Xl REPORT — 1861. 



Committee to report upon Standards of Electrical Resistance ; and that the 

 sum of £.50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. J. Glaisher, Mr. R. P.Greg, Mr. E. W. Brayley, and Mr. Alex. 

 Herschel be a Committee to report upon Luminous Meteors and Aerolites ; 

 and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Fleeming Jenkin be requested to continue his Experiments for 

 determining the Laws of Permanent Thermo-electric Currents in broken 

 metallic circuits, and to report thereon ; and that the sum of £20 be placed 

 at his disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Hennessy, Admiral FitzRoy, and Mr. Glaisher be a Com- 

 mittee to studj^ by the aid of instruments specially devised for the purpose, 

 the connexion of small vertical disturbances of the atmosphere with storms, 

 and to report thereon ; and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal 

 for the purpose. 



That Mr. Alphonse Gages be requested to continue his Researches on 

 Mechanico-Chemical Analysis of Minerals ; and that the sum of £8 remaining 

 undrawn from the grant of last year be again placed at his disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Dr. Hooker, Mr. Binney, and Professor Morris be a Committee to 

 prepare a Report on the connexion between the external form and internal 

 microscopical structure of the Fossil Wood from the Lower Coal-?vIeasures of 

 Lancashire ; and that the sum of £40 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Sir C. F. Bunbury*, Mr. Binney, and Mr. H. Ormerod be requested 

 to prepare a Report on the Flora of the Lancashire Coal-fields ; and that the 

 sum of £40 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. R. H. Scott, Sir Richard Griffith, Bart., and the Rev. Professor 

 Haughton be a Committee to prepare a Report on the Chemical and Mine- 

 raloo'ical Composition of the Granites of Donegal and the Rocks associated 

 therewith ; and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. Alder, and the Rev. Thomas Hincks be a 

 Committee to Dredge the Dogger Bank and portions of the Sea Coast of 

 Durham and Northumberland ; and that the sura of £25 be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Dr. Dickie, Professor Nicol, Dr. Dyce, and 

 Dr. Ogilvie be a Committee for Dredging on the North and East Coasts of 

 Scotland ; and that tiie sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 

 That Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys, Dr. Kinahan, Dr. Carter, and Mr. E. Waller be a 

 Committee for conducting the Dredging Report of the Bay of Dublin ; and 

 that the sum of £15 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Dr. CoUingwood, Mr. Isaac Byerley, Rev. H. 

 H. Higgins, and Dr. Edwards be a Committee to Dredge the River Mersey 

 and Dee ; and that the sum of £5 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 

 That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Dr. Lukis, Mr. C. Spence Bate, Mr. A. Han- 

 cock, Dr. Verloren, and Professor Archer 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; and that the sum 

 of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. P. Lutley Sclater, Mr. R. J. Tomes, and Dr. Giinther be a 

 Committee to Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of the West 

 Indian Vertebrata ; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



* Sir C. r. Bunbury has declined to act. 



