RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. XXllI 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Sir John Herschel, the Rev. 

 Dr. Whewell, and the Astronomei- Royal, for the purpose of revising the No- 

 menclature of Stars, with the sum of £10 ai their disposal. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of F. Ronalds, Esq., Prof. Wheat- 

 stone, and the Astronomer Royal, for the purpose of conducting the Electri- 

 cal Experiments at Kew, with the sum of £50 at their disposal. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of W. S. Harris, Esq., Col. 

 Sabine, and Prof. Forbes, for the purpose of reducing the existing anemo- 

 metrical observations made at the request of the Association, with the sum of 

 £25 at their disposal. 



That the Bills for Meteorological Instruments due to Mr. Adie and Mr. 

 Johnstone of Edinburgh, amounting to £18 l^.s. 6d., be discharged. 



That the sum oi' £57 be placed at the disposal of the Council for the pay- 

 ment of expenses incurred in the provision of electrical apparatus for the Kew 

 Physical Observatory. 



KEW OBSERVATORY. 



That the sum of £150 be placed at the disposal of the Council for the pur- 

 pose of maintaining the establishment in Kew Observatory. 



That the sum of £^0 be placed at the disposal of the Council for the erec- 

 tion of Kreil's Barometrograph at the Kew Observatory. 



CHEMICAL SCIENCE. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Prof. Graham, Dr. Lyon Play- 

 fair, and Mr. E. Solly, for the purpose of analysing the ashes of Plants grown 

 on different soils in the British Islands, and reporting the results, in case the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England concurs with the Association in making 

 the request and is willing to contribute to the expense, with (in that case) the 

 sum of £50 at their disposal. 



That this Resolution be communicated to the Royal Agricultural Society, 

 and that they be requested to co-operate with the British Association in con- 

 ducting the inquiries, and to assist in defraying the expense of the analyses. 



That the Marquis of Northampton, and Sir J. Johnstone, be requested to 

 press this subject upon the attention of the Royal Agricultural Society. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Prof, Bunsen and Dr. Lyon 

 Playfair, for the purpose of continuing their researches on the Gases evolved 

 from Furnaces used in the manufacture of iron, and reporting thereon, with the 

 sum of £50 at their disposal. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Dr. Daubeny, Dr. Kane, Dr. 

 Apjohn, Mr. Ball, Mr. Babington, Prof. Owen, Prof. Forbes, and Mr. Goadby, 

 for the purpose of continuing examinations into the best method of preserving 

 Vegetable and Animal Substances, with the sum of £10 at their disposal. 



That Dr. Kane be requested to continue his researches on Tannin, and re- 

 port thereon to the next Meeting, with £10 at his disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Kane be requested to continue his researches into the nature of 

 Colouring Substances, and report thereon to the next Meeting, with £10 at 

 his disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. R. Hunt be requested to institute experiments on the Actinograph, 

 with £15 at his disposal for the purpose. 



GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 



That Mr. Oldham be requested to continue his observations on Subterra- 

 nean Temperature in deep mines in Ireland for one year, with £5 at his dispo- 

 sal for the purpose. 



