from Japan of the death of Mrs. Milne at Hakodate 
on January 30. She accompanied her husband on his return to England in 1895, 
and was most hospitable to seismologists both during his lifetime and after his death in 
1913, allowing the work to be continued at Shide until her departure for Japan after 
the War, which led to the sale of the house. Among those who attended her 
funeral were Count Otani, his brother and sister, Baron Kujo and the British Consul. 
After Milne’s death in 1913 the work at Shide was efficiently carried on for some 
years, under the general superintendence of Professor Turner and Mr. J. J. Shaw, by 
Mr. J. H. Burgess, of Carisbrooke, who had been gradually drawn into it by Milne. 
But the War compelled him to seek a career elsewhere. News was received of his death 
in November last. 
The Board of Visitors of the University Observatory, Oxford, at their meeting in 
May last, passed a resolution in favour of a small extension of the Observatory build- 
ings which should include a basement for seismographs and a computing room and 
library for seismological work. The matter is under consideration by a Committee of 
Council. 
The salary of Mr. J. 8. Hughes has again been provided, half by Dr. Crombie and 
half by the Board of Scientific and Industrial Research. As a result, the current 
reductions have gone ahead rapidly (see below under ‘ Bulletins and Tables’). 
On several recent occasions of a considerable shock a friendly telegram was received 
from Fordham University, New York, which enabled us to identify the epicentre more 
readily. There have been three shocks in the States themselves, one on March 1d. 2h. 
which shook New York; one on June 28d. 1h. in Montana (epicentre 44° N. 108° W.), 
and one on June 29d. 14h. which did considerable damage at Santa Barbara, California. 
The Montana shock was much severer than the last named, but was in a region not 
thickly inhabited, so that little damage was reported. The Santa Barbara shock, as 
also one in Japan on May 23d. 2h., though not large, were unfortunately so placed as 
to do the maximum of damage. 
We may record here, with great appreciation, the publication of an exhaustive 
History of British Earthquakes (Camb. Univ. Press), by Dr. C. Davison, a member of 
our Committee. In this connection it may be remarked that there were sensible shocks 
near Birmingham (1924, Oct. 23), and in Cornwall (1925, Feb. 1). 
Another member of the Committee, Dr. Harold Jeffreys, has produced a compre- 
hensive study of T'he Harth : its Origin, History, and Physical Constitution (Camb. Univ. 
Press), in which chapter XII is specially devoted to seismology. 
International. 
The meeting of the International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics at Madrid in 
October last was an unqualified success. It was opened by the King of Spain in person, 
and His Majesty received the Presidents of Sections in private audience. Further, 
the whole assembly, of many and distant nations, was graciously entertained by the 
King and Queen at an evening reception at their palace. This royal welcome was 
extended by the citizens of Madrid and other cities in numerous ways, providing 
most agreeable memories for all who were fortunate enough to experience this 
Spanish hospitality. But the work was not allowed to suffer. All the Sections 
completed extensive programmes, that of Geodesy being by far the most strenuous 
and requiring an extra week. 
