RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. xli 
That a Committee, consisting of Dr. Cobbold and Mr. J. Lubbock, be re- 
= quested to prosecute their Investigations respecting the Reproduction, 
» Development, and Migration of the Entozoa; and that the sum of £25 be 
placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor Huxley and the Rey. Mr. Macbride be a Committee to con- 
duct Experiments on the Artificial Fecundation of the Herring ; and that the 
sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. Joshua Alder, the Rev. A. M. Norman, 
and Mr. H. T. Mennell be a Committee for exploring the Doggerbank and 
other portions of the Sea-coast of Durham and Northumberland by means of 
the Dredge ; and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the 
urpose. 
4 That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Professor Allman, Mr. John Leckenby, Pro- 
fessor Wyville Thomson, and the Rev. Thomas Hincks be a Committee for 
exploring the Coasts of Shetland by means of the Dredge; and that the sum 
of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Professor Allman, Professor Dickie, the Rev. 
Dr. Gordon, and Mr. Robert Dawson be a Committee for exploring the 
North-east Coast of Scotland by means of the Dredge ; and that the sum of 
£25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. Robert M‘Andrew, Mr. G. C. Hyndman, 
Professor Allman, Dr. Kinahan, Dr. Collingwood, Dr. Edwards, Professor 
Greene, Rey. Thomas Hincks, Mr. R. D. Darbishire, and Dr. E. Perceval 
Wright be a Committee to superintend all the Dredging Committees of the 
Association ; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the pur- 
ose. 
E That the Committee, consisting of Dr. Edward Smith and Mr. Milner, be 
requested to continue their inquiries on the Influence of Prison Punishment 
and Dietary upon the Bodily Functions of Prisoners; and that the sum of 
£20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Gibb be requested to inquire into the Physiological Effects of 
Bromide of Ammonium ; and that the sum of £8 be placed at his disposal 
for the purpose. 
That Dr. Carpenter, Professor Huxley, and Mr. Rupert Jones, assisted by 
Mr. Parker, be a Committee to aid in the Construction of a Series of Models 
showing the External and Internal Structure of the Foraminifera; and that 
the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor Allman and Dr. E. P. Wright be a Committee to complete 
a Report on the Reproductive System of the Hydroida; and that the sum of 
£10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Thomas Webster, the Right Honourable Joseph Napier, Sir W. G. 
Armstrong, Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. W. R. Grove, Mr. James Heywood, and 
General Sabine be reappointed, 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 £30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That the Committee on Steamship Performance be reappointed, consisting 
of the Duke of Sutherland, The Earl of Gifford, M.P., The Earl of Caith- 
ness, Lord Dufferin, Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. J. Scott Russell, Admiral 
Paris, The Hon. Gaptain Egerton, R.N., The Hon. L. A. Ellis, M.P., Mr. 
J. E. McConnell, Mr. W. Smith, Professor J. Macquorn Rankine, Mr. James 
R. Napier, Mr. Richard Roberts; Mr. Henry Wright to be Honorary Se- 
cretary ; and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal. 
