340 REPORT—1863. 
yachts, of shipowners, as well as of steamship builders and engineers.” — Third Report, 
1861, p. 16. 
At the meeting of the British Association held at Cambridge in 1862 the 
Committee were reappointed, and the following noblemen and gentlemen 
were nominated to serve on the Committee :— 
The Duke of Sutherland. Hon. Captain Egerton, R.N. 
The Earl of Gifford, M.P.* Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, M.P. 
The Earl of Caithness. J. E. McConnell, Esq., C.E. 
The Lord Dufferin. Wm. Smith, Esq., C.E. 
Wn. Fairbairn, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S. Professor J. M. Rankine, LL.D. 
J. Scott Russell, Esq., F.R.S. J. R. Napier, Esq. 
Admiral E. Paris, C.B. (Imperial R. Roberts, Esq., C.E. 
French Navy). Henry Wright, Esq., Secretary. 
With power to add to their number. 
The following noblemen and gentlemen, having consented to assist your 
Committee, were, during the present year, elected as corresponding mem- 
bers :-— 
Lord C. Paget, M.P., C.B. | Captain Robertson, R.N. 
The Earl of Durham. | Captain Sulivan, R.N., C.B. 
The Marquis of Hartington, M.P. | Captain Mangles. 
Viscount Hill. | T. R. Tufnell, Esq. 
Lord John Hay. | Wm. Froude, Esq. 
Admiral Elliott. | W. Just, Esq. 
Captain Hope, R.N. _ John Elder, Esq. 
Captain Ryder, R.N. | David Rowan, Esq. 
Robert Dalglish, Esq., M.P. | J. MeF. Gray, Esq. 
Your Committee have the pleasure of stating that, at the unanimous 
request of the members of the Committee, his Grace the Duke of Sutherland 
undertook the office of Chairman. 
Your Committee have pleasure in reporting satisfactory progress, and that 
they have had an increasing amount of useful information placed at their 
disposal. Much greater interest is now taken in the objects of the inquiry, 
and a still increasing number of observers have adopted the forms of the 
Committee, for recording the performances of vessels. 
The importance of the information collected by your Committee is attract- 
ing the attention of steamship owners, as well as scientific investigators ; 
and it is hoped the result of greater efficiency and economy in the application 
of steam, as well as improvements in the construction of steam-vessels, will 
be the result of these Reports; and your Committee have reason to believe 
that considerable advantages have already been derived from their labours by 
steamship owners. 
The future Publication of the Returns of Steamship Performance.—This sub- 
ject has seriously engaged the attention of the Committee. The question has 
been raised, whether the continuance of the Publication ought to take place 
in the Transactions of the British Association, or whether it should be made 
through the medium of some publication of a more strictly mechanical nature, 
and more widely circulated among professional engineers and shipbuilders. 
The Committee are unanimously of opinion that these Returns should be con- 
tinued and extended, and that they should both be preserved and published. 
The collection of these Returns is a matter now so completely organized 
* Since deceased. 
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