EECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ixxvii 



That the Rev. Canon Carver, the Rev. H. B. George, Captain Douglas 

 Galton, Professor Bonney, Mr. A. G. Vernon Harcourt, Professor T. 

 McKenny Hughes, the Rev. H. W. Watson, the Rev. E. P. M. McCarthy, 

 the Rev. A. R. Vardy, Professor Alfred Newton, the Rev. Canon Tris- 

 tram, Professor Moseley, and Mr. E. G. Ravenstein be a Committee for 

 the purpose of co-operating with the Royal Geographical Society in 

 endeavouring to bring before the authorities of the Universities of Oxford 

 and Cambridge the advisability of promoting the study of Geography by 

 establishing special chairs for the purpose ; and that Mr. E. G. Raven- 

 stein be the Secretary. 



That Mr. J. B. Martin, Mr. P. Y. Edgeworth, Mr. S. Bourne, Pro- 

 fessor H. S. Poxwell, Professor Marshall, Professor Nicholson, Mr. 

 R. H. Inglis Palgrave, and Professor Sidgwick be a Committee for the 

 purpose of investigating the best methods of ascertaining and measuring 

 Variations in the Value of the Monetary Standard ; and that Mr. F. T. 

 Edgeworth be the Secretary. 



That Dr. J. H. Gladstone, Professor Armstrong, Mr. William Shaen, 

 Mr. Stephen Boui^ne, Miss Lydia Becker, Sir John Lubbock, Dr. 

 H. W. Crosskey, Sir Richard Temple, Sir Henry E. Roscoe, Mr. James 

 Heywood, and Professor N. Story Maskelyne be reappointed a Committee 

 for the purpose of continuing the inquiries relating to the teaching of 

 Science in Elementary Schools ; and that Dr. J. H. Gladstone be the 

 Secretary. 



That Mr. W. H. Bai low. Sir P. J. Bramwell, 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. S. Hele Shaw be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of obtain- 

 ing 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; and that Mr. A. T. Atchison 

 be the Seci'etary. 



That Sir John Lubbock, Dr. John Evans, Professor Boyd Dawkins, 

 Dr. R. Munro, Mr. Pengelly, Dr. Hicks, Mr. J. W. Davis, and Dr. Muir- 

 head be a Committee for the purpose of ascertaining and recording the 

 localities in the British Islands in which Evidences of the Existence of 

 Prehistoric Inhabitants of the Country are found ; and that Mr. J. W. 

 Davis be the Secretary. 



That Professor J. J. Thomson be requested to continue his Report on 

 Electrical Theories. 



That Mr. Glazebrook be requested to continue his Report on Optics. 



That Mr. P. T. Main be requested to continue his Report on our 

 experimental knowledge of the Properties of Matter with respect to 

 volume, pressure, temperature, and specific heat. 



That Mr. Mollison be requested to report on the present state of our 

 knowledge of the Mathematical Theory of Thermal Conduction. 



That Professor Armstrong be requested to prepare a Report on the 

 Relation of Physical Properties to Chemical Constitution. 



Communications ordered to he printed in extenso in the Annual 

 Heport of- the Association. 



Dr. A. Konig's paper ' On the Modern Development of Thomas 

 Young's Theory of Colour- Vision.' 



