RESEARCH COMMITTEES. XXXvii 



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" U. Nathan (CJiairman), Prof. J. 

 Stanley Gardiner and Mr. F. A. Potts (Secretarie-^), 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. Ashwortli, 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. 



Zoological Bibliograpliy 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, Plymoutli. — Prof. J. H. Ashworth (Chairman and Secretary), Prof. 

 H. GJraham Cannon, 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. (Caird Fund grant.) 



On the Influence of the Sex Physiology of the Parents on the Sex-Ratio of the Ofl'spring. 

 — Prof. J. H. OrtOD (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, Dr. Kathleen E. Carpenter, Mr. O. H. Latter, Prof. E. W. MacBride, 

 Miss M. McNicol, Miss A. J. Prothero, Prof. W. M. Tattersall. 



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. 



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

 of St. Kilda since its evacuation.— Prof. J. Ritchie (Chairman), Prof. F. A. E. 

 Crew (Secretary), Dr. A. Bowman, Prof. J. Graham Kerr, Dr. G. H. O'Donoghue. 



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. E. S. Goodrich (Chairman), 

 Prof. J. H. Ashworth (Secretary), Prof. E. W. MacBride, Prof. H. Munro Fox, 

 Dr. M. Knight, Prof. J. H. Priestley, Prof. C. Lovatt Evans, Prof. B. A. 

 McSwiney. £50. (Caii-d Fund grant.) 



SECTIONS D, K.— ZOOLOGY, BOTANY. 

 The equipment of a Fresh-water Biological Station at Windermere subject to the 

 support of other bodies being forthcoming. — Prof. M. Drummond, Prof. F. E. 

 Fritsch, Dr. B. Millard Griffiths, Dr. C. H. O'Donoghue, Mr. J. Omer Cooper, 

 Miss P. M. Jenkin. £40. 



SECTION E.— GEOGRAPHY. 



To report further as to the method of construction and reproduction of a Population 

 Map of Great Britain with a view to the census of 1931.— Brig. H. S. L. Winter- 

 botham (Chairman), Mr. J. Cossar (Secretary), Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, Mr. J. 

 Bartholomew, Mr. H. O. Beckit, Mr. F. Debenham, Plof. C. B. Fawcett, Prof. 

 H. J. Fleure, Mr. H. King, Mr. R. H. Kinvig, Brig. E. M. Jack, Prof. O. H. T. 

 Rishbeth, Prof. P. M. Roxby, Mr. A. Stevens. £25. 



