Biological Abstracts Committee Committee appointed by minute of Couoncil at meeting of 4 December 1924 ' Read a letter from Sir Sidney Harmer, stating that the Zoological Record Association had passed a resolution requesting the Royal Society to convene a meeting of representative Biologists to discuss the technical organization of an American scheme for recording and abstracting biological literature. Resolved:- That the following be appointed a Committee to take evidence and report to Council upon the scheme - Sir David Prain, (Chairman); Professor V H Blackman; Dr H H Dale; Professor F W Gamble; And Professor E S Goodrich ' Meetings held; 1. 18 December 1924 2. 19 February 1925 3. 26 February 1925 4. 25 March 1925 5. 18 May 1925 December 1924 to May 1925