xlii REPORT—1862. 
That a Committee, consisting of Messrs. W. Fairbairn, Joseph Whitworth, 
James Nasmyth, J. Scott Russell, John Anderson, and Sir W. G. Armstrong, 
be requested to cooperate with a Committee appointed by Section B, viz. 
Dr. Gladstone, Professor W. A. Miller, and Dr. Frankland, for the purpose of 
investigating the application of Gun Cotton to warlike purposes; and that 
the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That the Committee for Tidal Observations in the Humber, consisting of 
Mr. J. Oldham, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. J. Scott Russell, and Mr. T. Thomp- 
son, be reappointed, to extend their observations to the Trent and the York- 
shire Ouse; and that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the 
urpose. 
4 That Sir John Rennie, Mr. John Scott Russell, and Mr. C. Vignoles (with 
power to add to their number), Mr. G. P. Bidder, Jun., as Secretary, be a 
Committee to inquire and report as to the effect upon the Tides in the Nene 
and the Ouse by the opening of the Outfalls below Wisbeach and Lynn to 
the Wash; and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the 
ose. 
That the Committee for investigating the causes of Railway Accidents, 
consisting of Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. J. E. M*Connell, and Mr. W. Smith, be 
reappointed; and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the 
purpose. 
Applications for Reports and Researches not involving Grants 
of Money. 
That Mr. Johnstone Stoney be requested to continue his Report on Molecu- 
lar Physics. 
That Mr. James Cockle be requested to prepare a Report on the History of 
the Theory of Equations. 
That a Committee be appointed for the purpose of carrying into effect the 
objects of the Report on Scientific Evidence in Courts of Law. 
That Dr. Gray, Dr. Sclater, Mr. Alfred Newton, and Mr. Wallace be a 
Committee to report on the Acclimatization of Domestic Quadrupeds and 
Birds, and how they are affected by migration. 
That Dr. Gray, Professor Babington, and Mr. Newbold be a Committee to 
report on the Plants of Ray’s ‘ Synopsis Stirpium,’ for the examination of the 
original Herbaria of Ray, Richardson, Buddle, Plukenet, and others. 
That Dr. Collingwood, Mr.J.A.Turner, M.P., Mr. James Heywood, Mr. John 
Lubbock, Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. R. Patterson, Mr. P. P. Carpenter, and 
the Rey. H. H. Higgins be a Committee to inquire into the best mode of pro- 
moting the advancement of Science by means of the Mercantile Marine. 
That Mr. Consul Swinhoe and Dr. Sclater be a Committee to report on 
the Zoology of the Island of Formosa. 
That Dr. Edward Smith be requested to prepare for the next Meeting of 
the British Association a Report on the present state of our knowledge upon 
Nutrition, and especially its relation to Urea. 
That the Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, Right Hon. Joseph Napier, Mr. Tite, 
M.P., Professor Christison, Mr. J. Heywood, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. T. Web- 
ster (with power to add to their number) be a Committee for the purpose of 
giving effect to the Report of the Committee on Technical and Scientific 
Evidence in Courts of Law. 
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