xviii REPORT—1845, 
Prof. Owen, Prof. E. Forbes, Dr. Lankester, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. Thomp- 
son, Mr. Ball, Prof. Allman, Mr. H. E. Strickland, Mr. Babington, Rev. L. 
Jenyns, and Rey. Prof. Henslow—On the Registration of Periodical Pha+ 
nomena in Animals and Vegetables. 
Dr. Latham—On Ethnographical Philology. 
Dr. Royle—On the Geographical Distribution of Plants in India. 
Prof. E. Forbes—On the Results of the Dredging Operations in the 
British Seas. 
Mr. Porter—On the Statistics of the Iron Trade. 
Mr. Rennie, Mr. Paxton, Mr. J. Taylor, jun., Mr. Russell, and Mr. Eaton 
Hodgkinson—On the Hydrodynamical Phenomena of the Reservoir and 
Fountain at Chatsworth. 
That the following Communications, presented to this Meeting, be printed 
entire in the Transactions of the Association, viz.— 
M. Boguslawski—On the Comet of 1843. 
M. Paul Erman—On the Effect of Friction on Thermo-Electricity. 
Baron Senftenberg—On the Self-Registering Instruments in use at Senf- 
tenberg. 
Baron Waltershausen—On Etna. 
Colonel Sabine—On the Meteorology of Bombay. 
Mr. Porter—On Savings’ Banks. 
ee 
That Section E. be in future entitled the ‘ Section of Physiology.’ 
That it be referred to the Council to take into consideration previous to 
the next Meeting the expediency of discontinuing the Kew Observatory. 
That a Committee, consisting of Sir J. Herschel, the Astronomer Royal, 
and Lieut. Stratford, be requested to arrange. for the gratuitous distribution 
of 150 copies of the British Association Catalogue of Stars to Public Insti- 
tutions, and 25 copies to individuals. 
That 10 copies of the British Association Catalogue be placed at the dis- 
posal of Lieutenant Stratford. 
Recommendations of Special Researches in Science, involving Grants of 
Money. 
KEW OBSERVATORY. 
That the sum of £150 be placed at the disposal of the Council for the 
purpose of maintaining the establishment in Kew Observatory. 
MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 
That Mr. Birt be requested to continue his Researches on Atmospheric 
Undulations, with £7 at his disposal for the purpose. _ me 
That M. A. Erman, Corresponding Member of the British Association, be 
requested to superintend the computation of the Gaussian Constants for 
1839, and of the probable errors of the values so deduced, with £50 at his 
disposal for the purpose. ; 
That certain expenses incurred by Mr. Osler in completing the ar- 
rangements for Anemometry at Plymouth and Edinburgh, amounting to 
£11 17s. 6d., be paid. 
CHEMICAL SCIENCE. 
That Dr. Schunck be requested to continue his investigations on Colour- 
ing Matters, with £10 at his disposal for the purpose. 
