xl" REPORT—1857. 
That Mr. R. Patterson, Professor Dickie, Professor W. Thomson, and Mr. 
Hyndman, be a Committee to report on the Dredging on the North Coast 
of Ireland; with £20 at their disposal. 
That Mr. G. Rennie, C.E., be requested to continue his Experiments on 
the production of Heat by motion in Fluids; with £20 at his disposal for 
the purpose. 
That Mr. James Thomson, C.E., be requested to continue his Experiments 
on the Measurement of the Discharge of Water; with £10 at his disposal 
for the purpose. 
Involving Applications to Government or Public Institutions. 
Resolved,—That it is of great importance to the progress of Science that the 
Magnetic Observations which have already added so much to our knowledge 
of terrestrial magnetism, should be continued. That the influence of the 
Association will be well employed in attaining this object, and that it is 
desirable to obtain the cooperation of the Royal Society. That a Committee 
be appointed, consisting of the President, the Rev. Dr. Robinson, and Major- 
General Sabine, to request, on the part of the British Association, the co- 
operation of the President and Council of the Royal Society, and to take in 
conjunction with them such steps as may appear necessary, including, if it 
be thought desirable, an application to Government. 
That Lord Wrottesley, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Osler, General Sabine, Mr. 
Welsh, Sir W. S. Harris, and Dr. Whewell, be appointed a Committee to 
express to the Board of Trade the wish of the British Association that self- 
recording Anemometrical Instruments should be established on some of the 
islands in the Atlantic Ocean, in aid of the Meteorological Observations now 
being carried on on ship-board under the direction of the Meteorological 
department of the Board of Trade. 
That application be made to Her Majesty’s Government to send a vessel 
to examine and survey the entrance to the Zambesi River in South Africa, 
and to ascend the river as far as may be practicable for navigation. That the 
following Gentlemen be appointed a deputation to make the application :— 
The President, Sir R. I. Murchison, Sir H. Rawlinson, General Sabine, Mr. 
Macgregor Laird. 
That the President, the Lord Wrottesley, the Right Honourable J. Napier, 
Dr. Robinson, and Major-General Sabine, be a Committee for the purpose 
of making application to the Government to send a vessel to the vicinity of - 
Mackenzie River, to make a series of magnetic observations, with special 
reference to the determination of the laws now known to rule the magnetic 
storms. 
It having been found that the application of science to the improvement 
of Steam-ships has been impeded by the difficulty of obtaining the necessary 
data from the present registration,—-Resolved—That a Committee be ap- 
pointed and authorized to communicate, if necessary, with the Board of 
Trade on the subject ;—the Committee to consist of Admiral Moorsom, 
Mr. J. Scott Russell, Mr. J. E. M‘Connell, Mr. Charles Atherton, Mr. Wil- 
liam Fairbairn, Mr. J. Perry, Mr. Henry Wright, Mr. Henderson, 
Applications for Reports and Researches. 
That Dr. Odling be requested to prepare a Report on the recent progress 
of Organic Chemistry. 
That Professor Haughton and Mr. David Forbes, F.G.S., be requested to 
furnish a Report on the state of our knowledge of the Mineralogical and 
Chemical composition of Rocks of an Igneous origin. _ 
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