Hi REPORT — 1864. 



That the Parliamentary Committee be requested to press on the Govern- 

 ment the expediency of instituting a series of experiments on Fog Signals. 



That Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Admiral E.. Collinson, and Mr. A. G. 

 Findlay be a Committee for the purpose of forwarding a request to Her 

 Majesty's Government that, as far as is compatible with the exigencies of 

 Her Majesty's Navy and the discipline of the ships, they should be furnished 

 with apparatus (as used in Her Majesty's Ship 'Bulldog') to ascertain the 

 depth of the ocean, and to obtain specimens of the bottom on all convenient 

 occasions, the particulars to be forwarded to the Hydrographic Department, 

 and the specimens to be sent to the Geological Museum. 



That Sir Eoderick I. Murc]iison,;The Lord Alfred Churchill, M.P., Mr. Galton, 

 and Mr. Spottiswoode be a Committee for the purpose of requesting the 

 Foreign Office to grant to Captain Richard Burton six months' leave to explore 

 the sources of the Niger before proceeding to his new post. 



Communications to be printed entire among the Reports. 



That the Addresses of the Presidents of the Sections be printed in the 

 Transactions. 



That the Report of the Committee on Tidal Observations on the Humber, 

 Trent, and Ouse, with Tables and Diagrams, be published in extenso in the 

 Transactions. 



That Mr. W. Fairbairn's paper " On some of the Mechanical Properties of 

 the Atlantic Telegraph Cable " be printed at length in the Report. 



Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Purposes by 

 the General Committee at the Bath Meeting in September 1864. The 

 names of the Members who would be entitled to call on the General 

 Treasurer for the respective Grants are prefixed. 



Kew Observatory. 



£ s. d. 



Maintaining the Establishment of Kew Observatory 600 



Mathematics and Physics. 



Glaisher, Mr. — Preparation of Forms for Observation of Moon's 



Surface 35 o 



Glaisher, Mr. — Luminous Meteors and Aerolites 40 



Williamson, Prof. — Electrical Standards 100 



Sykes, Col. — Balloon Committee 150 



Symons, Mr. — Rain-gauges 30 



Robinson, Dr. — Transmission of Sound 30 



Chemistry, 



Matthiessen, Dr. — Chemical Constitution of Cast Iron (renewed) 30 



Gages, M. — Mechanical Structure of Rocks 20 



Catton, Mr. — Analysis of Organic Acids 20 



Williamson, Prof. — Analysis of Gases of Bath Waters 20 



Wanklyn, Prof. — Hexylic Compounds 20 



