RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. xli 
dredging the coasts of Shetland by means of the Dredge ; and that the sum 
of £75 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. : 
That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. Robert McAndrew, Mr. G. C. Hyndman, 
Professor Allman, Dr. Collingwood, Dr. Edwards, Professor Greene, Rev. 
Thomas Hincks, Mr. R. D. Darbishire, Mr. C. Spence Bate, Rev. A. M. 
Norman, and Dr. E. Perceval Wright be reappointed as a General Dredging 
Committee; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the 
purpose. 
That Mr. John Crawfurd, Mr. John Lubbock, Professor Huxley, and Mr. 
Francis Galton as Secretary, be a Committee for the purpose of aiding the 
Researches of Mr. George Busk on Typical Crania ; and that the sum of £50 
be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor Rankine, Mr. James R. Napier, and Mr. Scott Russell be a 
Committee for the purpose of experimenting on the difference between the 
resistance of floating bodies moving along the surface of the water and similar 
bodies moving under water; and that the sum of £100 be placed at their 
disposal for the purpose. 
That the Committee on Steamship Performance, consisting of the Duke of 
Sutherland, The Earl of Gifford, The Earl of Caithness, Lord Dufferin, Mr. 
W. Fairbairn, Mr. J. Scott Russell, Admiral Paris, The Hon. Captain Egerton, 
R.N., The Hon. L. A. Ellis, Mr. J. E. McConnell, Mr. W. Smith, Professor 
J. Macquorn Rankine, Mr. James Napier, Mr. Richard Roberts, Mr. Henry 
Wright to be Honorary Sceretary, be reappointed, and requested to continue 
their labours and report in a more condensed form than heretofore the returns 
of Steamship Performance received by them; and that the sum of £60 be 
placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That the Committee for Tidal Observations in the Humber, consisting of 
Mr. J. Oldham, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. J. Scott Russell, and Mr. Thomson, 
be reappointed ; and that the grant of £50 made last year and not drawn be 
renewed. 
That the Joint Committee on Gun-Cotton, consisting of Mr. W. Fairbairn, 
Mr. Joseph Whitworth, Mr. James Nasmyth, Mr. J. Scott Russell, Mr. John 
Anderson, Sir W. Armstrong, Dr. Gladstone, Professor W. A. Miller, and 
Dr. Frankland, be reappointed, with the addition of Mr. Abel; and that the 
sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That in consideration of the long and valuable services of the late Mr. 
W. Askham, and the insufficient provision made for his family, the sum of 
£50 be presented to his widow. 
Applications for Reports and Researches not involving Grants of 
Money. 
That Mr. Fleeming Jenkin be requested to continue his Report on Thermo- 
Electrical Phenomena. 
That the Committee on Fog Signals, consisting of Dr. Robinson, Professor 
Wheatstone, Dr. Gladstone, and Professor Hennessy, be reappointed and 
requested to continue their labours. 
That Professor Foster be requested to continue his Report on Organic 
Chemistry. 
That Dr. J. E. Gray, Dr. Sclater, Mr. A. Newton, and Mr. A. R. Wallace 
be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the subject of the Geogra- 
phical Distribution of Domestic Animals. 
