Date and Place.

Presidents.

Secretaries.

1857. Dublin...... Rev. Dr. J. Henthawn Todd, Pres. R. Cull, S. Ferguson, Dr. R. R. MadR.I.A.

den, Dr. Norton Shaw.

Sir R. I. Murchison, G.C.St.S., R. Cull, Francis Galton, P. O'Cal-
F.R.S.
laghan, Dr. Norton Shaw, Thomas
Wright.

Rear-Admiral Sir James Clerk Richard Cull, Professor Geddes, Dr.
Ross, D.C.L., F.R.S.

Norton Shaw.

1860. Oxford...... Sir R. I. Murchison, D.C.L., Capt. Burrows, Dr. J. Hunt, Dr. C.

F.R.S.

1861. Manchester. John Crawfurd, F.R.S.

1862. Cambridge. Francis Galton, F.R.S.

1863. Newcastle... Sir R. I. Murchison, F.R.S.

Lempriere, Dr. Norton Shaw.

Dr. J. Hunt, J. Kingsley, Dr. Norton
Shaw, W. Spottiswoode.

J. W. Clarke, Rev. J. Glover, Dr.
Hunt, Dr. Norton Shaw, T. Wright.
K.C.B., C. Carter Blake, Hume Greenfield,
C. R. Markham, R. S. Watson.

1864. Bath......... Sir R. I. Murchison, K.C.B., H. W. Bates, C. R. Markham, Capt.

F.R.S.

LL.D.

R. M. Murchison, T. Wright.

H. W. Bates, S. Evans, G. Jabet, C.
R. Markham, Thomas Wright.

1866. Nottingham Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart., H. W. Bates, Rev. E. T. Cusins, R.

1867. Dundee...... Sir Samuel Baker, F.R.G.S..

1868. Norwich

1869. Exeter

H. Major, Clements R. Markham,
D. W. Nash, T. Wright.

H. W. Bates, Cyril Graham, C. R.
Markham, S. J. Mackie, R. Sturrock.

Capt. G.H. Richards, R.N., F.R.S. T. Baines, II. W. Bates, C. R. Mark-
ham, T. Wright.

SECTION E (continued).—GEOGRAPHY.

Sir Bartle Frere, K.C.B., LL.D., H. W. Bates, Clements R. Markham,

1870. Liverpool... Sir R, I. Murchison, Bt., K.C.B., H. W. Bates, David Buxton, Albert LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S. J. Mott, Clements R. Markham. Clements R. Markham, A Buchan, J. H. Thomas, A. Keith Johnston.

1871. Edinburgh. Colonel Yule, C.B., F.R.G.S.

...

STATISTICAL SCIENCE.

COMMITTEE OF SCIENCES, VI.-STATISTICS.

1833. Cambridge .Prof. Babbage, F.R.S. .........J. E. Drinkwater. 1834. Edinburgh. Sir Charles Lemon, Bart.

Dr. Cleland, C. Hope Maclean.

W. Greg, Prof. Longfield.

SECTION F.-STATISTICS.

1835. Dublin ...... Charles Babbage, F.R.S.

1837. Liverpool... Rt. Hon. Lord Sandon

1836. Bristol Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., F.R.S. Rev. J. E. Bromby, C. B. Fripp,

1838. Newcastle... Colonel Sykes, F.R.S. 1839. Birmingham Henry Hallam, F.R.S.

James Heywood.

W. R. Greg, W. Langton, Dr. W. C.
Tayler.

W. Cargill, J. Heywood, W. R. Wood.
F. Clarke, R. W. Rawson, Dr. W. C.

Tayler.

1840. Glasgow Rt. Hon. Lord Sandon, F.R.S., C. R. Baird, Prof. Ramsay, R. W.

Rev. Dr. Byrth, Rev. R. Luney, R.
W. Rawson.

Rev. R. Luney, G. W. Ormerod, Dr.
W. C. Tayler.

Dr. D. Bullen, Dr. W. Cooke Tayler.
Lieut.-Col. Sykes, F.R.S., F.L.S. J. Fletcher, J. Heywood, Dr. Laycock.

1845. Cambridge. Rt. Hon. The Earl Fitzwilliam... J. Fletcher, W. Cooke Tayler, LL.D. 1846. Southampton G. R. Porter, F.R.S.

J. Fletcher, F. G. P. Neison, Dr. W.
C. Tayler, Rev. T. L. Shapeott.

1871.

d

APPENDIX II.

BOOKS AT PRESENT IN THE KEW OBSERVATORY,

THE PROPERTY OF

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

LIST A.

Books to be retained at Kew for reference.

British Association Reports, 1 vol. for the following years:-
1831-32, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839,
1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847,
1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855,
1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863,
1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869.
Philosophical Transactions

(Abstracts).

Proceedings of the Royal Society

Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers
Philosophical Magazine (half-yearly)

(unbound)

Logarithmic Tables (various)

Royal Astronomical Society's Proceedings

Buchan's Meteorology

1847. Oxford

1848. Swansea

Secretaries.

Henry Chatfield, Thomas Webster.
J. F. Bateman, J. Scott Russell, J.
Thomson, Charles Vignoles.

James Thomson, Robert Mallet.
Charles Vignoles, Thomas Webster.
Rev. W. T. Kingsley.

1846, Southampton Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S.. William Betts, Jun., Charles Manby. Rev. Prof. Walker, M.A., F.R.S. J. Glynn, R. A. Le Mesurier. Rev. Prof. Walker, M.A., F.R.S. R. A. Le Mesurier, W. P. Struvé. 1849. Birmingham Robert Stephenson, M.P., F.R.S. Charles Manby, W. P. Marshall. 1850. Edinburgh.. Rev. Dr. Robinson Dr. Lees, David Stephenson. 1851. Ipswich...... William Cubitt, F.R.S.. John Head, Charles Manby. 1852. Belfast

1853. Hull

John Walker, C.E., LL.D., F.R.S. John F. Bateman, C. B. Hancock,
Charles Manby, James Thomson.
William Fairbairn, C.E., F.R.S.. James Oldham, J. Thomson, W. Sykes

1854. Liverpool ... John Scott Russell, F.R.S.

1855. Glasgow

...

Ward.

John Grantham, J. Oldham, J. Thom

son.

W. J. Macquorn Rankine, C.E., L. Hill, Jun., William Ramsay, J.
F.R.S.

1856. Cheltenhant George Rennie, F.R.S.

Thomson.

C. Atherton, B. Jones, Jun., H. M.
Jeffery.

1857. Dublin The Right Hon. The Earl of Prof. Downing, W. T. Doyne, A. Tate,
Rosse, F.R.S.
James Thomson, Henry Wright.
J. C. Dennis, J. Dixon, H. Wright.

1858. Leeds......... William Fairbairn, F.R.S.

Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S. . R. Abernethy, P. Le Neve Foster, II.

Wright.

Prof. W. J. Macquorn Rankine, P. Le Neve Foster, Rev. F. Harrison,

1861. Manchester .J. F. Bateman, C.E., F.R.S....... P. Le Neve Foster, John Robinson, H.

Wright.

1862. Cambridge .. William Fairbairn, LL.D., F.R.S. W. M. Fawcett, P. Le Neve Foster. 1863. Newcastle... Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S. . P. Le Neve Foster, P. Westmacott, J.

1864. Bath......... J. Hawkshaw, F.R.S. 1865. Birmingham Sir W. G. Armstrong,

F.R.S.

1866. Nottingham Thomas Hawksley,

C.E., F.G.S.

F. Spencer.

P. Le Neve Foster, Robert Pitt.
LL.D., P. Le Neve Foster, Henry Lea, W. P.
Marshall, Walter May.

V.P.Inst. P. Le Neve Foster, J. F. Iselin, M.
A. Tarbottom.

1867. Dundee...... Prof. W. J. Macquorn Rankine, P. Le Neve Foster, John P. Smith,

Charles Lyell, F.R.S.

W. R. Grove, F.R.S.

Rev. Prof. B. Powell, F.R.S....
Prof. M. Faraday, F.R.S.

Hugh E. Strickland, F.G.S.
John Percy, M.D., F.R.S.

...

W. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S. 1849. Birmingham Dr. Faraday, F.R.S.... Rev. Prof. Willis, M.A., F.R.S.

1850. Edinburgh. Prof. J. H. Bennett, M.D., F.R.S.E.

1851. Ipswich

1852. Belfast

1853. Hull

Dr. Mantell, F.R.S.

Prof. R. Owen, M.D., F.R.S.

G. B. Airy, F.R.S., Astron. Roy.
Prof. G.G. Stokes, D.C.L., F.R.S.

Colonel Portlock, R.E., F.R.S.

Subject of Discourse.

Geology of North America.

The Gigantic Tortoise of the Siwalik
Hills in India.

Progress of Terrestrial Magnetism.
Geology of Russia.

Fossil Mammalia of the British Isles.
Valley and Delta of the Mississippi.
Properties of the Explosive substance
discovered by Dr. Schönbein; also
some Researches of his own on the
Decomposition of Water by Heat.
Shooting-stars.

Magnetic and Diamagnetic Pheno

mena.

The Dodo (Didus ineptus).
Metallurgical operations of Swansea
and its neighbourhood.
Recent Microscopical Discoveries.
Mr. Gassiot's Battery.

Transit of different Weights with
varying velocities on Railways.
Passage of the Blood through the
minute vessels of Animals in con-
nexion with Nutrition.
Extinct Birds of New Zealand.
Distinction between Plants and Ani-

mals, and their changes of Form. Total Solar Eclipse of July 28, 1851. Recent discoveries in the properties of Light.

Recent discovery of Rock-salt at Carrickfergus, and geological and practical considerations connected with it.

Prof. J. Phillips, LL.D., F.R.S., Some peculiar phenomena in the Geo

F.G.S.

logy and Physical Geography of
Yorkshire.

The present state of Photography.
Anthropomorphous Apes.

Progress of researches in Terrestrial
Magnetism.
Characters of Species.

Assyrian and Babylonian Antiquities
and Ethnology.

Recent discoveries in Assyria and Babylonia, with the results of Cuneiform research up to the present

time.

Correlation of Physical Forces.
The Atlantic Telegraph.

Recent discoveries in Africa.
The Ironstones of Yorkshire.

The Fossil Mammalia of Australia.
Geology of the Northern Highlands.
Electrical Discharges in highly rare-
fied Media.

Physical Constitution of the Sun.
Arctic Discovery.
Spectrum Analysis.

The late Eclipse of the Sun.
The Forms and Action of Water.
Organic Chemistry.