RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. xli 



That Dr. P. Lutley Sclater and Dr. F. Hochstetter be a Committee for the 

 purpose of continuing their investigations as to the Species oi Apteryx in New 

 Zealand ; and that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. E. Perceval Wright and Professor W. H. Harvey be a Committee 

 to draw up a Report on the Fishes of Dublin Bay and the Coasts of Leinster ; 

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



That Dr. P. Lutley Sclater and Dr. E. Perceval Wright be a Committee 

 to assist Dr. P. P. Carpenter in preparing a Supplementary Report on the 

 MoUusca of N.W. America ; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their dis- 

 posal for the purpose. 



That Dr. CoUingwood, Mr. John Lubbock, Mr. R. Patterson, Dr. P. P 

 Carpenter, Mr. J. A. Turner, RI.P., and the Rev. H. H. Higgins be a Com- 

 mittee to Report on the Collecting of Objects of Natural History by the 

 Mercantile Marine, with £5 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Edward Smith, F.R.S., and Mr. W. R. Milner be requested to 

 continue their inquiries into the influence of Prison Discipline and Dietary 

 over the Bodily Functions of Prisoners ; and that the sura of £20 be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Thomas Webster, the Right Hon. Joseph Napier, Sir W. Arm- 

 strong, Mr. W. Fairba rn, Mr. W. R. Grove, Mr. James Hey wood, and Ge- 

 neral Sabine be a Committee (with power to add to their number) for the 

 purpose of taking such steps as may appear expedient for rendering the 

 Patent Law more efficient for the reward of the meritorious Inventor and 

 the advancement of Practical Science ; and that the sum of £50 be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor J. Thomson be requested to complete his Report of Ex- 

 periments on the Gauging of Water ; and that the sum of £15 be placed at 

 his disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. William Fairbairn, Mr, J. E. M<^ConneIl, and Mr. William Smith 

 be a Committee (with power to add to their number) to investigate and re- 

 port on some of the Causes of Accidents on Railways, more particularly those 

 accidents consequent upon the failure of the materials and apparatus used in 

 the Construction and Working of Railways, and in the Rolling Stock ; that 

 the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Steam-ship Performance be reappointed ; that the 

 attention of the Committee be also directed to the obtaining of information 

 respecting the performance of vessels under Sail, with a view to comparing 

 the results of the two powers of Wind and Steam, in order to their more 

 effective and economical combination ; and that the sum of £150 be placed at 

 their disposal. That the following noblemen and gentlemen be requested to 

 serve on the Committee, with power to add to their number: — The Duke 

 of Sutherland; The Earl of GiflTord, M.P.; The Earl of Caithness; Lord 

 Dufferin; Mr. William Fairbairn, F.R.S.; Mr. J. Scott Russell, F.R.S.; 

 Admiral Paris; The Hon. Captain Egerton, R.N. ; The Hon. Leopold Agar 

 Ellis, M.P. ; Mr. J. E. M<^Connell ; Mr. W. Smith ; Professor J. Macquorn 

 Rankine ; Mr. James R. Napier; Mr. Richard Roberts ; Mr. Henry Wright, 

 to be Honorary Secretary. 



That Mr. J. Oldham, C.E., Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. J. Scott Russell, and 

 Mr. T. Thompson be a Committee to conduct a series of Tidal Observations 

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

 purpose. 



That the sum of £600 be appropriated for the purpose of printing an Index 

 to the Volumes of Reports and Sectional Proceedings of the Association, 

 from 1831 to 1860 inclusive. 



