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lxxxvi Annual Report of the Delegacy has received an extension of contract for years from the programme of experiments to be run partly at Harwell and partly at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been arranged In the radiophysics group under Dr Jones and Dr Barr modern digital circuit design techniques are being increasingly used in the Group's instrumentation four-channel pulse height analyser and spectrometer have been constructed for analysis of terrestrial radio signals digitally controlled three-channel spectrometer has been constructed for the determination of the wave impedance of natural electromagnetic noise Also new experimental investigation of the polarisation of geomagnetic micropulsations has been initiated theoretical problem of current interest is study of the relationship between two different formulations of the electromagnetic fields propagated over the Earth's surface Dr Nakai of Nagoya University Japan spent six months working with the radiophysics group on problems of common interest Dr Sherman and Mr Lewis attended the second international Association for the Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology meeting in Bellevue France where Dr Sherman lectured on some of the recent high pressure optical cell developments made at King's College He also lectured on the spectro- scopy of materials under high pressure to the and organised national meeting of the spectroscopy group of the Institute of Physics With Dr Bodenheimer and Dr Berenblut Dr Sherman also attended the Xlth European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy at Tallinn where he presented paper and attended the meeting of National Representatives held to discuss the organisation of the Xllth Congress Mr Chomet has continued his work of editing and translating of several books monographs and journals on various branches of physics DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY Number of Students Undergraduate Sc Zoology 23 Sc Zoology Botany 19 Total attending 14 Courses run by the Depart- ment 260 Postgraduate 13 Postdoctoral