Ixxii REPORT IS71. 



M.P., The Right Hon. Sir C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Samual Brown, Dr. Farr, 

 Mr. Frank P. Fellowes, Professor Fraukland, Mr. James Heywood, Profes- 

 sor Leone Levi, Mr. C. W. Siemens, Professor A. W. "Williamson, Dr. George 

 Glover, Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart., Mr. J. B. Napier, Mr. J. Y. N. 

 Bazalgette, and Sir W. Fairbairn, Bart. ; that Professor Leone Levi be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of =£75 be placed at their disposal for the pur- 

 pose of being applied solely to scientific purposes, printing, and corre- 

 spondence. 



That Professor "W. J. Macquorn Rankine, Mr. Froude, Mr. C. "W. Merrifield, 

 Mr. CM. Siemens, Mr. BramAvell, Mr. L. E. Fletcher, and Mr. James R. ]S"apier 

 be a Committee for the purpose of making experiments on instruments for 

 Measuring the Speed of Ships and Currents by means of the difference of 

 height of two columns of liquids ; that Mr. Fletcher be the Secretary, and 

 that the sum of .£30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. R. B. Grantham, Professor Corfield, M.B., Mr. J. Bailey Denton, 

 Dr. J. H. GUbcrt, Mr. J. Thornhill Harrison, Mr. William Hope, Lieut.- 

 Col. Leach, Dr. A. Yoelcker, and Professor A. W, "Williamson be a 

 Committee for the purpose of continuing the investigations on the " Treat- , 

 ment and Utilization of Sewage ; " that the balance of the funds raised by 

 the Committee appointed at Exeter, and now in the hands of the General 

 Treasurer, be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Applications for Reports and Researches not involving Grants of Money. 



That the Committee, consisting of Dr. Joule, Sir "W. Thomson, Professor Tait, 

 Professor Balfour Stewart, and Professor J. C. Maxwell, be reappointed to 

 effect the determination of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. 



That Sir "W. Thomson, Professor Everett, Professor G. C. Foster, Professor 

 J. C. Maxwell, Mr. G. J. Stoney, Professor Fleeming Jenkin, Professor 

 Rankine, Mr, Siemens, and Mr. Bramwell be a Committee for the purpose of 

 framing a nomenclature of Units of Force and Energ}'. 



That Professor Sylvester, Professor Cayle}-, Professor Hirst, Rev. Professor 

 Bartholomew Price, Professor H. J. S. Smith, Dr. Spottiswoode, Mr. R. B. 

 Hayward, Dr. Salmon, Rev. R. Townsend, Professor Fuller, Professor Kel- 

 land, Mr. J. M. AVilson, and Professor Clitibrd be reappointed a Committee 

 (with power to add to their number) for the purpose of considering the pos- 

 sibility of improving the methods of instruction in elementary geometry ; and 

 that Professor Clifford be the Secretary. 



That Mr. "W. H. L. Russell be requested to continue his Report on recent 

 progress in the theory of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Functions. 



That Mr. Carruthers, Dr. Hooker, Professor Balfour, and Mr. Dyer be a 

 Committee for the pui-pose of investigating the Fossil Flora of Britain. 



That Rev. Canon Tristram, Professor X ewton, Mr. H. E. Dresser, Mr. J. E. 

 Harting, and Rev. H. F. Barnes be reappointed a Committee for the purpose 

 of continuing the investigation on the desirability of establishing " a close 

 time" for the preservation of indigenous animals; and that the Rev. Canon 

 Tristram be the Secretary. 



That Dr. RoUeston, Dr. Sclater, Dr. Dohni, Professor Huxley, Professor 

 Wyville Thomson, and Mr. E. Ray Lankcster be a Committee for the jrarpose 

 of promoting the foundation of Zoological Stations; and that Dr. Anton 

 Dohrn be the Secretary. 



That the Committee appointed last year " to consider and report on the 

 various plans proposed for legislating on the subject of Steam-boiler Explosions 



