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Professor Sylvester, Dr. Pole, Mr. Rogers Field, Professor Ansted, and Mr. Buchan; that Mr. G. J. Symons be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose,

That a Committee on Underground Temperature, consisting of Sir William Thomson, Professor Everett, Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., Professor J. Clerk Maxwell, Professor Phillips, Mr. G. J. Symons, Professor Ramsay, Professor Geikie, Mr. Glaisher, Rev. Dr. Graham, Mr. George Maw, Mr. Pengelly, Mr. S. J. Mackie, Professor Edward Hull, and Professor Ansted, be appointed; that Professor J. D. Everett be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That the Committee on Luminous Meteors, consisting of Mr. Glaisher, Mr. R. P. Greg, Mr. Alexander Herschel, and Mr. C. Brooke, be reappointed, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Dr. Huggins, Mr. J. N. Lockyer, Dr. Reynolds, Professor Swan, and Mr. Stoney be a Committee for the purpose of constructing and printing tables of Inverse Wave Lengths, Mr. Stoney to be reporter; and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Professor A. W. Williamson, Professor Roscoe, and Professor Frankland be a Committee for the purpose of superintending the Monthly Reports of the progress of Chemistry; and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

Professor A. W. Williamson, Sir W. Thomson, Professor Clerk Maxwell, Professor G. C. Foster, Mr. Abel, Professor Fleeming Jenkin, Mr. Siemens, and Mr. R. Sabine, with power to add to their number, be a Committee for the purpose of testing the New Pyrometer of Mr. Siemens, by whom the chief instrument will be supplied; and that the sum of £30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Dr. Gladstone, Dr. C. R. A. Wright, and Mr. Chandler Roberts be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the chemical constitution and optical properties of essential oils, such as are used for perfumes; that Mr. Chandler Roberts be the Secretary, and that the sum of £40 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That the Committee, consisting of Professor Crum Brown, Professor Tait, and Mr. Dewar, be reappointed for the purpose of continuing experiments on the Thermal Equivalents of the Oxides of Chlorine; and that the sum of £15 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Dr. Duncan, Mr. Henry Woodward, and Mr. Robert Etheridge be a Committee for the purpose of continuing researches in Fossil Crustacea; that Mr. Woodward be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Sir C. Lyell, Bart., Professor Phillips, Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., Mr. J. Evans, Mr. E. Vivian, Mr. W. Pengelly, Mr. G. Busk, Mr. W. B. Dawkins, and Mr. W. A. Sandford be a Committee for the purpose of continuing the Exploration of Kent's Cavern, Torquay; that Mr. Pengelly be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Professor Harkness and Mr. James Thomson be a Committee for the purpose of continuing the investigation of Carboniferous Corals with the view of reproducing them for publication; that Mr. Thomson be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Mr. G. Busk and Mr. Boyd Dawkins be a Committee for the purpose of assisting Dr. Leith Adams in the preparation of Plates illustrating an account of the Fossil Elephants of Malta; that Mr. Busk be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Professor Harkness, Mr. William Jolly, and Dr. J. Bryce be a Committee for the purpose of collecting Fossils from localities of difficult access in North-western Scotland, that the specimens be deposited in the Edinburgh Industrial Museum, and that duplicates be deposited in such Museum as the Association may designate; that Mr. William Jolly be the Secretary, and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the

purpose.

That Professor Ramsay, Professor Geikie, Professor J. Young, Professor Nicol, Dr. Bryce, Dr. Arthur Mitchell, Professor Hull, Sir R. Griffith, Bart., Dr. King, Professor Harkness, Mr. Prestwich, Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Pengelly be a Committee for the purpose of ascertaining the existence in different parts of the United Kingdom of any Erratic Blocks or Boulders, indicating on Maps their position and height above the sea, as also of ascertaining the nature of the rocks composing these blocks, their size, shape, and other particulars of interest, and of endeavouring to prevent the destruction of such blocks as in the opinion of the Committee are worthy of being preserved; that Mr. Milne Holme be the Secretary, and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Mr. Stainton, Professor Newton, and Sir John Lubbock be a Committee for the purpose of continuing a Record of Zoological Literature; that Mr. Stainton be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Professor Balfour, Dr. Cleghorn, Mr. Robert Hutchinson, Mr. Alexander Buchan, and Mr. John Sadler be a Committee for the purpose of taking Observations on the effect of the Denudation of Timber on the Rainfall in North Britain; that Dr. Cleghorn be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Dr. Sharpey, Dr. Richardson, and Professor Humphry be a Committee for the purpose of continuing investigations on the Physiological Action of Organic Chemical Compounds; that Dr. Richardson be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Professor Michael Foster, Mr. W. H. Flower, and Mr. Benjamin Lowne be a Committee for the purpose of making Terato-embryological inquiries; that Mr. Lowne be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Professor M. Foster, Dr. Arthur Gamgee, and Mr. E. Ray Lankester be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the amount of Heat generated in the Blood in the Process of Arterialization; that Dr. Gamgee be the Secretary, and that the sum of £15 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Professor Christison, Dr. Laycock, and Dr. Fraser be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Antagonism of Poisonous Substances; that Dr. Fraser be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., the Rev. Dr. Ginsburg, Mr. Hepworth Dixon, Rev. Dr. Tristram, General Chesney, Rev. Professor Rawlinson, and Mr. John A. Tinné be a Committee for the purpose of undertaking a Geogra phical Exploration of the country of Moab; and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose, in addition to the sum of £100 granted last year, but not expended because it was found to be insufficient for the purpose.

That the Metric Committee be reappointed, such Committee to consist of Sir John Bowring, The Right Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart., C.B.,

M.P., The Right Hon. Sir C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Samual Brown, Dr. Farr, Mr. Frank P. Fellowes, Professor Frankland, Mr. James Heywood, Professor Leone Levi, Mr. C. W. Siemens, Professor A. W. Williamson, Dr. George Glover, Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart., Mr. J. R. Napier, Mr. J. V. N. Bazalgette, and Sir W. Fairbairn, Bart.; that Professor Leone Levi be the Secretary, and that the sum of £75 be placed at their disposal for the purpose of being applied solely to scientific purposes, printing, and correspondence.

That Professor W. J. Macquorn Rankine, Mr. Froude, Mr. C. W. Merrifield, Mr. C.W. Siemens, Mr. Bramwell, Mr. L. E. Fletcher, and Mr. James R. Napier be a Committee for the purpose of making experiments on instruments for Measuring the Speed of Ships and Currents by means of the difference of height of two columns of liquids; that Mr. Fletcher be the Secretary, and that the sum of £30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

That Mr. R. B. Grantham, Professor Corfield, M.B., Mr. J. Bailey Denton, Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Mr. J. Thornhill Harrison, Mr. William Hope, Lieut.Col. Leach, Dr. A. Voelcker, and Professor A. W. Williamson be a Committee for the purpose of continuing the investigations on the "Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ;" that the balance of the funds raised by the Committee appointed at Exeter, and now in the hands of the General Treasurer, be placed at their disposal for the purpose.

Applications for Reports and Researches not involving Grants of Money.

That the Committee, consisting of Dr. Joule, Sir W. Thomson, Professor Tait, Professor Balfour Stewart, and Professor J. C. Maxwell, be reappointed to effect the determination of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat.

That Sir W. Thomson, Professor Everett, Professor G. C. Foster, Professor J. C. Maxwell, Mr. G. J. Stoney, Professor Fleeming Jenkin, Professor Rankine, Mr. Siemens, and Mr. Bramwell be a Committee for the framing a nomenclature of Units of Force and Energy.

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That Professor Sylvester, Professor Cayley, Professor Hirst, Rev. Professor Bartholomew Price, Professor H. J. S. Smith, Dr. Spottiswoode, Mr. R. B. Hayward, Dr. Salmon, Rev. R. Townsend, Professor Fuller, Professor Kelland, Mr. J. M. Wilson, and Professor Clifford be reappointed a Committee (with power to add to their number) for the purpose of considering the possibility of improving the methods of instruction in elementary geometry; and that Professor Clifford be the Secretary.

That Mr. W. H. L. Russell be requested to continue his Report on recent progress in the theory of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Functions.

That Mr. Carruthers, Dr. Hooker, Professor Balfour, and Mr. Dyer be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Fossil Flora of Britain.

That Rev. Canon Tristram, Professor Newton, Mr. H. E. Dresser, Mr. J. E. Harting, and Rev. H. F. Barnes be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of continuing the investigation on the desirability of establishing "a close time" for the preservation of indigenous animals; and that the Rev. Canon Tristram be the Secretary.

That Dr. Rolleston, Dr. Sclater, Dr. Dohrn, Professor Huxley, Professor Wyville Thomson, and Mr. E. Ray Lankester be a Committee for the purpose of promoting the foundation of Zoological Stations; and that Dr. Anton Dohrn be the Secretary.

That the Committee appointed last year "to consider and report on the various plans proposed for legislating on the subject of Steam-boiler Explosions

with a view to their prevention" be requested to continue their labours; such Committee to consist of Sir W. Fairbairn, Bart., Mr. John Penn, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Mr. Hugh Mason, Mr. Samuel Rigby, Mr. Thomas Schofield, Mr. C. F. Beyer, Mr. T. Webster, Q.C., Mr. Lavington E. Fletcher, and Mr. Edward Easton, with power to add to their number.

That Mr. Bateman, Mr. Le Neve Foster, Mr. Merrifield, Mr. Edward Easton, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Mr. W. Hope, and Mr. H. Bauerman be a Committee to consider the mode in which new inventions, and claims for reward in respect of adopted inventions, are examined and dealt with by the different Departments of Government, and to report on the best means of removing any real causes of dissatisfaction, as well as of silencing unfounded complaints.

That a Committee be appointed

1o, to consider and report on the best means of advancing science by Lectures, with authority to act, subject to the approval of the Council, in the course of the present year, if judged desirable.

2o, to consider and report whether any steps can be taken to render scientific organization more complete and effectual.

That the Committee consist of the following Members, with power to add to their number:-Professor Roscoe, Professor W. G. Adams, Professor Andrews, Professor Balfour, Mr. Bramwell, Professor A. Crum Brown, Mr. Dyer, Sir Walter Elliot, Professor Flower, Professor G. C. Foster, Professor Geikie, Rev. R. Harley, Professor Huxley, Professor Fleeming Jenkin, Dr. Joule, Colonel Lane Fox, Dr. Lankester, Mr. J. N. Lockyer, Dr. O'Callaghan, Professor Ramsay, Professor Balfour Stewart, Mr. Stainton, Professor Tait, Mr. J. A. Tinné, Dr. Allen Thomson, Sir William Thomson, Professor Wyville Thomson, Professor Turner, Professor A. W. Williamson, Dr. Young; and that Professor Roscoe be the Secretary.

Resolutions involving Applications to Government.

That the President and Council of the British Association be authorized to cooperate with the President and Council of the Royal Society, in whatever way may seem to them best, for the promotion of a Circumnavigation Expedition, specially fitted out to carry the Physical and Biological Exploration of the Deep Sea into all the Great Oceanic areas.

That the President and General Officers, with power to add to their number, be requested to take such steps as may seem to them desirable in order to promote observations on the forthcoming Total Solar Eclipse.

Communications ordered to be printed in extenso in the Annual Report of the Association.

That the letter of Lavoisier to Black, referred to in the Address of the President of the Chemical Section, be printed in the Annual Report; and that the letter dated 19th November, 1790, be published in facsimile.

That Mr. Bramwell's paper "On Experiments made with Carr's Disintegrating Flour-mill" be printed in extenso in the Transactions of the Association.

Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration and action if it seem desirable.

That it is desirable that the British Association apply to the Treasury for funds to enable the Tidal Committee to continue their calculations.

That it is desirable that the British Association should urge upon the Government of India the importance for navigation and other practical purposes, and for science, of making accurate and continued observations on the Tides at several points on the coast of India.

That the Council of the Association be requested to take such steps as to them may seem most expedient in support of a proposal, made by Dr. Buys Ballot, to establish a telegraphic meteorological station at the Azores.

That the Council be requested to take into consideration the desirability of the publication of a periodic record of advances made in the various branches. of science represented by the British Association.

That the Council of this Association be requested to take such steps as may appear to them desirable with reference to the arrangement now in contemplation to establish "leaving Examinations," and to report to the Association on the present position of science-teaching in the public and first-grade schools.

That the Council be requested to take such steps as they deem wisest in order to promote the introduction of scientific instruction into the elementary schools throughout the country.

Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Purposes by the General Committee at the Edinburgh Meeting in August 1871. The names of the Members who would be entitled to call on the General Treasurer for the respective Grants are prefixed.

Kew Observatory.

The Council.-Maintaining the Establishment of Kew Obser

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Mathematics and Physics.

Cayley, Professor.-Mathematical Tables

*Crossley, Mr.-Discussion of Observations of Lunar Objects..

*Tait, Professor.-Thermal Conductivity of Metals.

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*Williamson, Prof. A. W.-Reports of the Progress of Chemistry Williamson, Prof. A. W.-Testing Siemens's new Pyrometer. Gladstone, Dr.-Chemical Constitution and Optical Properties

of Essential Oils....

*Brown, Dr. Crum.-Thermal Equivalent of the Oxides of Chlorine ..

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