RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENEKAL COMMITTEE. xliii 



That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffit-eys, Mr. E. M<= Andrew, Rev. A. Merle Norman, 

 Mr. C. W. Peach, and Mr. E,. Dawson be a Committee for the purpose of 

 exploring the west coast of Shetland by means of the dredge ; and that the 

 sum of =£75 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Rev. H. B. Tristram, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., and Mr. H. T. Stainton 

 be a Committee for the purpose of reporting on the Insect Fauna of Palestine ; 

 and that the sum of <£30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. E. Perceval Wright, Professor Newton, and Professor Rolleston 

 be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Flora and Fauna of the 

 coast of North Greenland ; and that the sum of ,£75 be placed at their dis- 

 posal for the purpose. 



That Dr. B. W. Richardson and Professor Humphry be a Committee for 

 the purpose of continuing the investigations on the physiological action of 

 the Ethyle and Methyle Series ; and that the sum of £25 be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart., Sir Roderick Murchison, Bart., and Mr. 

 Hogg be a Committee for the purpose of furthering the Palestine Explora- 

 tions ; that Mr. Hogg be the Secretary ; and that the sum of .£50 be placed 

 at their disposal for the pui'jjose. 



That Sir John Bowring, The Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, Sir William 

 Armstrong, Mr. Samuel Bro^vn, Mr. W. Ewart, Dr. Farr, Mr. F. P. Fellows, 

 The Right Hon. Earl Fortescue, Professor Frankland, Sir John Hay, Bart., 

 Professor Hennessy, Mr. James Hejwood, Sir Robert Kane, Dr. Leone Levi, 

 Professor W. A. MiUcr, Professor Rankine, Mr. C. W. Siemens, Colonel 

 Sykes, Mr. W. Tite, Professor W. A. Williamson, Lord Wrottesley, Mr. 

 James Yates, Mr. Yates Thompson, Mr. Hendrick, and Dr. George Glover be 

 a Committee for the purpose of diffusing knowledge of the Decimal and 

 Metric System of Moneys, Weights, and Measures, and that the same be 

 requested to put themselves in communication with the International Statis- 

 cal Congress to be held in Florence, when the adoption of a Common System 

 of Moneys, Weights, and Measures is likely to be discussed ; that Professor 

 Leone Levi be the Secretary, and that the sum of .£30 be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. J. Scott Russell, Mr. T. Hawksley, Mr. J. R. Napier, Mr. William 

 Fairbaim, and Professor W. J. M. Rankine be a Committee to analyze and 

 condense the information contained in the Reports of the "Steam-ship Per- 

 formance " Committee and other sources of information on the same subject, 

 with power to employ paid calculators or assistants, if necessary ; and that 

 the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on the Patent Laws, consisting of Mr. Thomas Web- 

 ster, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. John Hawkshaw, Mr. J. 

 Scott Russell, Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. John Bethel, and Mr. P. Le Neve 

 Foster, be reappointed ; and that the grant of £30, not drawn, be renewed. 



That Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Tait be a Committee for continuing experi- 

 ments with a view to test the improvements in the manufacture of iron and 

 steel ; and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Applications for Reports and Researches not involving Grants 



of Money. 

 That the Rev. Professor Harley be requested to undertake an inquiry into 

 the validity of the method proposed by the late Judge Hargreave for the 

 resolution of Algebraic Equations, and to report thereon. 



