30siy REPORT — 1844. 



GEOLOGY AND ZOOI-OGY. 



' 'That Dr. W. Carpenter be requested to continue his Microscopic Researches 

 into the Structure of Recent and Fossil Shells, &c., with £20 at his disposal 

 for the purpose. 



That Dr. Carpenter's Report on the Microscopic Structure of Shells be 

 illustrated by Litliographic Plates not exceeding twenty in number. 



BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Professor Owen, Prof. E. 

 Forbes, Dr.Laiikester, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Ball, Prof Allman, 

 Mr. Hugh E. Strickland, and Mr. Babington, for the purpose of preparing a 

 Report on the registration of periodical phaenomena of animals and vegetables, 

 with the sum of £5 ;it their disposal for the purpose. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Sir W. Jardine, Mr. Yarrell, 

 and Dr. Lankester, for the purpose of continuing their researches on the Exotic 

 Anoplura, and reporting the results to the next Meeting, with the sum of £25 

 at their disposal. 



That aCommittee be appointed, consisting of Mr. H. E. Strickland, Dr. Dau- 

 beny, Dr. Lindley, Prof. Balfour, and Mr. Babington, for the purpose of con- 

 tinuing researches on the Vitality of Seeds, with the sum of £10 at their 

 disposal. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Prof. Forbes, Mr. Thompson, 

 and Mr. Ball, for the purpose of assisting Capt. Portlock in investigating the 

 Marine Zoology of Corfu, with the sum of £10 at their disposal. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Prof. Forbes, Mr.Goodsir, Mr 

 Patterson, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Ball, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Couch, and Dr. All- 

 man, for the purpose of continuing their investigations of the Marine Zoology 

 of Britain by means of the dredge, with the sum of £20 at their disposal. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Prof. Owen, Prof. Forbes, Sir 

 C. Lemon, and Mr. Couch, for the purpose of aiding Mr. Peach in his researches 

 into the Marine Zoology of Cornwall, with the sum of £10 at their disposal. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Dr. Hodgkin, Dr. Prichard, 

 Prof. Owen, Dr. H. Ware, Mr. J. E. Gray, Dr. Lankester, Dr. A. Smith, Mr. 

 A. Strickland, and Mr. Babington, for the purpose of continuing researches 

 on the varieties of the Human Race, with the sum of £25 at their disposal. 



MEDICAL SCIENCE. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Mr. Blake, and Dr. Williams, 

 for the purpose of reporting on the Physiological Action of Medicines, with 

 the sum of £20 at their disposal. 



STATISTICAL SCIENCE. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Dr. Laycock, Dr. Alison, and 

 Mr. E. Chadvvick, for the purpose of inquiring into the relative Statistics of 

 Sickness and Mortality in the city of York, with the sum of £40 at their disposal. 



GENERAL NOTICE. 



Gentlemen engaged in scientific researches by desire of the British Asso- 

 ciation, are requested to observe that by a Resolution of the General Com- 

 mittee at the Manchester Meeting (1842), all Instruments, Papers, Drawings 

 and other property of the Association, are to be deposited in the Kew Ob- 

 servatory (lately placed by Her Majesty the Queen at the disposal of the 

 Association), when not employed in carrying on Scientific Inquiries for the 

 Association ; and the Secretaries ore instructed to adopt the necessary mea- 

 sures for carrying this resolution into effect. 



