1 REPORT 1864. 



be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the distribution of the Irish 

 PJora ; and that the sum of £2b be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 

 That Professor /Vllman and Dr. E. P. Wright be a Committee for the pur- 

 pose of concluding and siippk'menting a llcport on the Hydi'oida ; and that 

 the sum of =£13 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the sum of £3 9s. Od. be granted to Dr. P. P. Carpenter for the 

 pui-pose of defraying the expenses incui'red by him (over and above a sum of 

 £10 granted in 1803) in preparing his Report on American Mollusca. 



That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, The Rev. Thomas Hincks, Mr. C. Spence Bate, 

 Mr. J. Couch, Mr. Charles Stuart, Mr. J. B. Eowe, and Mr. J. Ralfs be a 

 Committee for investigating the marine Fauna and Flora of the southern 

 coasts of Cornwall and Devon ; and that the sum of .£25 be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. B. W. Richardson be requested to continue his researches on the 

 Physiological Action of some Amyl Compounds ; and that the sum of .£20 be 

 placed at his disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. J. E. Gray, Mr. M'^Andrew, Mr. C. Spence Bate, and Mr. Frank 

 Buckland be a Committee for the purpose of examining and reporting on the 

 breeding of Oysters, and with special reference to the possibility of renewing 

 old beds, and introducing other kinds of oysters ; and that the sum of .£25 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. John Lubbock, Mr. John Crawfurd, and Sir Roderick I. Murchi- 

 son be a Committee for the purpose of aiding the Researches of Mr. George 

 Busk on Typical Crania ; and that the sum of .£50, granted last year but not 

 drawn, be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee, consisting of Lord Wrottesley, The Right Hon. C. 

 B. Adderley, M.P., Sir William Armstrong, The Astronomer Royal, Samuel 

 Brown, W. Ewart, M.P., T. Graham, Sir John Hay, Bart., Professor Hen- 

 nessy, James Heywood, Dr. Lee, Dr. Leone Levi, Professor A. W. Miller, 

 Professor Rankine, Rev. Dr. Robinson, Colonel Sykes, M.P., W. Tite, M.P., 

 Professor W. A. Williamson, and Frederick Purdy (with power to add to 

 their number), be reappointed to report on the best means of providing for 

 a uniformity of weights and measures with reference to the interests of science ; 

 and that the sum of =£20 be placed at their disposal. 



That the Committee for the purpose of experimenting on the difference 

 between the resistance of floating bodies mo\ing along the surface of water 

 and similar bodies moving under water, consisting of Professor Rankine, 

 Mr. James R. Napier, and Mr. Scott RusseU, be reappointed, with the addi- 

 tion of Mr. W. Fronde ; and that the sum of .£1 00, granted last year and 

 not drawn, be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That a sum of =£6 8s., excess of expenditure by the Committee on the 

 Tides of the Humber and Ouse beyond the grant of .£50, be paid to Mr. J. 

 Oldham. 



That Mr. J. Hawkshaw, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. J. Oldham, Mr. W. 

 Parks, Mr. J. Scott Russell, Mr. Thomas Webster, Mr. C. Vignoles, Sir J. 

 Rennie, and Mr. G. P. Bidder, jun., be a Committee for the purpose of 

 arranging and analyzing the Tidal operations which have already been 

 made on the coasts and estuaries of Great Britain, and making such further 

 observations and investigations as the Committee may deem desirable for 

 recording and exhibiting Tidal phenomena; and that the sum of ,£200 be 

 placed at their disposal for that purpose. 



That the Patent Law Committee be reappointed, and that it consist of the 

 following Members : — Mr. Thomas Webster, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mr. J. F. 



