RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL. COMMITTEE. Mu 



ticularly which, in our opinion, renders the creation of the new Board, or 

 some analogous measure, necessarj\ 



Whatever may be the result of this appeal, or of any other measures 

 which we may adopt in the discharge of our duty of watching over the 

 interests of Science, we will never cease our endeavours to diffuse a sense 

 of what is due to Science, and to those who make great personal sacrifices 

 for the sake of a pursuit on which the happiness and welfare of mankind so 

 materially depend, 



14 July, 1855. Wrottesley, Chairman. 



Recommendations adopted by the General Committee at the 

 Glasgow Meeting in September 1855. 



[When Committees are appointed, the Member first named is regarded as the Secretary of 

 the Committee, except there be a specific nomination.] 



Involving Grants of Money. 



That the sum of £500 be placed at the disposal of the Council for main- 

 taining the Establishment and providing for the continuance of Special Ex- 

 periments at Kew. 



That Professor Anderson, F.R.S., be requested to report on the compounds 

 of Platinum and the allied metals with Ammonia ; and that the sum of ^10 

 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Hodges be requested to continue the inquiries necessary to 

 complete the report on Flax Fibre; and that the £20 formerly voted to him 

 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. 



That a Committee, consisting of Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, and Dr. 

 H. E. Roscoe of London, be requested to continue their researches on the 

 Laws of the Chemical Action of Light ; and that the sum of £20 be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Mallet be requested to complete his experiments on Earthquake 

 Waves ; and that £40 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors Phillips and Ramsay be requested to construct a vertical 

 column of British Strata; and that the sum of £15 be placed at their disposal 

 for the purpose. 



That a Committee, consisting of Mr. Patterson, Mr. Hyndman and others, 

 be requested to continue their Dredging Researches in the neighbourhood of 

 Belfast ; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the sum of £10 be placed at the disposal of the Council for the pur- 

 pose of procuring a report on British Annelida. 



That a Committee, consisting of Dr. Lankester, Professor Owen, Dr. Dickie, 

 and Dr. Laycock, be requested to draw up Tables for the Registration of 

 Periodic Phsenomena ; and that the sum of aSlO be placed at their disposal 

 for the purpose. 



That a Committee, consisting of the Rev. C. P. Miles, M.D., Professor Bal- 

 four, Dr. Greville, and Mr. Eyton, be requested to report on the Dredging of 

 the West Coast of Scotland ; and that the sum of £\0 be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. R. Patterson, of Belfast, be requested to furnish Dredging Forms 

 to. the different Dredging Committees; and that the sum of ^10 be placed 

 at his disposal for the purpose. 



