xl REPORT—1863. 
amine the Electrical Condition of the Atmosphere at different heights. 2nd. 
To verify the law of decrease of temperature obtained by Mr. Glaisher, and 
to compare the constants obtained in different states of the Atmosphere. 
That Dr. Matthiessen be requested to investigate the Chemical Consti- 
tution of Cast Iron; and that the sum of £20 be placed at his disposal for 
the purpose. 
That Dr. Dupré be requested to continue his Researches on the Action of 
Reagents on Carbon under pressure ; and that the sum of £10 be placed at 
his disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Alphonse Gages be requested to continue his examinations of the 
Mechanical Structure of Rocks and Artificial Formation of Minerals; and 
that the sum of £10 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor Huxley and Sir P. Egerton be a Committee for the pur- 
pose of enabling Mr. Molyneux to continue his Researches into the Fossil 
Contents of North Staffordshire; and that the sum of £20 be placed at their 
disposal for the purpose. 
That Sir W. Armstrong, Professor Phillips, Professor Warington Smyth, and 
Professor Pole be a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the probable 
duration of those seams of coal upon which the prosperity of the country 
depends; and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the 
purpose. 
That Professor Huxley and the Rev. Mr. Macbride be a Committee for the 
purpose of conducting Experiments on the Artifical Fecundation of the 
Herring ; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Carpenter, Professor Huxley, and Professor T. Rupert Jones, 
assisted by Mr. Parker, be a Committee for the purpose of constructing a 
Series of Models showing the External and Internal Structure of the Fora- 
minifera ; and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the pur- 
pose. 
That Sir W. Jardine, Mr. A. R. Wallace, Dr. J. E. Gray, Professor 
C. C. Babington, Dr. Francis, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. C. Spence Bate, Mr. 
P. P. Carpenter, Dr. J. D. Hooker, Professor Balfour, Mr. H. T. Stainton, 
Mr. J. Gywn Jeffreys, Mr. A Newton, Professor T. H. Huxley, Professor 
Allman, and Mr. Bentham, with power to add to their number, be a Com- 
mittee to report on the changes which they may consider it desirable to 
make, if any, in the Rules of Nomenclature drawn up at the instance of the 
British Association in 1845 by Mr. Strickland and others, with power to 
reprint these Rules, and to correspond with Foreign naturalists and others, 
on the best means of ensuring their general adoption; and that the sum of 
£15 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. B. W. Richardson, Dr. George Rolleston, and Dr. George Gibb 
be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Physiological Action of 
Nitrite of Amyle ; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for 
the purpose. 
That Dr. Allman be requested to complete his Report on the Hydroida, 
and that Dr. Allman and Dr. E. Perceval Wright be a Committee for that 
purpose; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for that purpose. 
That Mr. J. Gywn Jeffreys, Mr. Joshua Alder, Mr. H. T. Mennell, Mr. J. 
8. Brady, and Mr. Albany Hancock be a Committee for the purpose of ex- 
ploring the coasts of Durham and Northumberland by means of the Dredge ; 
and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Rev. A. M. Norman, Professor Allman, Rev. 
Thomas Hincks, and Mr. J. Leckenby be a Committee for the purpose of 
