XXii SEVENTH REPORT—1837. 
of the Duties of Steam Engines in Cornwall and elsewhere, the 
grant of 50/., at the disposal of Mr. J. Taylor, was renewed. 
For ascertaining the Amount of Duty actually performed by 
the consumption of one bushel of Coals in Steam-Engines em- 
ployed in pumping Water, not in the Cornish districts, a Com- 
mittee was appointed, consisting of Mr. Bryan Donkin, Mr. G. 
H. Palmer, Mr. James Simpson, Mr. John Taylor, and Mr. 
Thomas Webster, who was requested to act as Secretary, with 
1007. at their disposal. 
The Committee was requested to report all the circumstances 
affecting the Amount of Duty in each case. 
For instituting a series of experiments to determine the mean 
Value of Railway Constants, a Committee was appointed, con- 
sisting of Mr. Hardman Earle, Dr. Lardner, Mr. Joseph Locke, 
Mr. G. Rennie, and Mr. John MacNeil, with 502. at their dis- 
osal. 
0 For obtaining a series of observations on the average loco- 
motive Duty of a ton of coals per horse-power in Steam Ves- 
sels, a Committee was appointed, consisting of Mr. Fairbairn, 
Dr. Lardner, Mr. J. S. Russell, and Mr. J. Taylor, with 1002. 
at their disposal. 
The Committee was requested to report all the circumstances, 
nautical and mechanical, which may affect this Duty. 
Should the Committee above named find it expedient to ex- 
tend their researches to the other side of the Atlantic, the 
further sum of 50/. was placed at their disposal for such pur- 
pose. 
ARTS. 
A Committee was appointed to superintend the exhibition of 
Mechanical Inventions, Manufactured Articles, and Processes 
in the Arts at Newcastle ; viz. Sir D. Brewster, Mr. Babbage, 
Prof. Wheatstone, Prof. Willis, Prof. Powell, and Prof. John- 
ston, who was requested to act as Secretary. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
In grants of money to the Committees for purposes of science, 
the Member first named is empowered to draw on the Trea- 
surer for such sums as may from time to time be required. 
The General Committee does not contemplate in these grants 
the payment of personal expenses to the Members. 
