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mended to put themselves in communication with Her Majesty's Government, 

 for the purpose of obtaining funds adequate to the effectual prosecution of 

 the inquiry, in which application the British Association will gladly concur. 



Report of the Parliamentary Committee. 



1. That the thanks of the British Association be tendered to Lord Wrot- 

 tesley and the Members of the Parliamentary Committee, for the vigilance and 

 prudence with which they watch over the interests of Science in the Legis- 

 lature. 



2. That the Report of their proceedings since the last meeting more 

 especially calls for the attentive consideration of the Association, as containing 

 comprehensive views on the encouragement which Science requires of the 

 Legislature, and suggestions of definite measures for augmenting the useful- 

 ness and amending the position of its cultivators and teachers. 



3. That the British Association offer to the Parliamentary Committee its 

 congratulations on the progress already made in this difficult and important 

 question, and express its confident expectation that their labours will be ulti- 

 mately rewarded by a satisfactory result. 



4. That the British Association regard as a matter of immediate importance 

 to the general interests of science, the seventh recommendation of the Par- 

 liamentary Committee, viz. That an appropriate building in the metropolis 

 should be provided by the State, wherein the Scientific Societies may be placed 

 in juxtaposition; and request the President to express respectfully to Her 

 Majesty's Government their anxious hope that this recommendation may 

 receive its early and favourable consideration. 



That R. Stephenson, Esq., M.P., be elected in the Parliamentary Committee, 

 instead of Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., deceased. 



That the British Association express their satisfaction at the establishment 

 of the Meteorological Association in Scotland, and their willingness to afford 

 them the assistance which can be yielded by the establishment at Kew. 



That a letter to this effect be addressed to the Meteorological Association 

 of Scotland by the General Secretary. 



Reports and Researches. 



Tliat Mr. A. Cayley be requested to draw up a Report on the recent pro- 

 gress of Theoretical Dynamics for the next meeting of the British Association. 



That Professor Phillips be requested to prepare a Report on Cleavage and 

 Foliation in rocks ; and on the theoretical explanations which have been pro- 

 posed of these phaenomena. 



That a Committee, consisting of Professor Bennett, M.D., Professor Piazzi 

 Smyth, and Professor George Wilson, be requested to report on the employment 

 of M. Duboscq's Electric Lamps and INIicroscopic Apparatus for anatomical, 

 physiological and other scientific purposes ; and that they be recommended 

 to make application to the Royal Society for assistance in procuring the ne- 

 cessary apparatus. 



That Mr. J. F. Bateman, C.E., be requested to complete, in an engineering 

 point of view, his Report on the supplying of Water to Towns. 



That Mr. John Scott Russell be requested to proceed with his Report on 

 Naval Architecture. 



That Mr. William Faii"bairn, C.E., be requested to continue his Report 

 on Boiler Explosions. 



That a Committee, consisting of Professor Smyth, the Rev. Dr. Robinson, 

 Captain Sir Edward Belcher, Sir T. M. Brisbane, Professor Nichol, and Mr, 



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