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land, and R. I. Murchison, Esq., in making a representation to Her Majesty’s 
Government for a grant in further aid of the publication of the Researches 
of Dr, Falconer and Captain Cautley of the Bengal Artillery, on the Fossil 
Fauna of Northern India. 
That the President of the British Association, the General Secretary, the 
President of the Geological Society, the Director of the Geological Survey 
of the United Kingdom, the Professors of Geology in Oxford and Cam- 
bridge, G. B. Greenough, Esq., R. Griffith, Esq., Major S. Clerke, T. Sop- 
with, Esq., with power to add to their number, be requested to act as a 
Committee, for the purpose, with special reference to Steam Navigation and 
Steam Power for manufacturing industry, of laying down, by means of - 
coloured signs upon a Map of the World, every region in which coal, 
capable of being used as fuel, is known to exist, and to accompany the Map, 
when completed, with an explanatory Report; showing the geographical 
and geological position of such coal deposit in the several regions and its . 
superficial extent; the amount in number and thickness of the workable 
seams, so far as the same can be ascertained, and the facilities of working 
them; the nearest large towns and sea-ports, and the means of transport 
from the mines to the sea-ports; the mineral.and economical properties of 
the coal; and whether ores of iron exist in the deposit, accompanied by 
ready access to limestone. 
That the Committee be authorized, on the part of the British Association, 
to solicit the assistance of Her Majesty’s Government in carrying this object 
into effect. 
The President of the Geological Society to be the convener of this Com- 
mittee. ; 
Recommendations for Reports and Researches not involving Grants of Money. 
That M. Dove be requested to carry out his offer to reduce, in the manner 
stated by him, the Meteorological Observations at the Van Diemen’s Land 
Observatory. 
That the Astronomer Royal be requested to reduce, in the same manner, 
the Observations at the Greenwich Observatory. 
That Reports be requested from— 
Professor Challis—On the Progress and Present State of Astronomy, 
from the period embraced in the Report by the Astronomer Royal. 
Mr. G. G. Stokes—On recent Researches in Hydrodynamics. 
The Dean of Ely—On the recent Progress of that branch of Analysis 
which relates to the Theory of Equations. 
Mr. Phillips—On the instrumental Methods which have been employed 
in Anemometry. 
Mr. Ellis—On the recent Progress of Analysis. 
That Mr. T, Stevenson be requested to continue his Experiments on the 
Force of Waves at different depths. 
That Reports be requested from— 
Mr. Mallet—On the Corrosion of Iron Rails in and out of use. 
Mr. Hunt—On the Influence of Light upon the Growth of Plants. 
Mr. Hunt—On the Result of Observations with the Actinograph. 
Dr. Perey, Rev. W. V. Harcourt, and Prof. W. H. Miller-—On the Re- 
sult of,an Examination of Crystalline Slags. 
‘ “oie Hodgkin and Dr. R. G. Latham—On the Varieties of ‘the Human 
ace. 
