RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. XXix 
That Captain Portlock be requested to institute a set of 
Experiments on the Temperature of Mines in Ireland, and that 
the sum of 10/. be placed at the disposal of Captain Portlock 
for the purpose. 
The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the As- 
sociation. 
That a Committee, consisting of Lord Greenock, Mr. Milne, 
Professor Forbes, Mr. Paterson, Captain Portlock, and Mr. 
Bryce, be requested to Register the shocks of Earthquakes in 
Scotland and Ireland, 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 Professor Johnston and Mr. Jeffreys be a Committee 
to repeat Mr. Jeffreys’s experiments on the Solution of Silica in 
water of a high temperature, and that the sum of 25/. 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 Professor Henslow be requested to continue his Re- 
searches on the Preservation of Animal and Vegetable Sub- 
stances, and that the sum of 6/., being the unexpended portion 
of the former grant, be placed at the disposal of the Committee, 
The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the As- 
sociation. 
That the Committee already appointed for the purpose of 
preparing Maps for the illustration of the Geographical Distri- 
bution of Animals and Plants, have the sum of 25/. placed at 
their disposal for the completion of their arrangements. 
That the Committee already appointed for the purpose of in- 
vestigating, by means of the dredge, the Marine Zoology of 
Britain, be requested to continue their researches, and that the 
sum of 50/. 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 a Committee, consisting of Sir William Jardine, Mr. 
Selby, Mr. Yarrell, and Dr. Lankester, be requested to super- 
intend the application of the sum of 50/. towards the augmenta- 
tion of our knowledge of the Anoplura Britannie. 
That a Committee, consisting of Dr. Lankester, Dr. Arnott, 
