CLIMATIC CHANGE— ZOOLOGICAL RECORD 297 



CLIMATIC CHANGE. 



Report of Committee appointed to make recommendations to the International 

 Geological Congress for the formation of a Committee to consider 

 geological evidence of climatic change (Dr. W. B. Wright, Chairman ; 

 Mr. M. B. Cotsworth, Secretary ; Prof. E. B. Bailey, F.R.S., 

 Prof. W. N. Benson, Prof. J. K. Charlesworth, Sir Lewis L. 

 Fermor, F.R.S., Dr. G. W. Grabham, Dr. E. M. Kindle, Dr. 

 Murray Macgregor, Dr. A. Raistrick, Dr. S. W. Wooldridge). 



(Drawn up by the Chairman.) 



The Committee appointed in 1934 has, largely through the energy of its 

 Secretary, assembled from the British Dominions a series of articles on the 

 evidences of climatic change, which it now presents with this report. 

 These contributions, and a consideration of such portions of a widespread 

 literature as it has been possible to consult, suggest that much good might 

 result from an international symposium on the subject. There has been no 

 attempt at such a symposium since the meeting of the International Geo- 

 logical Congress in Stockholm in 19 10. Your Committee are of opinion 

 that the volume {Die Veranderungen, &c), published at that meeting has 

 been a great stimulus to research, and consider that the coming meeting 

 at Moscow in 1937 is a peculiarly opportune occasion for repeating the 

 effort, since we may hope for the presence there of many of the Russian 

 workers on the subject. More especially we hope that many of those by 

 whose efforts the science of soil geology has so effectively been given a 

 climatic basis, may have something quite original to contribute. 



At the same time the Committee consider that the contributions assembled 

 by their secretary contain many original and valuable observations, besides 

 indicating the trend of thought in various parts of the world. It would 

 like to see at least some of these published, but this might well be done 

 through the agency of the International Geological Congress. 



ZOOLOGICAL RECORD. 



Report of Committee appointed 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, K.B.E., F.R.S., 

 Chairman; Dr. W. T. Calman, C.B., F.R.S., Secretary; Prof. 

 E. S. Goodrich, F.R.S., Prof. D. M. S. Watson, F.R.S.). 



The grant of £50 was paid over to the Zoological Society on May 3, 1936, 

 as a contribution towards the cost of preparing and publishing Volume LXXI 

 of the Zoological Record for 1934. The statement of the ' Record Fund ' 

 in the report of the Council of the Zoological Society for 1935 shows that 

 the balance was practically the same as at the end of the previous year, the 

 sums received from the contributing societies being just sufficient to meet 

 the loss on Vol. LXXI. It is clear that the continuation of the Zoological 

 Record is only made possible by the support given to it by the Zoological 

 and other contributing Societies. The Committee accordingly asks for 

 reappointment, with the renewal of the grant of £50. 



