xhi REPORT—1863. 
That Mr. S. Gregson, M.P., Dr. Neilson Hancock, Mr. James Heywood, 
Mr. W. Tite, M.P., Mr. Thomas Wilson, and Mr. F. Purdy as Seeretary (with 
power to add to their number), be a Committee for the purpose of considering 
and reporting on the subject of Agricultural Statistics. 
That Mr. Francis Galton be requested to report on Systems of Weights 
and Measures, other than purely decimal, suitable for general adoption. 
That Professor Rankine, Sir William Armstrong, Lord Wrottesley, Sir 
John Herschel, The Astronomer Royal, General Sabine, Dr. Lee, The Rey. 
Dr. Robinson, Mr. W. Tite, M.P., Colonel Sykes, M.P., Sir John Hay, Bart., 
M.P., the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. James 
Heywood, Professor Williamson, Professor Miller, and Mr. F. Purdy, as 
Secretary (with power to add to their number), be a Committee to prepare 
a Report on the best means of providing for a: Uniformity of Weights and 
Measures with reference to the interests of Science. 
That the Committee on Scientific Evidence in Courts of Law, consisting 
of the Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, Right Hon. Joseph Napier, Mr. W. Tite, 
M.P., Professor Christison, Mr. J. Heywood, Mr. J. E. Bateman, Mr. T. 
Webster (with power‘to add to their number), be reappointed, and that Dr. 
Miller, Professor Williamson, and Sir B. C. Brodie, Bart. be added to the 
Committee. 
Involving Applications to Governments. 
That the President of the British Association be requested to transmit the 
thanks of the Association to the English and Austrian Governments for the 
facilities they have afforded for the investigation into the properties and 
applications of Gun-Cotton contained in the Report of the Committee. 
That it appears from the Report presented at this Meeting by the Joint 
Committees of the Chemical and Mechanical Sections, and by the discussions 
which have followed its presentation, that the subject of Gun-cotton is possibly 
one of very great public interest and importance, and that whilst the General 
Committee have taken measures to continue on their own account the 
inquiries which have been prosecuted in the last year, they are sensible that 
the British Association does not possess means for its adequate examination ; 
they are desirous therefore of drawing the attention of Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment to the importance of a full and searching inquiry, conducted by a Royal 
Commission, into the various practical applications connected with the public 
service for which this material may be suitable, and that with this view the 
Assistant-General Secretary be requested to cause the Report, with its 
accompanying documents, to be printed with as little delay as possible, and 
copies presented (accompanied by the Resolution) to the Right Honourable the 
Secretary of State for War by a deputation consisting of the President and 
Officers of the Association, accompanied by the Presidents of the Chemical 
and Mechanical Sections. 
Communications to be printed entire among the Reports. 
That the General and Assistant-General Secretaries ascertain, in reference 
to the papers which have been provisonally passed for printing in ewtenso, the 
probable extent of the printing involved, and the probable extra cost in tables, 
diagrams and plates, and the suitability of the paper in other respects, before 
ordering the printing of them ; the Secretaries being authorized to obtain any 
assistance from the Presidents of Sections or other competent persons. 
