RECOMJIENDATIONS OF THE GEXEKAL COMMITTiSE. Ixxiii 



witli a view to tLeir prevention" bo requested to eontinne their labours; 

 such Committee to consist of Sir "W. Fairbairn, Bart., Mr. John Penn, Mr. 

 P. J. Bramwell, Mr. Hugh Mason, Mr. Samuel Eigby, Mr. Thomas Schofield, 

 Mr. C. F. Beyer, Mr. T. Webster, Q.C., Mr. Lavington E. Fletcher, and Mr. 

 Ed^yard Easton, with power to add to their number. 



That Mr. Bateman, Mr. Le Neve Foster, Mr. Merrifield, Mr. Edward 

 Easton, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Mr. W. Hope, and Mr. H. Bauerman be a 

 Committee to consider the mode in which new inventions, and claims for 

 reward in respect of adopted inventions, are examined and dealt with by the 

 different Departments of Government, and to report on the best means of 

 removing any real causes of dissatisfaction, as well as of sUenciug unfounded 

 complaints. 



That a Committee be appoiiited — • 



1°, to consider and report on the best means of advancing science by 



Lectures, with authority to act, subject to the approval of the 



Council, in the course of the present year, if judged desirable. 



2°, to consider and report whether any steps can be taken to render 



scientific organization more complete and effectual. 



That the Committee consist of the following Members, with power to add 



to their number : — Professor Eoscoe, Professor W. G. Adams, Professor 



Andrews, Professor Balfour, Mr. Bramwell, Professor A. Crum Brown, Mr. 



Dyer, Sir Walter Elliot, Professor Flower, Professor G. C. Foster, Professor 



Geikie, Rev. E. Harley, Professor Huxley, Professor Fleeming Jenkin, Dr. 



Joule, Colonel Lane Fox, Dr. Lankester, Mr. J. N. Lockyer, Dr. O'Callaghan, 



Professor Eamsay, Professor Balfour Stewart, Mr. Stainton, Professor Tait, 



Mr. J. A. Tinne, Dr. Allen Thomson, Sir William Thomson, Professor 



Wyville Thomson, Professor Turner, Professor A. W. WUliamson, Dr. Young ; 



and that Professor Eoscoe be the Secretary. 



Resolutions involving Apjylications to Government. 



That the President and Council of the British Association be authorized to 

 cooperate with the President and Council of the Eoyal Society, in whatever 

 way may seem to them best, for the promotion of a Circumnavigation Expe- 

 dition, specially fitted out to carry the Physical and Biological Exploration of 

 the Deep Sea into all the Great Oceanic areas. 



That the President and General Officers, with power to add to their 

 number, be requested to take such steps as may seem to them desirable in 

 order to promote observations on the forthcoming Total Solar Eclipse. 



Communications ordered to be printed in extenso in the Annual Rejjort 



of the Association. 



That the letter of Lavoisier to Black, referred to in the Address of the 

 President of the Chemical Section, be printed in the Annual Eeport ; and 

 that the letter dated 19th November, 1790, be published in facsimile. 



That Mr. Bramwell's paper " On Experiments made with Carr's Disinte- 

 grating Flour-miU " be printed in extenso in the Transactions of the Associa- 

 tion. 



Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration and action 



if it seem desirable. 



That it is desirable that the British Association apply to the Treasury for 

 funds to enable the Tidal Committee to continue their calculations. 



