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REPORT— 1850. 
Vice-Presidents.—Rev. Dr. Gordon. Dr. Henry Marshall, F.R.S.E. Pro- 
fessor William P. Alison, M.D., F.R.S.E. 
Secretaries. —Professor Hancock, LL.D., M.R.I.A. 
F.R.S.E. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. 
G. R. Porter, Esq., F-R.S. 
James Stark, M.D., 
SECTION G.——-MECHANICAiL SCIENCE. 
President.--Rev. Dr. Robinson, M.R.1.A. 
Vice-Presidents.—George Buchanan, Esq. Professor Gordon. 
Thomas 
Grainger, Esq. John Scott Russell, Esq., F.R.S. 
Secretaries. —Dr. Lees and David Stevenson, Esq. 
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 
Professor Agassiz, Cambridge, Mas- 
sachusetts. 
M. Arago, Paris. 
Dr. A. D. Bache, Philadelphia. 
Professor H. von Boguslawski, Bres- 
lau. 
Monsieur Boutigny (d’Evreux), Paris. 
Professor Braschmann, Moscow. 
Chevalier Bunsen. 
Charles Buonaparte, Prince of Canino. 
M. De la Rive, Geneva. 
Professor Dové, Berlin. 
Professor Dumas, Paris. 
Dr. J. Milne-Edwards, Paris. 
Professor Ehrenberg, Berlin. 
Dr. Eisenlohr, Carlsruhe. 
Professor Encke, Berlin. 
Dr. A. Erman, Berlin. 
Professor Esmark, Christiania. 
Professor G. Forchhammer, Copen- 
hagen. 
M. Frisiani, Milan. 
Professor Henry, Washington, United 
States. 
Baron Alexander von Humboldt, 
Berlin. 
M. Jacobi, St. Petersburg. 
Professor Jacobi, Konigsberg. 
Professor Kreil, Prague. 
M. ‘Kupffer, St. Petersburg. 
Dr. Langberg, Christiania. 
M. Leverrier, Paris. 
Baron de Selys-Longchamps, Liége. 
Dr. Lamont, Munich. : 
Baron von Liebig, Giessen. 
Professor Link, Berlin. 
Professor Gustav Magnus, Berlin. 
Professor Matteucci, Pisa. 
Professor von Middendorff, St. Pe- 
tersburg. 
Professor Nilsson, Sweden. 
Dr. Girsted, Copenhagen. " 
Chevalier Plana, Turin. 
M. Quetelet, Brussels. 
Professor Pliicker, Bonn. 
Professor C. Ritter, Berlin. 
Professor H. D. Rogers, Philadelphia. 
Professor W. B. Rogers, Virginia. 
Professor H. Rose, Berlin, 
Professor Schumacher, Altona. 
Baron Senftenberg, Bohemia. 
Dr. Siljestrom, Stockholm, 
M. Struvé of St. Petersburg. 
Dr. Svanberg, Stockholm. 
Dr. Van der Hoven, Leyden. 
Baron Sartorius von Waltershausen, 
Gothia. : 
Professor Wartmann, Lausanne. 
Report oF THE ProcEEDINGS OF THE CouNcIL IN 1849-50, as PRESENTED 
to THE GrNnERAL ComMITTEE ΑἹ Epinspurcu, Wepnespay, Jury 31, 
1850. 
With reference to the subjects referred to the Council by the General 
Committee assembled in Birmingham, the Council have to report as follows :— 
1. In respect to the proposed Recommendation to Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, to establish a Reflecting Telescope of large optical power at a 
suitable station for the systematic observation of the Nebule of the South- 
ern Hemisphere, the Council having communicated with the President and 
