lxiv REPORT—1883. 
be a Committee for the purpose of prosecuting a research on the Coagu- 
lation of the Blood; that Dr. L. C. Wooldridge be the Secretary, and: 
that the sum of 50/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Stainton, Sir John Lubbock, and Mr. H. C. Rye be reap- 
pointed a Committee for the purpose of continuing a Record of Zoological 
Literature ; that Mr. Stainton be the Secretary, and that the sum of 1001. 
be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Lieut.-Colonel Godwin-Austen, Mr. W. T. Blanford, Lord Alfred 
Churchill, Mr. Francis Galton, Professor Moseley, Admiral Sir Erasmus 
Ommanney, and Mr. H. W. Bates be a Committee for the purpose of 
considering the most expedient methods of furthering the Exploration of 
New Guinea, and of advising the Council thereon; that the Council be 
empowered to make representations, if they see fit, to the Imperial and 
to any Colonial Government, and to any Public Institution or Scientific 
Society, urging the exploration of New Guinea, and to offer a grant in 
aid of their scientific outfit ; that Mr. H. W. Bates be the Secretary, and: 
that the sum of 1001. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Brabrook, Mr. F. Galton, Sir Rawson Rawson, and Mr. C. 
Roberts be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of defraying the 
expenses of completing the preparation of the Final Report of the Anthro- 
pometric Committee ; that Mr. Brabrook be the Secretary, and that the 
sum of 107. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Sir Frederick Bramwell, Professor A. W. Williamson, Professor 
Sir William Thomson, Mr. St. John Vincent Day, Sir W. Siemens, Sir 
F, Abel, Captain Douglas Galton, Mr. EH. H. Carbutt, Mr. Macrory, 
Mr. H. Trueman Wood, Mr. W. H. Barlow, Mr. A. T. Atchison, Mr. R. 
E. Webster, Mr. A. Carpmael, Sir John Lubbock, Mr. Theodore Aston, 
and Mr. James Brunlees be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of 
watching and reporting to the Council on Patent Legislation ; that Sir 
Frederick Bramwell be the Secretary, and that the sum of 5/. be placed 
at their disposal for the purpose. 
Not involving Grants of Money. 
That the Committee, consisting of Mr. Francis Galton (Chairman), 
Dr. Crosskey, Mr. C. H. De Rance, Mr. H. G. Fordham (Secretary), 
Mr. John Hopkinson, Mr. R. Meldola, Mr. A. Ramsay, Professor Sollas, 
Mr. G. J. Symons, and Mr. W. Whitaker, appointed by the Council in 
compliance with a resolution of the General Committee at Southampton, 
relating to Local Scientific Societies, be reappointed. 
That Professor Cayley, Professor Stokes, Sir Wiliiam Thomson, Mr. 
James Glaisher, and Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher be reappointed a Committee 
on Mathematical Tables ; and that Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher be the Secretary. 
That Professor Sylvester, Professor Cayley, and Professor Salmon 
be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of Calculating Tables of 
the Fundamental Invariants of Algebraic Forms; and that Professor 
Sylvester be the Secretary. 
That Professor Balfour Stewart, Professor Stokes, Mr. G. Johnstone 
Stoney, Professor Roscoe, Professor Schuster, Captain Abney, and Mr. 
G. J. Symons be a Committee for the purpose of considering the best 
methods of recording the direct intensity of Solar Radiation; and that 
Professor Balfour Stewart be the Secretary. 
That Professor Everett, Professor Sir William Thomson, Mr, G. J. 
