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(Secretary), Mr. C. V. Crook. Mr. E. G. W. Elliott, Mr. J. F. Jackson Mr T. 

 Ranson, Prof. W. W. Watts, Mr. R. J. Welch. 



To investigate Critical Sections in the Tertiary and Cretaceous 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), 

 Mr. H. C. Berdinner, Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, Miss M. C. Crosfield, Mr. F. 

 Gosling, Prof. H. L. Hawkins, Prof. G. Hickling. £15. 



The Stratigraphy and Structure of the Palaeozoic Sedimentary Rocks of West 

 Cornwall. — Mr. H. Dewey {Chairman), Mr. E. H. Davison {Secretary), 

 Mr. H. G. Dines, Miss E. M. Lind Hendriks, Mr. S. Hall, Dr. S. W. Wooldridge. 



To consider and report upon Petrographic Classification and Nomenclature. — 

 Mr. W. Campbell Smith (Chairman). Dr. A. K. Wells (Secretary), Prof. E. B. 

 Bailey, Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, Prof. A. Brammall, Prof. A. Holmes, Prof. 

 A. Johannsen, Dr. W. Q. Kennedy, Prof. P. NiggU, Prof. H. H. Read, Prof. 

 S. J. Shand, Dr. H. H. Thomas, Prof. C. E. Tilley, Dr. G. W. Tyrrell. 



SECTION D.— ZOOLOGY. 



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

 Dr. F. A. Bather (Secretary), Mr. E. Heron-Allen, Dr. W. T. Caiman, Sir 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. Ash worth (Chairman and 

 Secretary), Prof. H. Graham Cannon, Prof. H. Munro Fox, Prof. J. Stanley 

 Gardiner. £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. J. H. Orton (Chairman), Mrs. Bisbee (Secretary), Prof. 

 Carr-Saunders, Miss E. C. Herdman. £5. 



To consider the position of Animal Biology in the School Curriculum and matters 

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

 Ballance, Mr. O. H. Latter, Prof. E. W. MacBride, Miss M. McNicol, Miss A.J. 

 Prothero, Prof. W. M. Tattersall, Dr. E. N. Miles Thomas. 



To determine the behaviour of a limited and uniform plankton population observed 

 under natural conditions. — Dr. G. P. Bidder (Chairman), Mr. A. C. Gardiner 

 (Secretary), Dr. J. Gray, Mr. J. T. Saunders. £10. " 



The biology of a tropical river in British Guiana and of the neighbouring districts. 

 — Prof. J. S. Gardiner (Chairman), Dr. G. S. Carter and Mr. J. T. Saunders 

 (Secretaries), Dr. W. T. Caiman, Prof. J. Graham Kerr, Dr. C. Tate Regan. 

 £20. 



SECTIONS D, I, K.— ZOOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, BOTANY. 



To aid competent investigators selected by the Committee to carry on definite 

 pieces of work at the Zoological Station at Naples. — Prof. J. H. Ashworth 

 (Chairman and Secretary), Prof. J. Barcroft, Prof. E. W. MacBride, Dr. M. 

 Knight. £50. 



SECTIONS D, K.— ZOOLOGY, BOTANY. 



To try to arrange for the observation and recording of changes in the Flora and 

 Fauna of St. Ki da since its evacuation. — Prof. J. Ritchie (Chairman) , 

 Prof. F. A. E. Crew (Secretary) , Dr. A. Bowman, Prof. J. Graham Kerr, 

 Dr. C. H. O'Donoghue, Dr. Doyd Praeger, Prof. J. Walton. 



