XXX KOUUTU REPORT— 1834. 



V. Anatomy and Medicine. 



Chairman . — Dr. Abercrombie. 



Dejnity-Chairmeii. — Sir Charles Bell. Professor Clark. 



Secretaries.— Dv. Roget. Dr. William Thomson. 



Committee. — Dr. Alison. Dr. Arnott. Sir G. Ballingall, 

 S. D. Broughton. Dr. J. Campbell. Professor Clark. William 

 Clift. Dr. Davidson. Dr. Hodgkin. Dr. Holme. Dr. Home. 

 Dr. Maclagan. Dr. Roget. James Russell. Dr. Thomson. 

 Dj*. a. T. Thomson. Dr. Wm. Thomson. Professor Trevi- 

 ranus. Dr. Turner. Dr. Yelloly. 



VI. Statistics. 



Chairman. — Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. 



Deputy-Chairmen. — Colonel Sykes. Benjamin Hey wood. 



Secretaries. — Dr. Cleland. C, Hope Maclean. 



Committee. — Howard Elphinstone. Rev. E. Stanley. J. E. 

 Drinkvvater. Rev. W. Whewell. The Earl Fitzwilliam. Sir 

 John Sinclair, Bart. Sir Thomas Acland, Bart. John Kennedy. 

 Captain Churchill. R. I. Murchison. John Whishaw. Dr. 

 Chalmers. L.Horner. John Marshall. Neil Malcolm. Fran- 

 cis Clark. Major Shadvvell Clerke. George William Wood. 

 Right Hon. Lord Jeffrey. John Gordon. Sir Henry Jardine. 

 Right Hon. Holt Mackenzie. Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan. Dr. 

 Brunton. Rev. Peter Chalmers. 



COMMITTEE OF RECOMMENDATIONS. 



Meetings of this Committee were held on Thursday, Friday, 

 and Saturday, for the purpose of conferring with M. Arago, 

 and considering and revising the recommendations to be sub- 

 mitted to the General Committee. 



M. Arago, having been requested to state his views as to 

 any points on which it appeared to him that it might be use- 

 ful for the British Association to cooperate with the Institute 

 of France, noticed in particular the great advantage which 

 rnight be expected to accrue to magnetical science from the 

 establishment of observatories furnished with adequate instru- 

 ments, and under the superintendence of a competent observer, 

 throughout the extensive possessions of the British empire, and 

 dwelt upon the necessity of arranging magnetical observations 

 upon a uniform and well-approved plan. He also spoke of the 

 value of more extensive and systematic observations on the tem- 



