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in the neigliborlicK)d attracted laige audiences. 

 The subjects dealt with were: "Evolution and 

 War," by Professor F. W. Gamble; "The 

 Strategic Geography of the War," by Dr. 

 Vaughan Cornish ; " The Making of a Big 

 Gun," by Dr. W. Rosenhain; "Daily Uses of 

 Astronomy," by Mr. A. E. Hinks ; " Health 

 Conditions in the Modern Workshop," by Pro- 

 fessor B. Moore ; " Formation of the Sun and 

 Stars," by the Eev. A. L. Oortie ; " Some Les- 

 sons from Astronomy," by Professor H. H. 

 Turner ; and on " Curiosities and Defects of 

 Sight," by Dr. W. Stirling, professor of physi- 

 ology in the University of Manchester. 



Grants of money appropriated for scientific 

 purposes on behalf of the general committee 

 are given belovsr. The names of members en- 

 titled to call on the general treasurer for 

 grants are prefixed to the respective com- 

 mittees. Of the forty-one committees receiv- 

 ing grants, only five are new. 



SECTION A — MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE 



£ 



Professor H. H. Turner — Seismologieal obser- 

 vations 130 



Sir W". Eamsay — Tables of constants '10 



Professor M. J. M. Hill — Mathematical tables. 35 



SECTION B CHEMISTRY 



Professor H. E. Armstrong — Dynamic isomer- 

 ism 20 



Professor F. S. Kipping — Aromatic nitro- 

 amines 10 



Mr. A. D. Hall — Plant enzymes 10 



Professor H. E. Armstrong — Solubility phe- 

 nomena 5 



Professor H. E. Armstrong — ^Eucalypts 30 



Professor Orme Masson — Influence of weather 

 conditions on nitrogen acids in rainfall and 

 atmosphere 20 



Professor W. J. Pope — Crystalline form and 

 molecular structure 10 



Dr. P. D. Chattaway — Non-aromatic diazon- 

 ium salts 8 



Sir J. J. Dobbie — Absorption spectra, etc 10 



SECTION C GEOLOGY 



Professor Grenville Cole — Old red sandstone 

 rocks of KiltoTcan 7 



Professor W. W. Watts — Critical sections in 

 Paleozoic rocks 20 



Professor P. F. Kendall — List of characteristic 

 fossils 10 



Dr. J. Home — Old red sandstone rocks at 

 Rhynie 25 



Dr. R. Kidston — Lower Carboniferous flora at 

 Gullane 8 



SECTION D ZOOLOGY 



Dr. A. E. Shipley — BelmuUet Whaling Station. 25 



SECTION E GEOGRAPHY 



Sir C. p. Lucas — Conditions determining selec- 

 tion of sites and names for towns 15 



SECTION F — ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS 



Professor J. H. Muirhead — Fatigue from eco- 

 nomic standpoint 4(?' 



Professor W. E. Scott — Industrial unrest 20 



Professor W. R. Scott — Women in industry 9& 



Professor W. R. Scott — Effects of war on 



credit, etc 25 



SECTION G ENGINEERING 



Professor J. Perry — Complex stress distribu- 

 tions 40 



Dr. Dugald Clerk — Gaseous explosions 50 



Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw — Engineering problems 

 affecting prosperity of the country 10 



SECTION H ANTHROPOLOGY 



Sir C. H. Read — Age of stone circles 25 



Professor G. Elliot Smith — Physical charac- 

 ters of ancient Egyptians 15 



Dr. R. R. Marett — Paleolithic site in Jersey.. . 25 

 Professor J. L. Myres — Archeological investi- 

 gations in Malta 10 



Professor J. L. Myres — Distribution of Bronze 

 age implements 5 



SECTION I — PHYSIOLOGY 



Sir E. Schafer — Ductless glands 20 



Professor C. S. Sherrington — Mammalian heart. 20 



SECTION K — BOTANY 



Professor F. 0. Bower — Cinchona Station, 

 Jamaica 12 



Professor F. W. Oliver — ^Structure of fossil 

 plants 2 



Professor F. F. Blackman — Heredity 45 



SECTION L EDUCATION 



Professor J. A. Green — Museums 15 



Dr. G. A. Auden — School books and eye-sight. 5 

 Dr. C. S. Myers — Mental and physical factors. 20 



