RESEARCH COMMITTEES. 1x111 



To iuveatigate 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. Stather, Mr. A. W. Stelfox, Mr. C. B. Travis, Dr. A. E. Trueman, Mr. 

 W. B. Wright. £10. 



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. Pugh, 

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



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



To organise 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), Hon. John Huxham 

 (Treasurer), Sir Edgeworth David, Prof. W. T. Gordon, Prof. A. C. Seward, and 

 Dr. Herbert H. Thomas (from Section G) ; 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, Mi\ A. R. Hinks (from 

 Section E) ; Prof. F. E. Fritsch, Dr. Margery Knight, Prof. A. C. Seward 

 (from Section K). £200. 



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, Prof. 

 Munro Fox, Sir W. B. Hardy, Sir Sidney Harmer, Prof.E. W. MacBride. £100 

 (Caird Fimd grant). 



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

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

 Mitchell, Mr. W.' L. Sclater. 



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. Dakin, Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, Prof. S. J. Hickson. £50. 



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

 the purpose of obtaining support for the Zoological Record. — Sir Sidney 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. Cari-Sannders, 

 Miss E. C. Herdman. £10. 



Investigations on Pigment in the Insecta. — Prof. W. Garstang (Chairman), Dr. J. W. 

 Heslop Harrison (Secretary), Prof. A. D. Peacock, Prof. E. B. Poulton. £6. 



To consider the po.sition of Animal Biology in the School Curriculum and matters 

 relating thereto. — Prof. R. D. Laurie (Chairman and Secretary), Mr. H. W. 

 Ballance, Dr. Kathleen E. Carpenter, Prof. W. J. Dakin, Mr. O. H. Latter, Prof. 

 E. W. MacBride, Miss M. McNicol, Miss A. J. Prothero. 



A Preliminary Survey of Certain Tropical Lakes in Kenya in 1929. — Prof. J. Stanley 

 Gardiner (Chairman), Miss P. M. Jenkin (Secretary), Dr. W. T. Caiman, Prof. J. 

 Graham Kerr, Mr. J. T. Saunders. £50. 



