RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. ll 



Bateman, Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. John Hawkshaw, Mr. J. Scott Eussell, and 

 Mr. John Bethcll (with power to add to their number) ; and that the grant 

 of ^30, previously made and not drawn, be renewed. 



Applications for Reports and Researcfies not involvi?i(/ Grants 



of Money. 



That Mr. Fleeming Jenkin be requested to continue his Eeport on Thermo- 

 Electrical Phenomena. 



That the Committee on Fog Signals, consisting of Dr. Robinson, Professor 

 Wheatstone, and Dr. Gladstone, be reappointed (with power to add to their 

 number), and requested to continue their labours. 



That Mr. Hirst be requested to report on certain new developments of 

 Geometrical Methods. 



That Professor Stokes be requested to continue his Report on the present 

 state of Physical Optics. 



That Professor Griffith and Dr. Akin be requested to continue their Report 

 on the Transmutation of Spectral Rays. 



That Dr. Pavil be requested to draw up a Report upon the application of 

 Chemistry to Geology. 



That Dr. Baker Edwards be requested to make experiments, and report 

 upon the alkaloidal principles of Calabar Beans. 



That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Dr. J. E. Gray, Mr. R. M^indrew, Dr. Colling- 

 wood, Mr. C. Spence Bate, Rev. A. M. Norman, Dr. E. P. Wright, and Rev. 

 Thomas Hincks be a Committee for the purpose of acting as a General Dredging 

 Committee. 



That the Committee on Scientific E^idence in Courts of Law, consisting of 

 The Rev. W. V. Harcourt, Professor Williamson, The Right Hon. J. Napier, 

 Mr. W. Tite, M.P., Professor Christison, Mr. James Heywood, Mr. J. F. 

 Bateman, Mr. Thomas Webster, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., and Prof. W. A. 

 Miller (with power to add to their number), be reappointed ; and that Prof. 

 Wilhamson be the Secretary. 



That the Gim-cotton Committee, consisting of Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. Joseph 

 Whitworth, Mr. James Nasmyth, Mr. J. Scott RusseU, Mr. John Anderson, 

 Sir William G. Armstrong, Dr. Gladstone, Professor W. A. Miller, Dr. Frank- 

 land, and Mr. Abel, be reappointed and requested to continue their Report. 



That Mr. F. J. Spencer not having been able to complete his report " On 

 the different modes of estimating nominal horse-power of Marine Engines, 

 with a view of securing the adoption of one uniform system," be requested 

 to continue his labours, and to report at the next Meeting of the Association. 



Involving Applications to Governments or Institutions. 



That Major-General Sabine, Sir John Herschel, Bart., Mr. J. P. Gassiot, and 

 Sir Roderick I. Murchison be a Committee for the purpose of communicating 

 to the Russian Government the opinion of the British Association, that the 

 establishment of maguetical observations on the Kew System at the Ob- 

 servatory of Tiflis, by Professor Moritz of that place, would largely conduce 

 to the furtherance of magnetical science. 



That General Sabine be requested to afford Mr. Neumayer the advice he 

 desires as to the best form of pubhcation of the magnetical observations of 

 the Melbourne Obsei-vatory. 



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