PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETIXQ. XXXIX. 



power to add to their numbers. They further recommended 

 that a sum not exceeding 25 Z. should be placed at the disposal 

 of each Sub-Committee for assisting the prosecution of such re- 

 searches. 



The Committee recommended the prosecution of inquiries on 

 the pathology of the Nervous System ; on the successive motions 

 of the different parts of the heart, and the sounds which accom- 

 pany them. Three Committees were named for the prosecution 

 of these researches in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. 



The Committee recommended the appointment of Medical 

 Sub-Committees, to communicate with the Statistical Com- 

 mittee of the Association, or with the Statistical Society in Lon- 

 don, relative to a registration of deaths, comprising particulars 

 of a medical nature, with the view that if any legislative measure 

 should hereafter be adopted as to registration, such suggestions 

 may be offered by the Association as may seem best fitted to at- 

 tain the requisite information for this desirable object. Two 

 Committees were named, one in London and the other in Edin- 

 burgh. London : Drs. Yelloly, Bright, Roget, Bisset Hawkins, 

 and Clark, 6, George Street, Hanover Square. Edinburgh: 

 Drs. Abercrombie, Traill, Christison, W.Thomson, and Alison*. 

 The Committee recommended that Dr. Christison be re- 

 quested to draw up a Report on the circumstances in vegetation 

 which influence the medicinal efficacy of plants. 



Statistical Committee. 



The Committee recommended that a Sub-Committee should 

 be formed, who should associate with themselves certain jrentle- 

 men connected with the conduct and pubUcation of the new 

 Statistical Account of Scotland, to be named by that body for 

 the purpose of drawing up a set of queries by which more mi- 

 nute information on statistical subjects than that hitherto re- 

 ceived may be obtained, and that the Committee be autho- 

 rized to defray the expense which may attend the printing of the 

 queries. 



That Mr. Taylor be requested to draw up a series of ques- 

 tions upon the condition and habits of the mining population 

 of Cornwall and Wales, with a view to obtain a complete ac- 

 count of the statistics of that class. 



The Committee reported that in pursuance of a recommenda- 

 tion of the Association, Professor Jones had applied for leave of 

 access to the archives of the East India Company, and that 

 that body, with its accustomed liberality, had afforded him every 

 facility in prosecuting his researches. 



• These Committees have been for some time in operation. 



