xl RESEARCH COMMITTEES, ETC. 



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

 pieces of work at the Freshwater Biological Station, Wray Castle, Winder- 

 mere. — Prof. F. E. Fritsch (Chairman), Mr. J. T. Saunders {Secretary), 

 Miss P. M. Jenkin, Dr. C. H. O'Donoghue {from Section D) ; Dr. W. H. Pearsall 

 [from Section K). £75. 



SECTION E.— GEOGRAPHY. 



To co-operate with the Ordnance Survey in the production of a Population 

 Density Map (or Maps) of Great Britain and to endeavour to get this pub- 

 lished as soon as the 1931 Census is available ; and, further, to examine the 

 possibility of making similar Maps of the Empire, utilising the International 

 Map (i : 1,000,000) as the base. — Brig. H. S. L. Winterbotham {Chairman) , 

 Capt. J. G. Withycombe {Secretary), Mr. J. Bartholomew, Prof. F. Debenham, 

 Prof. C. B. Fawcett, Prof. H. J. Fleure, Mr. H. King, Mr. R. H. Kinvig, 

 Prof. A. G. Ogilvie, Prof. O. H. T. Rishbeth, Prof. P. M. Roxby, Mr. A. 

 Stevens. 



To inquire into the present state of Knowledge of the Human Geography of 

 Tropical Africa, and to make recommendations for furtherance and develop- 

 ment. — Prof. P. M. Roxby {Chairman), Prof. A. G. Ogilvie {Secretary), 

 Prof. C. B. Fawcett, Prof. H. J. Fleure, Mr. E. B. Haddon, Mr. R. H. Kinvig, 

 Mr. J. McFarlane, Col. N. M. MacLeod, Prof. J. L. Myres, Mr. R. U. Sayce, 

 Rev. E. W. Smith, Brig. H. S. L. Winterbotham. £5. 



To ascertain the place which Geography occupies in the Curricula of the Uni- 

 versities in the various Dominions of the Empire. — Prof. C. B. Fawcett 

 {Chairman), Dr. L. Dudley Stamp {Secretary), Dr. W. N. Benson, Mr. L. J. 

 Burpee, Prof. F. Debenham, Dr. C. Fenner, Prof. Griffith Taylor, Prof. J. H. 

 Wellington. 



SECTIONS E, K.— GEOGRAPHY, BOTANY. 



To complete two maps of England on the i /M. scale showing (i) the distribution 

 of woodland (based on physical evidence) after the establishment of climatic 

 conditions approximating to the present, and (ii) the distribution of wood- 

 land on the basis of evidence derived from early topographical writings 

 and maps. — Sir John Russell {Chairman), Prof. P. M. Roxby {Secretary) ; 

 Prof. H. J. Fleure, Mr. R. H. Kinvig, Prof. A. G. Ogilvie, Brig. H. S. L. 

 Winterbotham, Capt. J. G. Withycombe {from Section E) ; Dr. E. J. 

 Salisbury, Dr. T. W. Woodhead {from Section K). £25. 



SECTIONS E, L.— GEOGRAPHY, EDUCATION. 



To report on the present position of Geographical Teaching in Schools, and of 

 Geography in the training of teachers ; to formulate suggestions for a 

 syllabus for the teaching of geography both to Matriculation Standard and 

 in Advanced Courses and to report, as occasion arises, to Council through 

 the Organising Committee of Section E upon the practical working of 

 Regulations issued by the Board of Education (including the Scottish 

 Education Department) affecting the position of Geography in Schools and 

 Training Colleges. — Prof. Sir T. P. Nunn [Chairman), Mr. L. Brooks {Secre- 

 tary), Mr. A. B. Archer, Mr. J. N. L. Baker, Mr, C. C. Carter, Prof. H. J. 

 Fleure, Dr. O. J. R. Howarth, Mr. H. E. M. Icely, Mr. J. McFarlane, Rt. Hon. 

 Sir Halford J. Mackinder, Prof. J. L. Myres, Dr. Marion Newbigin, Prof. A. G. 

 Ogilvie, Mr. A. Stevens, Prof. C. B. Fawcett {from Section E) ; Mr. C. E. 

 Browne, Sir R. Gregory, Mr. E. R. Thomas, Miss O. Wright, Prof. Godfrey 

 Thomson {from Section L) . 



SECTION F.— ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. 



Chronology of the World Crisis from 1929 onwards. — Mr. P. Ford {Convener), 

 Miss Emmerson and Mr. F. W. Paish {Secretaries), Prof. A. L. Bowley, Prof. 

 R. B. Forrester, Prof. H. M. Hallsworth, Prof. J. H. Jones. 



