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applied on behalf of Mr. Ronalds of the Kew Observatory, and that this 
would likewise seém to be a very deserving case; it was favourably enter- 
tained, but the funds were exhausted *. 
“ Yours, &c., 
‘“‘ WROTTESLEY.” 
In closing their Report the Committee cannot but express a hope that 
their negotiations with the Government, with respect to the cheap and rapid 
international communication of scientific works, may ultimately result in the 
complete accomplishment of this desirable object. 
June 17th, 1852. 
RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE AT THE 
BeLrast MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 1852. 
Involving Grants of Money. 
That the sum of £200 be placed at the disposal of the Council for the 
maintenance of the establishment of the Observatory at Kew. 
That Dr. Hodges be requested to investigate the chemical changes which 
are observed to occur in the technical preparation of flax; and that £20 be 
placed at his disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Robert Hunt and Dr. Gladstone be requested to continue their 
experiments on the influence of the solar radiations on chemical combinations, 
electrical phenomena, and the vital powers of plants growing under different 
atmospheric conditions; with £15 at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Mallet be requested to continue his experiments on the propa- 
gation of earthquake waves, availing himself of the operations now carrying 
on at Holyhead ; with £50 at his disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Lankester, Professor Owen, and Dr. Dickie, be a Committee to 
continue the superintendence of the publication of tabular forms in reference 
to periodical phenomena of animals and vegetables; with £10 at their dis- 
posal for the purpose. 
That Mr. H. E. Strickland, Dr. Lindley, and the other members of a 
Committee already named, be requested to continue their experiments on 
the vitality of seeds; with £5 10s. at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. R. Patterson, Dr. Dickie, Mr. Hyndman, and Mr. Grainger, be 
requested to carry out a system of dredging on the North and East coasts 
of Ireland; with £10 at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Wyville Thomson, Professor Balfour, Professor Goodsir, Mr. 
Peach, and Dr. Greville, be requested to carry out a system of dredging on 
the East coast of Scotland; with £15 at their disposal. 
That Professor E. Forbes and Professor T. Bell be requested to assist in 
the publication of the remaining part of Dr. Williams’s Report on the Struc- 
ture of the Annelida; with £10 at their disposal for the purpose. 
That the sum of £5 be granted for defraying the expenses attending the 
distribution of a Manual of Ethnological Inquiry prepared by Mr. Cull and 
a Sub-committee appointed in 1851. 
That a large outline Map of the World be provided for the use of the 
Geographers and Ethnologers; and that Sir R. I. Murchison, the Lord 
Bishop of St. Asaph, and the Secretaries of the Geographical and Eth- 
nological Societies, be a Committee for carrying this into effect; with £15 at 
their disposal for the purpose. 
* See page xi. 

