The list of research given below is substantially longer than last year's despite the rigorous pruning of such dead wood as invariably appears among this vigorous growth. Yet it seems doubtful whether the Register will continue to grow at the rate it has shown for a decade or more, or even whether it will grow at all. The signs are that the rate at which work for higher degrees is being completed or abandoned has never been higher and the number of new starts being made on research for higher degrees appears to be on the decline: some 83 dissertations were successfully completed since the last listing: another 60 or so were abandoned or put into suspense.