Ix KEPORT — 1870. 



That Mr. G. Busk and Mr. Boyd Dawkins be a Committee for the purpose 

 of assisting Dr. Leith Adams in the preparation of pUitcs illustrating an 

 account of the Fossil Elephants of Malta ; that Mr. Busk be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the pui'pose. 



That Dr. J. D. Hooker, Mr. W. Carruthcrs, and Professor Balfour be a 

 Committee for the purpose of continuing investigations into the Possil Flora 

 of Britain ; that Mr. Carruthers be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Sharpey, Dr. B. W. Eichardson, and Professor Humphry be a 

 Committee for the purpose of continuing researches on the physiological 

 action of the IMethyl and other allied compounds ; that Dr. Richardson be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of .£25 be placed at theu' disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Sclater, Dr. Giinther, Professor Kewton, Mr. N'ewton, and the 

 Rev. H. B. Tristram be a Committee for the purpose of continuing a record of 

 Zoological Literature ; that Mr. Sclater be the Secretary, and that the sum of 

 £100 be placed at their disposal for the puri^ose. 



That Prof. M. Foster, Dr. Arthur Gamgee, and Mr. E. Bay Lankester be a 

 Committee for the purpose of investigating the amount of Heat generated in 

 the Blood, in the process of arterialization ; that Dr. Gamgee be the Se- 

 cretary, and tliat the sum of ,£15 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Prof. Balfour, Dr. Cleghorn, and Mr. Robert Hutchison be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of taking observations on the effect of the denudation of 

 timber on the Rainfall in North Britain ; that Prof. Balfour be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That it is desirable to undertake a Geographical Exploration of the country 

 of Moab, and that the following Members of the Association be a Committee 

 for this purpose, — Sir R. I. Miu-chison, Bart., Rev. Dr. Ginsburg, Mr. Hep- 

 worth Dixon, Rev. Dr. Tristram, General Chesney, Rev. Professor Rawlinson, 

 Mr. John A. Tinne ; that the sum of .£100 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That the Metric Committee be reappointed, such Committee to consist of 

 Sir John Bowring, The Right Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart., C.B., 

 M.P., The Right^Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Samuel Brown, Dr. Farr, 

 Mr. Frank P. Fcllowcs, Professor Frankland, Mr. James Heywood, Profes- 

 sor Leone Levi, Professor AV. A. Miller, Mr. C. W. Siemens, Professor 

 A. W. "Williamson, Dr. George Glover, Sir Joseph "Whitworth, Bart., Mr. 

 J. R. Napier, Mr. J. V. N. Bazalgette, and Sir W. Fairbairn, Bart. ; that 

 Professor Leone Levi be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose of being applied solely to scientific pur- 

 poses, printing, and correspondence. 



That Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., Mr. D. T. Ansted, Professor Corfield, Mr. 

 J. Bailey Denton, Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Mr. R. B. Grantham, Mr. J. ThornhiU 

 Harrison, Mr. T. Hawksley, Mr. W. Hope, Lieut. -Colonel Leach, Professor 

 Odling, Dr. A. Yoelcker, and Professor A. AV. Williamson, be a Committee 

 for the purpose of carrying on the investigations of the Committee appointed 

 last year on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage ; the expenses incurred 

 being defrayed from the contributions, already received by the former Com- 

 mittee, from the towns. 



That the Committee on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage, appointed 

 last year, having collected sums of money from several towns, it is resolved 

 that the money collected by the said Committee, or the balance thereof, be 

 paid over to the General Treasurer. 



