XXil REPORT—1843. 
disposal for the purpose of superintending the translation and publication of 
Scientific Memoirs. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Mr. Baily, and Dr. Robin- 
son, with 650/. at their disposal for the purpose of publishing the British 
Association Catalogue of Stars, (500 copies). > 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Sir Thomas Brisbane, and 
Mr. J. S. Russell, with 100/. at their disposal, for the purpose of completing 
the Observations on Tides on the East coast of Scotland. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Professor Wheatstone, and 
Colonel Sabine, with 30/. at their disposal for the purpose of experimenting 
on Subterranean Temperature. 
KEW OBSERVATORY. 
That the sum of 200/. be placed at the disposal of the Council for the pur- 
pose of maintaining the establishment in Kew Observatory. 
CHEMICAL SCIENCE. 
That a Committee be re-appointed, consisting of Dr. Kane, Dr. Schunk, 
and Dr. Playfair, with 10/. at their disposal for the purpose of examining the 
History of Colouring Matters. 
That a Committee be re-appointed, consisting of Dr. Kane, Dr. Schunk, 
and Dr. Playfair, with 10/7. at their disposal for the purpose of Inquiries into 
the Chemical History of Tannin. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Mr. R. W. Fox, and Mr. Ry 
Hunt, with 10/. at their disposal for the purpose of continuing Researches on 
the Influence of Light upon Plants. 
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 
That Mr. Oldham be requested to undertake experiments on Subterranean 
Temperature in Ireland, with 10/. at his disposal for the purpose. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of the Marquis of Northampton, 
Dr. Buckland, Mr. Murchison, Mr. John Taylor, Sir H. T. De la Beche, and 
Mr. Vignoles, with 100/. at their disposal for the purpose of making geolo- 
gical Sections of Railway Cuttings. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Professor Owen, Sir Philip 
Egerton, Dr. Buckland, and Mr. Murchison, with 100/. at their disposal for 
the purpose of advancing our knowledge of the Fossil Fishes of the London 
Clay, and other Eocene Formations of Great Britain. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Rev. W. Whewell, Sir H. T. 
De la Beche, and Professor Phillips, with 202. at their disposal for the pur- 
pose of examining the state of the reference Level Marks on the line sur- 
veyed by Mr. Bunt in Somerset and Devon, and of restoring them where 
necessary. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Mr. David Milne, and 
Mr. Duncan Maclaren, with 20/. at their disposal for the purpose of esta- 
blishing standard Level Marks on such parts of the Coasts of Scotland as they 
may think fit, with a view of ascertaining the Oscillations of the Land, parti- 
cularly in reference to the lines of Earthquake Shocks. 
GEOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY. 
That Dr. Carpenter be requested to draw up a Report on the Minute Struc- 
ture of Recent and Fossil Shells by means of the Microscope, with 20/. at his 
disposal for the purpose. 
BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Mr. H. E. Strickland, Dr. 
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