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; RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. Xxl 
That a Committee, composed of Sir H. T. De la Beche, Sir W. Hooker, 
Dr. Daubeny, Mr. Henfrey, and Mr. Hunt, be requested to continue their 
investigations on the action of Carbonic Acid on the growth of ferns. 
That Mr. R. Hunt be requested to furnish to the next Meeting a Report 
on the present state of our knowledge of the Chemical Action of the Solar 
Radiations. 
That Mr. Mallet be requested to complete his Report on the Statical and 
Dynamical effects of Earthquakes. 
That Professor E. Forbes, Dr. Playfair, and Dr. Carpenter, be requested 
to report on the Perforating Apparatus of Mollusca. 
That the subject of Luminosity in Living Animals be recommended to the 
attention of Naturalists, with a view to determine the causes of such lumi- 
nosity, the circumstances, the species of animals which possess it, and the 
state of knowledge on the subject; and that Mr. Darwin be requested to 
collect and receive observations on the subject. 
That Mr. Henfrey be requested to report on the Hybridism of Plants. 
That G. R. Porter, Esq., Colonel Sykes, Mr. Tooke, Professor Longfield, 
Mr. Lawson, and Professor Hancock, be requested to prepare a Report on 
the State and Progress of Statistics. 
TYhat the Communication of Lord Rosse, on Nebule, be printed entire 
among the Reports. 
That Mr. Nasmyth be requested to prepare a Report on the Use and Re- 
lative value of the Hydrocarbons as a Lubricating Material; and that Dr. 
Playfair be requested to co-operate with him. 
That it be recommended to the Council to consider of the propriety of 
reducing the number of copies to be printed of the next volume, and that 
the Council be authorized to arrange for the proper distribution of-the un- 
sold copies of previously published volumes. 
Synopsis of Granis of Money appropriated to Scientific Objects by the 
General Committee at the Birmingham Meeting in September 1849, 
with the Name of the Member, who alone or as the First of a 
Committee, is entitled to draw for the Money. 
Kew Observatory. dey Ss ds 
At the disposal of the Council for defraying Expenses........ 250 0 0 
Mathematical and Physical Science. 
Rew, Colonel—Meteorological Observations at the Azore 
PROGOS naw a cancacsintmgbsk eden sajabcbiccdesessccee 2a, OO 
Chemical Science. 
x Percy, Dr.—Researches on Crystalline Slags..........-+-. 10 0 0 
| Scuunckx, Dr.—Investigations on Colouring Matters ........ 5 0 0 
_ Situ, Dr.—Investigations on the Air and Water of Towns.. 5 0 0 
Geology. 


ti  Lanxesrer, Dr.—Periodical Phenomena of Animals and Vege- 
- Matzxrt, R.—To determine by instruments the Elements of the 
__ Transit of Natural and Artificial Earthquake Waves .... 50 0 0 
Natural History. 
" Srrickanp, H. E.—Vitality of Seeds.........0eeeseeee 6 0 0 
PAGES te are ciese aia atta naOeeee chee bith ie eaten tect MLO 
_ Fonzes, Prof. E.—Report on British Annelida ..........++ 10 
Total of Grants........£371 
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