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SECTION G.—ENGINEERING. 
Earth pressures.—Mr. F. E. Wentworth-Sheilds, O.B.E. (Chaiyman), Dr. J. S. 
Owens (Secretary), Prof. G. Cook, Mr. T. E. N. Fargher, Prof. A. R. Fulton, 
Prof. F. C. Lea, Prof. R. V. Southwell, F.R.S., Dr. R. E. Stradling, C.B., Dr. 
W.N. Thomas, Mr. E. G. Walker, Mr. J. S. Wilson. £6 18s. 103d. (Unex- 
pended balance). 
To review the knowledge at present available for the reduction of noise, and 
the nuisances to the abatement of which this knowledge could best be 
applied.—Sir Henry Fowler, K.B.E. (Chaiyman), Wing-Commander T. R. 
Cave-Browne-Cave, C.B.E. (Secretary), Mr. R. S. Capon, Dr. A. H. Davis, 
Prof. G. W. O. Howe, Mr. E. S. Shrapnell-Smith,C.B.E. £5 (Leicester and 
Leicestershire Fund grant). 
Electrical terms and definitions.—Prof. Sir J. B. Henderson (Chaiyman), Prof. 
F. G. Baily and Prof. G. W. O. Howe (Secretaries), Prof. W. Cramp, Prof. 
W.H. Eccles, F.R.S., Prof. C. L. Fortescue, Sir R. T. Glazebrook, K.C.B., 
F.R.S., Prof. A. E. Kennelly, Prof. E. W. Marchant, Prof. J. Proudman, 
F.R.S., Sir Frank Smith, K.C.B., C.B.E., Sec. R.S., Prof. L. R. Wilberforce. 
SECTION H.—ANTHROPOLOGY. 
To carry out the excavation of Paleolith cave deposits on Mt. Carmel and other 
sites in Palestine —Prof. J. L. Myres, O.B.E., F.B.A. (Chaiyman), Mr. M. C. 
Burkitt (Secretary), Miss G. Caton-Thompson, Miss D. A. E.Garrod. £20. 
To co-operate with the local committee in the excavation of Pen Dinas hill fort, 
Cardiganshire.—Sir Cyril Fox (Chaiyman), Mr. V. E. Nash-Williams (Secre- 
tary), Prof. V. Gordon Childe, Prof. C. Daryll Forde, Rt. Hon. Lord Raglan, 
Dr. R. E. M. Wheeler. £20. 
To report on the probable sources of the supply of copper used by the Sumerians. 
—Mr. H. J. E. Peake (Chaiyman), Dr. C. H. Desch, F.R.S. (Secretary), 
Mr. H. Balfour, F.R.S., Mr. L. H. Dudley Buxton, Prof. V. Gordon Childe, 
Mr. O. Davies, Prof. H. J. Fleure, Sir Flinders Petrie, F.R.S., Dr. A. Rais- 
trick, Dr. R. H. Rastall. £25. 
To co-operate with the Torquay Antiquarian Society in investigating Kent’s 
Cavern.—Sir A. Keith, F.R.S. (Chairman), Prof. J. L. Myres, O.B.E., F.B.A. 
(Secretary), Mr. M. C. Burkitt, Dr. R. V. Favell, Miss D. A. E. Garrod, 
Mr. A. D. Lacaille. £10. 
To excavate the Roman fort at Brancaster, Norfolk.—Mr. M. C. Burkitt (Chair- 
man), Mr. V. E. Nash Williams (Secretary), Mr. K. H. Jackson. §25. 
To investigate blood groups among primitive peoples.—Prof. H. J. Fleure 
(Chaiyman), Prof. R. Ruggles Gates, F.R.S. (Secretary), Dr. J. H. Hutton, 
C.I.E., Mr. R. U. Sayce. §10. 
To co-operate with a Committee of the Royal Anthropological Institute in the 
exploration of caves in the Derbyshire district —Mr. M. C. Burkitt (Chair- 
-man), Dr. R. V. Favell (Secretary), Mr. A. Leslie Armstrong, Prof. H. J. 
Fleure, Miss D. A. E. Garrod, Dr. J. Wilfrid Jackson, Prof. L. S. Palmer, 
Mr. H. J. E. Peake. £25. 
To carry out research among the Ainu of Japan.—Prof. C. G. Seligman, F.R.S. 
(Chaiyman), Mrs. C. G. Seligman (Secretary), Dr. H. S. Harrison, Capt. 
T. A. Joyce, O.B.E., Rt. Hon. Lord Raglan. 
To report on the classification and distribution of rude stone monuments in the 
British Isles—Mr. H. J. E. Peake (Chaivman), Dr. Margaret A. Murray 
(Secretary), Mr. A. L. Armstrong, Mr. H. Balfour, F.R.S., Prof. V. Gordon 
Childe, Sir Cyril Fox, Mr. T. D. Kendrick. 
To conduct archeological and ethnological researches in Crete.—Prof. J. L. 
Myres, O.B.E., F.B.A. (Chaivman), Mr. L. Dudley Buxton (Secretary), Dr. 
W. L. H. Duckworth. 
