Ixiv REPORT — 1855. 



That a Committee, consisting of Mr. T. C. Archer and Dr. Dickinson, be 

 requested to draw up in a tabular form the Statistics of the Vegetable, Ani- 

 mal, and Mineral products imported into Liverpool; and that the sum of £10 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That a Committee, consisting of Mr. William Keddie and Mr. Michael 

 Connal, be requested to draw up in a tabular form the Statistics of the Vege- 

 table, Animal, and Mineral products imported into Glasgow ; and that the 

 sum of ^610 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That a Committee, consisting of Sir William Jardine, Bart., Dr. Fleming, 

 and Mr. Edmund Ashworth, be requested to report on the progress of experi- 

 ments on the Propagation of Salmon ; and that the sura of £10 be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



That a Committee, consisting of Professor Henslow and others, be requested 

 to print 250 copies of their Report on the Typical Forms for Museums, for 

 distribution; and that the sum of ^610 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Dr. Daubeny and a Committee be requested to continue their atten- 

 tion to the Vitality of Seeds ; with 36IO at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. William Fairbairn, C.E., be requested to continue his Report 

 on the Strength of Iron Plates ; and that a further grant of £10 be placed at 

 his disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. James Thomson, C.E., be requested to report on the Measure- 

 ment of Water by Weir Boards; and that the sum of aflO be placed at his 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That a Committee, consisting of Mr. Andrew Henderson, Major-General 

 Chesney, Captain Sir Edward Belcher, Mr. James R. Napier, Mr. James 

 Thomson, C.E , Mr. William Ramsay, C.E., Mr. Primrose, and Sir William 

 Jardine, Bart., be requested to continue the investigation as to the statistics 

 and condition of Life-Boats and Fishing-Boats; as to the principles on which 

 such boats should be constructed ; the essential conditions of their successful 

 use; and the means of establishing them round the coasts: and that the sum 

 of £5 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Involving Applications to Government or Public Institutions. 



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Mr. William Fairbairn, His 

 Grace the Duke of Argyll, Captain Sir Edward Belcher, The Rev. Dr. 

 Robinson, The Rev. Dr. Scoresby, Mr. Joseph Whitworth, Mr. James Beau- 

 mont Neilson, Mr. James Nasniyth, and Mr. W. J. Macquorn Rankine, to 

 institute an inquiry into the best means of ascertaining those properties of 

 Metals, and effects of different modes of treating them, which are of import- 

 ance to the durability and efficiency of Artillery ; and that the said Committee 

 be empowered to communicate in the name of the Association with, and to 

 request the assistance of. Her Majesty's Government. 



That the Earl of Harrowby, His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Sir David 

 Brewster, Colonel Sabine, Mr. Thomas Graham, Master of the Mint, Mr. 

 William Fairbairn, and Mr. Thomas Webster, be a Committee for taking 

 such steps as may be necessary to render the Patent system of this country, 

 and the funds derived from inventors, more efficient and available for the 

 reward of meritorious inventors, and the advancement of practical science. 



That the thanks of the Association be presented to the Liverpool Compass 

 Committee for their first report; that they be requested to continue re- 

 searches so important, not only to the commercial interests of the nation, 

 but to the progress of maguetic science ; and that the Committee be recom- 



