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Professor Jenlcin, Dr. O. J. Lodge, Dr. John Hopkinson, Dr. A. Muir- 

 head, Mr. W. H. Preece, Mr. Herbert Taylor, Professor lOverett, Pro- 

 fessor Schuster, Dr. J. A. Fleming, Professor G. F. Fitzgerald, Mr. R. T. 

 Glazebrook, Professor Chrystal, Mr. H. Tomliiison, and Professor W. 

 (larnett be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of constructing 

 and issuing practical Standards for use in Electrical Measurements ; and 

 that Mr. (flazobrook bo the Secretary. 



That Professor G. Forbes, Captain Abney, Dr. J. Hopkinson, 

 Professor W. G. Adams, Professor G. C. Foster, Lord Rayleigh, Mr. 

 Preece, Professor Schuster, Professor Dewar, Mr. A. Vernon Har- 

 cou'"t, and Professor Ayrton be a Committee for the purpose of 

 reporting on Standards of Light ; and that Professor G. Forbes be the 

 Secr(!tary. 



That Professor Sir William Thomson, JNIr. W. H. Barlow, Professor 

 A. W. Williamson, Mr. W. H. Preece, and Mr. J. M. Thomson 

 be a Committee for the purpose of promoting arrangements for 

 facilitating tlie use of Weights and Measin-es in accordance with the per- 

 missive clauses of the Weights and Measures Act, 1H78 ; and that 

 Mr. J. ]M. Thomson be the Seci-etary. 



That Professors A. Johnson, ^lacgrogor, J. B. Cherriman, and H. J. 

 Bovey and Mr. C. Carpmael be a Committee for the purpose of pro- 

 moting Tidal Observations in Canada ; and that Professor Johnson be 

 the Secretary. 



That Professor Sylvester, Professor Cayley, and Professor Salmon be 

 reappointed a Committee for tlie purpose of calculating Tables of the 

 Fundamental Invariants of Algebraic Forms ; and that Professor Cayley 

 be tlie Secretary. 



That Professor G. H. Darwin and Professor J. C. Adams be reap- 

 pointed a Committee for the Harmonic Analysis of Tidal Observations ; 

 and that Professor Darwin be the Secretary. 



That Professors Balfour Stewart and Sir W. Thomson, Sir J. H. 

 Lefroy, Sir Frederick Evans, Professor G. H. Darwin, Professor G. 

 Chrystal, Professor S. J. Perry, Mr. C. H. Carpmael, and Professor 

 Schuster be a Committee for the j^urpose of considering the best means 

 of Comparing and Reducing Magnetic Observations ; and that Professor 

 Balfour Stewart be the Secretary. 



That Professors Everett and Sir W. Thomson, Mr. G. J. Symons, 

 Sir A. C. Ramsay, Dr. A. Geikie, Mr. J. Glaisher, Mr. Pengelly, 

 Professor PJdward Hull, Professor Prestwich, Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, 

 Professor A. S. Herschel, Professor G. A. Lebour, Mr. A. B. Wynne, 

 .Mr. Galloway, Mr. Josepli Dickinson, Mr. G. F. Deacon, Mr. E. Wethered, 

 and Mr. A. Strahan be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of 

 investigating the Rate of Increase of Underground Temperature down- 

 wards in various Localities of Dry Land and under Water ; and that Pro- 

 fessor Evei'ett be the Secre'ory. 



That Professors W. A. Tilden and H. Vj. Armstrong be reaopointed 

 a Committee for the purf jse of investigating Isomeric N'^'^hthalene 

 Derivatives ; and that Professor H. E. Armstrong be the Seci 



That Professors Dewar and A. W. Williamson, Dr. Marshes, r atts, 

 Captain A" 7, Dr. Stoney, and Professors W. N. Hartley, McLeod, 

 Carey Foster, A. K. Huntington, Emerson Reynolds, Reinold, Liveing, 

 Lord Rayleigh, and W. Chandler Roberts be reappointed a Committee 

 for the purpose of reporting upon the present state of our knowledge 



