Calendar: 1969-1970 Page 443

Annual Report of the Delegacy lxxxi Dr Palmer attended an international conference on Plant growth substances' in Ottawa in August 1967 He presented paper at meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology at Sussex Univer- sity He appeared with Professor Whatley on television programme for the series 'What is Life in November Dr Jessie Keys lectured at the University of Sussex Dr Moore lectured at Cambridge and Bangor and presented paper to the British Ecological Society at their winter meeting Dr Cowan led fungus foray for the Kettering Natural History Society Dr Gyldenholm returned to the department on Fellowship from the University of Copenhagen to continue his studies on leaf development The progress of the new Biology Building at Half Moon Lane con- tinued satisfactorily and the department looks forward eagerly to the time when it can start to use the new facilities Continued support from both the Science and Agricultural Research Council enabled the department to build up its research equipment The department notes with particular pleasure the commissioning of the EM6B electron microscope the provision of grant to enable the staff to construct double-beam spectrophotometer and grant to purchase equipment for gas chromatography department of chemistry Number of Students Old Regulations Sc General Sc Special 38 New Regulations Sc 57 Biological Sciences 1st year miM is 42 Biological Sciences 2nd year Physicists 24 One year course 12 Education students 13 Postgraduate 52 Total 254