XXVili REPORT—1840. 
Dr. Robinson, Sir J. Herschel, Professor Wheatstone, Sir D. 
Brewster, and Mr. Owen, Professors Thomas Graham and 
Miller, Sir W. Jardine, and Professor Robert Graham, be ap- 
pointed to superintend the Translation and Publication of 
Foreign Scientific Memoirs; and that the sum of 1002. be 
placed at the disposal of the Committee for the purpose. 
The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the As- 
sociation. 
That Mr. Mallet be requested to continue his experiments on 
the Action of Salt and Fresh Water on Iron, &c., and that 50/. 
be placed at his disposal for that purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Dr. Prout, Dr. J. Thomson, 
Professor Owen, Professor Graham, and Dr. R. D. Thomson, 
be requested to undertake a series of Researches on the Che- 
mistry and Physiology of Digestion, and the sum of 200/. to be 
placed at the disposal of the above Committee for the purpose. 
The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the As- 
sociation. 
That a Committee, consisting of .Mr. Bryce, Mr. De la 
Beche, and Major Portlock, be requested to continue their Re- 
searches on the Mud of Rivers, and that the sum of 20/. be 
placed at the disposal of the Committee for that purpose. 
The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the As- 
sociation. 
That a Committee, consisting of the President of the Royal 
Society, the President of the Geological Society, R. I. Mur- 
chison, Esq., John Taylor, Esq., H.'T. De la Beche, Esq., and 
C. Vignoles, Esq. (with power to add to their number), be re- 
quested to take measures for procuring coloured drawings of 
Railway Sections before they are covered up; 200/. to be 
placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
_ The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the As- 
sociation. 
That a Committee, consisting of the Marquis of Northamp- 
ton, R. I. Murchison, Esq., and the Rev. W. Buckland, be re- 
quested to enable M. Agassiz to collect materials for a Report 
on the Fossil Fishes of Scotland, and particularly those of the 
Old Red Sandstone ; 100/. to be placed at their disposal for 
that purpose. - 
The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the As- 
sociation. | 
