lxxiv REPORT—1885. 
Austen, Mr. W. T. Blanford, Mr. Sclater, Mr. Carruthers, Mr. Thiselton-. 
Dyer, Professor Struthers, Mr. G. W. Bloxam, Mr. H. W. Bates, Lord. . 
Alfred Churchill, Mr. F. Galton, Mr. J. S. O'Halloran, Mr. Coutts. 
Trotter, and Professor Moseley be a Committee for the purpose of 
furthering the Exploration of New Guinea, by making a grant to Mr, 
Forbes for the purposes of his Expedition ; that Mr. H. W. Bates be the 
Secretary, and that the sum of 1501. be placed at their disposal for the 
purpose. 
That General J. T. Walker, Sir J. H. Lefroy, Sir William Thomson, 
Mr. Alexander Buchan, Mr. J. Y. Buchanan, Mr. John Murray, Dr. Rae, 
Mr. H. W. Bates, and Captain W. J. Dawson be a Committee for the- 
purpose of organising a systematic investigation of the Depth of the per- 
manently Frozen Soil in the Polar Regions, its geographical limits, and 
relation to the present Pole of greatest cold; that Mr. H. W. Bates be the 
Secretary, and that the sum of 5/. be placed at their disposal for the- 
purpose. 
That Professor Sidgwick, Professor Foxwell, the Rev. W. Cunning-- 
ham, and Professor Munro be a Committee for the purpose of inquiring’ 
into the Regulation of Wages under the Sliding Scales; that Professor 
Munro be the Secretary, and that the sum of 10/. be placed at their dis- 
posal for the purpose. 
That Mr. W. H. Barlow, Professor J. Thomson, Captain D. Galton, 
Mr. B. Baker, Professor W. C. Unwin, Professor A. B. W. Kennedy, Mr.. 
C. Barlow, Mr. A. T. Atchison, and Professor H. 8. Hele Shaw be a 
Committee for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to. 
the Endurance of Metals under repeated and varying stresses, and the 
proper working stresses on Railway Bridges and other structures subject 
to varying loads; that Mr. A. T. Atchison be the Secretary, and that 
the sum of 101. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Garson, Mr. Pengelly, Mr. F. W. Rudler, and Mr. G. W.. 
Bloxam be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Prehistoric 
Race in the Greek Islands; that Mr. Bloxam be the Secretary, and. 
that the sum of 20/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. E. B. Tylor, Dr. G. M. Dawson, General Sir J. H. Lefroy, Dr. 
Daniel Wilson, Mr. R. G. Haliburton, and Mr. George W. Bloxam be 
reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating and publishing” 
reports on the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social 
condition of the North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada; that 
Mr. Bloxam be the Secretary, and that the sum of 501. be placed at their 
disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Francis Galton, Dr. Beddoe, Mr. Brabrook, Professor 
Cunningham, Professor Flower, Mr. J. Park Harrison, Professor A. 
Macalister, Dr. Muirhead, Mr. F. W. Rudler, Professor Thane, and Dr.. 
Garson be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of defining the 
Racial Characteristics of the Inhabitants of the British Isles; that 
Dr. Garson be the Secretary, and that the sum of 101. be placed at their 
disposal for the purpose. 
Not involving Grants of Money. 
That Mr. James N. Shoolbred and Sir William Thomson be reap-. 
pointed a Committee for the purpose of reducing and tabulating the Tidal. 
Observations in the English Channel made with the Dover tide-gauge,. 
