RESEARCH COMMITTEES. xxv ii 



The Collection, Preservation, and Systematic Registration of Photographs of Geo- 

 logical Interest. — Prof. E. J. Garwood {Chairman), Prof. S. H. Reynolds (.Secre- 

 tory), Mr. C. V. Crook, Mr. A. S. Reid, Prof. W. W. Watts, Mr. R. Welch. 



To investigate the Quaternary Peats of the British Isles.- — Prof. P. F. Kendall (Chair- 

 man), Mr. L. H. Tonks {Secretary), Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, Miss Chandler, Prof. 

 H. J. Fleure, Dr. E. Greenly, Prof. J. W. Gregory, Prof. G. Hickling, Mr. J. de W. 

 Hinch, Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger, Mrs. Reid, Dr. K. S. Sandford, Mr. T. Sheppard, 

 Mr. J. W. St.at.her,' Mr. A. W. Stelfox, Mr. C. B. Travis, Dr. A. E. Trueman, Mr. 

 W. B. Wright. £90. 



To investigate Critical Sections in the Tertiary Rocks of the London Area. To 

 tabulate and preserve records of new excavations in that area.— Prof. W. T. 

 Gordon (Chairman), Dr. S. W. Wooldridge {Secretary), Miss M. C. Crosfield, Prof. 

 H. L. Hawkins, Prof. G. Hickling. £10. 



To consider the opening up of Critical Sections in the Mesozoic Rocks of Yorkshire.— 

 Prof. P. F. Kendall {Chairman), Mr. M. Odling {Secretary), Prof. H. L. Hawkins, 

 Mr. F. Petch, Dr. Spath, Mr. J. W. Stather, Mr. H. C. Versey. 



To assemble information regarding the Distribution of Cleavage in North and Central 

 Wales.— Prof. W. G. Fearnsides (Chairman), Prof. P. G. H. Boswell and Mr. 

 W. H. Wilcockson (Secretaries), Prof. A. H. Cox, Mr. I. S. Double, Dr. Gertrude 

 Elles, Prof. 0. T. Jones, Dr. E. Greenly, Mr. W. B. R. King, Prof. W. J. Push, 

 Dr. Bernard Smith Dr. A. K. Wells, Dr. L. J. Wills. 



SECTIONS C, D, E, K.— GEOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, BOTANY. 



To organize an expedition to investigate the Biology, Geology, and Geography of the 

 Australian Great Barrier Reef. — Rt. Hon. Sir M. Nathan (Chairman), Prof. J. 

 Stanley Gardiner and Mr. F. A. Potts (Secretaries), Sir Edgeworth David, Prof. 

 W. T. Gordon, Prof. A. C. Seward, and Dr. Herbert H. Thomas (from Section C) ; 

 Mr. E. Heron Allen, Dr. E. J. Allen, Prof. J. H. Ashworth, Dr. G. P. Bidder, 

 Dr. W. T. Caiman, Sir Sidney Harmer, Dr. C. M. Yonge (from Section D) ; Dr. 

 R. N. Rudmose Brown, Sir G. Lenox Conyngham, Mr. F. Debenham, Admiral 

 Douglas, Mr. A. R. Hinks (from Section E) ; Prof. F. E. Fritsch, Dr. Margery 

 Knight, Prof. A. C. Seward (from Section K). 



SECTION D.— ZOOLOGY. 



To aid competent Investigators selected by the Committee to carry on definite pieces 

 of work at the Zoological Station at Naples. — Prof. E. S. Goodrich (Chairman), 

 Prof. J. H. Ashworth (Secretary), Dr. G. P. Bidder, Prof. F. 0. Bower, Sir W. B. 

 Hardy, Sir S. F. Harmer, Prof. S. J. Hickson, Prof. W. C. Mcintosh. £100 

 (Caird Fund grant). 



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

 Bather (Secretary), Mr. E. Heron-Allen, Dr. W. T. Caiman, Dr. P. Chalmers 

 Mitchell, Mr. W. L. Sclater. £1. 



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

 Laboratory, Plymouth. — Prof. J. H. Ashworth (Chairman and Secretary), Prof. 

 W. J. Dak'in, Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, Prof. S. J. Hickson. £35. 



To co-operate with other Sections interested, and with the Zoological Society, for 

 the purpose of obtaining support for the Zoological Record. — Sir S. Harmer 

 (Chairman), Dr. W. T. Caiman (Secretary), Prof. E. S. Goodrich, Prof. D. M. S. 

 Watson. £50. 



On the Influence of the Sex Physiology of the Parents on the Sex-Ratio of the Offspring. 

 — Prof. W. J. Dakin (Chairman), Mrs. Bisbee (Secretary), Prof. Carr-Saunders, 

 Miss E. C. Herdman. £10. 



To report on the Pre-Linnean Zoological Collections and Specimens still extant in 

 Great Britain, with a view to their safe custody. — Prof. E. S. Goodrich (Chairman), 

 Dr. R. T. Gunther (Secretary). 



To draw up recommendations for the taking and presentation of Biological Measure- 

 ments, and to bring such before persons or bodies concerned. — Prof. J. S. Huxley 

 (Chairman), Dr. R. A. Fisher (Secretary). 



