hxvi REPORT — 1886. 



for the purpose of investigating Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives ; and 

 that Professor H. E. Armstrong be the Secretary. 



That Professors Dewar and A. W. Williamson, Dr. Marshall Watts, 

 Captain Abney, Dr. Johnstone Stoney, Professors W. N. Hartley, McLeod, 

 Carey Foster, A. K. Huntington, Emerson Reynolds, Reinold, and Live- 

 ing, Lord Rayleigh, Professor Schuster, and Professor W. C. Roberts- 

 Austen be a Committee for the purpose of reporting upon the present 

 state of our knowledge of Spectrum Analysis ; and that Professor W. 

 C. Roberts-Austen be the Secretary. 



That Professors Ramsay, Tilden, Marshall, and W. L. Goodwin be 

 a Committee for the purpose of investigating certain Physical Constants 

 of Solution, especially the expansion of saline solutions : and that Pro- 

 fessor W. L. Goodwin be the Secretary. 



That Professors Tilden, McLeod, Pickering, and Ramsay and Drs. 

 Young, A. R. Leeds, and Nicol be a Committee for the purpose of re- 

 porting on the Bibliography of Solution ; and that Dr. Nicol be the 

 Secretary. 



That Dr. J. Evans, Professor W. J. Sollas, Dr. G. J. Hinde, and Messrs. 

 W. Carruthers, R. B. Newton, J. J. H. Teall, F. W. Rudler, W. Topley, 

 W. Whitaker, and E. Wethered be reappointed a Committee for the pur- 

 pose of carrying on the Geological Record ; and that Mr. W. Topley be 

 the Secretary. 



That Dr. W. T. Blanford, Professor J. W. Judd, Mr. W. Carruthers, 

 Dr. H. Woodward, and Mr. J. S. Gardner be reappointed a Committee 

 for the purpose of reporting on the Fossil Plants of the Tertiary and 

 Secondary Beds of the United Kingdom ; and that Mr. J. S. Gardner be 

 the Secretary. 



That Professor Hillhouse, Mr. E. W. Badger, and Mr. A. W. Wills 

 be a Committee for the purpose of collectiug information as to the Dis- 

 appearance of Native Plants from their local habitats ; and that Professor 

 Hillhouse be the Secretary. 



That Professor Milnes Marshall, Dr. Sclater, Canon Tristram, Dr. 

 Muirhead, Mr. W. R. Hughes, Mr. E. de Hamel, and Professor Bridge be 

 a Committee for the purpose of preparing a report on the Herds of Wild 

 Cattle in Chartley Park and other parks in Great Britain ; and that Mr. 

 W. R. Hughes be the Secretary. 



That Professor M. Foster, Professor Bayley Balfour, Mr. Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Dr. Trimen, Professor Bower, Professor Marshall Ward, Mr. Car- 

 ruthers, and Professor Hartog be a Committee for the purpose of taking 

 steps for the establishment of a Botanical Station at Peradeniya, Ceylon ; 

 and that Professor Bower be the Secretary. 



That Professor McKendrick, Professor Cleland, and Dr. McGregor- 

 Robertson be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the 

 Mechanism of the Secretion of Urine ; and that Dr. McGregor-Robertson 

 be the Secretary. 



That Sir Joseph Hooker, Captain Sir George Nares, Admiral Sir 

 Leopold McClintock, Mr. Clements R. Markham, General Sir Henry 

 Lefroy, General J. T. Walker, Professor Flower, Professor Huxley, Sir 

 William Thomson, General Strachey, Sir John Lubbock, Mr. John 

 Murray, and Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney be reappointed a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of drawing attention to the desirability of further 

 research in the Antarctic Regions ; and that Admiral Sir Erasmus Om- 

 manney be the Secretary. 



