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tions from men in tlie most humble circumstances. The Chairman 

 said that he had experience of all the coal fields in England, but he 

 would not detain them under the circumstances with any remarks. 



SECTION D.— BIOLOGY. 



ZOOLOGICAL STATION EEPOKTS. 



Mr. W. P. Sladen, F.L.S., &c., of Halifax, read a report of the 

 committee on the Zoological Station at Naples, in wliich it was stated 

 — Amongst the rarities recently procured may be mentioned Ithodosoma 

 ( Chevreulius ) callense, Heller, the northern Lophogaster typicus, Sars, 

 several new forms of parasitic Bopyridce, as well as various Scopelidoe. 

 Application has been made for the use of the table, during the coming 

 year, by Mr. Patrick Geddes, by whom important results, from a 

 previous short occupation of this table, in 1879, have already been 

 pubhshed. Mr. Geddes is now desirous of prosecuting certain special 

 investigations ; these will extend over a longer period, and Mr. Geddes 

 will be accompanied by an assistant, whose services are rendered 

 necessary by the nature of the investigations about to be undertaken. 

 The committee most strongly urged the renewal of the grant for the 

 ensuing year. They fm'ther recommend that the amount be increased 

 to £90, in consideration of the additional advantages now afforded to 

 the occupier of a table. This increase of £15 in the contribution had 

 been very generally agreed to by most, if not all, of the foreign nations 

 and universities that subscribe for tables. Professor Balfour and 

 Professor Haddon having suggested a slight addition to the grant for 

 the travelling expenses of the naturalists who made observations, 

 Mr. Sladen, in reply, intimated that the question would be taken into 

 consideration. 



A report was also presented on the Scottish Zoological Station by 

 Mr. Sladen. 



SKULL FOUND NEAE A^OEK. 

 Mr. Edward Allex read a paper on a remarkable human skull 

 found near York. It was very much elongated and compressed at 

 the sides. The skull would come under the Dolicocephalic or long 

 heads of Petogius, and it had some approach to the pyramidal skulls 

 of the Mongolian race. From the peculiarities of the teeth and the 

 and the skull having been found along with Eoman remains, 

 Mr. Allen thought it was probably a Roman skull. 



