RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. xix 
GEOLOGY. 
That a Committee, consisting of Mr. Murchison, the Earl of Enniskillen, 
and Dr. Buckland, be requested to obtain the continuation and completion, 
by M. Agassiz, of the examination of the Fossil Fishes of the London Clay, 
as compared with those of the Calcaire grossier of the Paris Basin, with 
£100 at the disposal of the Committee for the purpose. 
ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. 
That Dr. Carpenter be requested to pursue his investigations on the Mi- 
eroscopie Structure of Recent and Fossil Shells, with £10 at his disposal for 
the purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Prof. E. Forbes, Mr. Goodsir, Mr. Pat- 
terson, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Ball, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Couch, Dr. Allman, 
Mr. M‘Andrew, Mr. Alder, and the Rev. F. W. Hope, be requested to con+ 
tinue their investigations on the Marine Zoology of Britain by means of the 
dredge, with £10 at the disposal of the Committee for the purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Dr. Hodgkin, Dr. R. G. Latham, Dr. 
Prichard, Prof. Owen, Dr. H. Ware, Mr. J. E. Gray, Dr. Lankester, Dr. 
A. Smith, Mr. A. Strickland, and Mr. Babington, be requested to continue 
their investigations into the Varieties of the Human Race, with £15 at the 
disposal of the Committee for the purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Prof. Owen, Prof. E. Forbes, Sir C. 
Lemon, and Mr. Couch, be requested to aid Mr. Peach in his Researches into 
the Marine Zoology of Cornwall, with.£10 at the disposal.of the Committee 
for the purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Capt. Portlock, Prof. E. Forbes, Mr. 
Thompson, and Mr. Ball, be requested to pursue their Researches on the 
Marine Zoology of Corfu by means of the dredge, with £10 at the disposal 
of the Committee for the purpose. 
_ That a Committee, consisting of Mr. H. E. Strickland, Dr. Daubeny, 
Prof. Lindley, Prof. Henslow, Mr. Babington, Prof. Balfour, Mr. Mackay, 
and Mr. D. Moore, be requested to continue their experiments on the Vi- 
tality of Seeds, with £10 at the disposal of the Committee for the purpose. 
MEDICAL SCIENCE. 
That certain expenses incurred by Mr. Erichsen during Researches on 
Asphyxia, amounting to £6 16s. 2d., be paid. 
STATISTICS. 
That a Committee, consisting of Dr, Laycock, Dr. Alison, and Mr. E. 
Chadwick, be requested to continue their inquiries into the Statistics of Sick- 
ness and Mortality m York, with £20 at the disposal of the Committee for 
the purpose. 
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MECHANICS, 
That Mr. Hodgkinson be requested to continue his Experiments on the 
Strength of Materials, with £60 at his disposal for the purpose, 
