Xx “REPORT—1843. : 
Recommendations adopted by the General Committee at the Cork Meeting 
in August 1843. 
Resolved, on the motion of the Rev. Dr. Robinson, seconded by the 
Marquis of Northampton. That the British Association for the Advancement 
of Science return their thanks to Her Majesty’s Government for the liberal 
manner in which they have granted assistance to the Association, for publish- 
ing Catalogues of Stars, by placing £1000 at their disposal for that purpose. 
Resolved,—That the thanks of the British Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science be given to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for the early com- 
munication of Copies of the recent Census, presented to the Association ; 
together with a strong expression of their approbation of the form in which 
the same is constructed, as a model for similar works. 
That an application be made on the part of the British Association for 
the Advancement of Science, to the Master-General of the Ordnance, en- 
treating his assistance in the Experiments with Captive Balloons. A Com- 
mittee, consisting of the Marquis of Northampton, Lord Adare, and the 
Dean of Ely, to make the application. 
That application be made to Government to give its aid in the publication 
of Professor E. Forbes’s Researches in the /Egean Sea (on the same plan as 
the publications of Mr. Darwin, Dr. Smith, and Captain Belcher), those 
Researches having been made while he was engaged as Naturalist in the Go- 
vernment Hydrographical Survey in the Mediterranean. 
Resolved,—That application be made to Her Majesty’s Government for 
the insertion of Contour Lines of Elevation on the Ordnance Maps of Ire- 
land, such lines being of great value for engineering, mining, geological and 
mechanical purposes: and that a Committee, consisting of the Earl of Rosse, 
the Marquis of Northampton, and John Taylor, Esq., be requested to make 
the application. 
Publication of the Report on the Forms of Ships. That the Committee, con- 
isting of the Dean of Ely, John MacNeill, Esq., Col. Sabine, and John Tay- 
lor, Esq., be requested to examine and consider the matter contained in the 
Report on the Form of Ships, and report upon the same, with a view to the 
publication of the whole or such parts of the same as to them may seem 
advisable: and that the Committee be requested further to consider and re- 
port upon any mode by which a publication, such as they may judge fit to be 
made, may be accomplished. ' 
That it appears to the Committee highly desirable for the improvement of 
Science and Art in the City of Cork, and its neighbourhood, that the Royal 
Cork Institution should be restored to a state of efficiency; and that the 
officers of the Association be requested to support an application to Her 
Majesty's Government, for such assistance as may be necessary for that pur- 
pose. 
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Recommendations for Reports and Researches not involving Grants of Money. 
That the Committee for revising the Nomenclature of Stars, consisting of 
Sir John Herschel, the Rev. W. Whewell, and Mr. Baily, be re-appointed. 
That Professor Bache be requested to proceed with his Report on Ame- 
rican Meteorology, and if possible, to present it at the next Meeting of 
the Association. 
