recommendation's of the general committee. xlv 



Recommendations adopted by the General Committee at the 

 Oxford Meeting in June and July 18G0. 



[When Committees are appointed, the Member first nam 3d is regarded as the Secretary of 

 the Csmmittee, except there be a specific nomination.] 



Involving Grants of Money. 



That the sum of £500 be appropriated to the maintenance of the Esta- 

 bli>hment in Kew Observatory, under the direction of the Council. 



That a sum not exceeding £90 be granted for one year for the payment 

 of an additional Photographer for carrying on the Photo-heliographic Ob- 

 servations at Kew. 



That a sum not exceeding £30 be placed at the disposal of Mr. Broun, 

 Dr. Lloyd, and Mr. Stone, for the construction of an Induction Dip Circle, 

 in connexion with the Observatory at Kew. 



That a sum not exceeding £10 be placed at the disposal of Professor 

 Tyndall and Mr. Ball, for providing Instruments for making Observations in 

 the Alps, and for printing the formulae for the use of travellers. 



That the Balloon Ascent Committee, consisting of Prof. Walker, Prof. 

 W. Thomson, Sir D. Brewster, Dr. Sharpey, Dr. Lloyd, Col. Sykes, General 

 Sabine, and Prof. J. Forbes, be reappointed, with the addition of Mr. Broun ; 

 and that the sum of £200 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Matthiesaen be requested to prosecute his Experiments on the 

 Chemical Nature of Alloys ; and that the sum of £20 be placed at his dis- 

 posal for the purpose. 



That Prof. Sullivan be requested to continue his Experiments on the Solu- 

 bility of Salts at Temperatures above 100° Cent., and on the mutual Action 

 of Salts in Solution ; and that the sum of £20 be placed at his disposal for 

 the purpose. 



That Prof. Voelcker be requested to continue his investigation on Field 

 Experiments and Laboratory Researches on the Constituents of Manures 

 essential to Cultivated Crops; and that the sum of £25 be placed at his 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Alphonse Gages be requested to continue his Experiments on the 

 Mechanico-Chemical Analysis of Minerals ; and that the sum of £20 be 

 placed at his disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Mallet be requested to carry on his Experiments on Earthquake 

 Waves ; and that the sum of £25 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. 



That additional excavations be made at Dura Den by the Committee, now 

 consisting of Dr. Anderson, Prof. Ramsay, Prof. Nicol, and Mr. Page; that 

 Mr. J. B. Jukes be added to the Committee ; and that the sum of £20 be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. J. Gwyu Jeffreys, Dr. Lukis, Mr. Spence Bate, Mr. A. Hancock, 

 and Dr. Verloren be a Committee for the purpose of Reporting on the best 

 mode of preventing the ravages of the different kinds of Teredo and other 

 Animals in our Ships and Harbours; that Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys be the 

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



That Mr. Sclater, Dr. A. Gunlher, and Mr. II. T. Tomes be a Committee 

 for the purpose of preparing and printing a Report on the Present State of 

 our Knowledge of the Terrestrial Vertebrata of the West India Islands; 

 that Mr. Sclater be the Secretary; and that the sum of £10 be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Robert MacAndrew and the following gentlemen be a Com- 



