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5. Professor J. C. McLennan, E.R.S., will act as the head of this department, with 
the title of Scientific Adviser to the Admiralty (short title “ S.C.A.”), and he will com¬ 
bine with this office the directorship of the Admiralty Central Research Institution. 
6. In view of the great importance of ensuring that naval policy and scientific 
research do not proceed under divergent lines, the Scientific Research and Experiment 
Department will be placed under the superintendence of the C.N.S., and will work in 
close association with the Plans Division of the Naval Staff. 
7. On the experimental side, however, its work will necessarily in the main come 
within the sphere of the Controller as Chief of the Naval Materiel, and the Scientific 
Adviser will accordingly be responsible to the Controller for— 
(a.) Advising as to the programme of experimental work to be undertaken, and as 
to proposals for experimental work generally : 
(6.) Allocation of all funds provided for experimental work under the Scientific 
Adviser’s direction : 
(c.) The efficienc}^ of the organization for research and experimental purposes of 
the Central Research Institution and Experimental Stations : 
(cl.) The progress of experimental work generally : 
(c.) Recommendations for appointment of civilian scientific staff at all Admiralty 
establishments where experimental work is undertaken. 
8. Selected naval officers will be included on the staff of the Scientific Reseach 
and Experiment Department, the Central Research Institution, and the Experimental 
Stations, and the policy adopted throughout the last year of securing the close asssociation 
of the Naval Officer and the Scientist in research and experimental work will continue 
to be followed. 
9. Correspondence with outside inventors in regard to inventions will be dealt with 
by a small Naval and Secretarial Staff attached to the Scientific Research and Experi¬ 
ment Department, in the same manner as hitherto by the B.I.R. 
10. The temporary Experimental Stations at Parkeston Quay, Dartmouth, Portland, 
Wemyss Bay, Stratford, and Malta will be closed down as soon as the necessary arrange¬ 
ments can be made, and Shandon will become the main Experimental Station, Hawkcraig 
being also retained for dealing with special problems as may be decided by the S.C.A. 
11. A further notification will be made as to the personnel of the Scientific Research 
and Experiment Department. 
81st December, 1918. 
REVIEWS AND ABSTRACTS. 
Recent Foraminifera from off New Zealand, by Joseph A. Cushman, 
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus ., vol. 56, pp. 593-640, 1919. 
Some time ago a collection of Foraminifera from dredgings taken off 
the Poor Knights Islands was sent to the National Museum, Washington, 
by R. L. Mestayer, Wellington. It has proved an interesting collection, 
containing six new species and varieties, and several rare species previously 
recorded as obtained from near New Zealand by the “ Challenger.” 
Mr. Cushman says, “ A study of this material shows that the general 
distribution is that of the Indo-Pacific region. Some specimens recorded 
by Heron-Allen and Earland from the Kerimba Archipelago are found as 
far to the south and east as this region. Others are the same as those 
already recorded from southern Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philip¬ 
pines, the Malay Archipelago, &c. In general, this seems to be a very 
well-defined faunal area, and it is probable that many of the species found 
here are limited to this general region.” 
Two plates accompany the paper, figuring the new species and four 
other interesting forms. The new species are Technitella mestayeri, 
Hyperammina mestayeri , Tolypammina horrida, Ammodiscus mestayeri, 
Reophax spiculifera var. pseudodistans, and Reophax advena. The other 
species figured are Nouria polymorphinoides Heron-Allen and Earland (the 
