xl REroiiT — 1863. 



recommendations adopted by the genekal committee at the blkjunghajl 



Meeting in September 1865. 



[Whcu Committees are appointed, the Member first named is regarded as the Secretary, 

 except there is a specific nomination.] 



Involving Grants of Money. 



That trie sum of .£'600 be placed at the disposal of the Council for main- 

 taining the Establishment of the Kew Observatory. 



That the Lunar Committee, consisting of Mr. J. Glaisher, Lord Eosse, 

 The Rev. T. W. Webb, Mr. W. E. Birt, Dr. Lee, Mr. J. N. Lockyer, Rev. 

 "W. E. Dawes, Sir J. Herschel, Bart., Frofessor Phillips, Mr. J. Nasmyth, 

 Mr. Warren De la Rue, and Mr. H. S. Ellis, be reappointed, with the object of 

 making further progress in mapping the surface of the Moon ; that Mr. W. 

 E. Birt be Secretary, and that the sum of .£100 be placed at their disposal 

 for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Electrical Standards, consisting of Professor 

 Williamson, Professor Wheatstone, Professor W. Thomson, Professor W. A. 

 Miller, Dr. A. Matthiessen, Mr. Fleeming Jenkin, Sir Charles Bright, Pro- 

 fessor Maxwell, Mr. C. W. Siemens, Mr. Balfour Stewart, Dr. Joule, and 

 Mr. C. F. Yarley, be reappointed, with power to add to their number ; that 

 Mr. Fleeming Jenkin be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Luminous Meteors and Aerolites, consisting of 

 Mr. Glaisher, Mr. E. P. Greg, Mr. E. W. Brayley, and Mr. Alexander 

 Herschel, be reappointed ; that Mr. Herschel be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Balloon Committee, consisting of Colonel Sykes, Mr. Airy, 

 Lord Wrottesley, Sir David Brewster, Sir J. Herschel, Bart., Dr. Lee, Dr. 

 Eobinson, Mr. Fairbairn, Dr. Tyndall, Dr. W. A. Miller, and Mr. Glaisher, 

 be reappointed for the purpose of making night observations at any time of 

 the year, and day observations in the months of October to April ; and elec- 

 trical observations if possible ; that Mr. Glaisher bo the Secretary, and that 

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



That Dr. Eobinson, Professor Wheatstone, Dr. Gladstone, and Professor 

 Hennessy be reappointed (with power to add to their number) for the purpose 

 of making experiments on the Transmission of Sound under Water ; and that 

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



That Mr. Glaisher, Lord Wrottesley, Professor Phillips, Professor Tyndall, 

 Dr. Lee, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr. F. J. Bateman, and Mr. E. W. Mylne be a 

 Committee for the purpose of continuing the Eeports on the Eainfall of the 

 British Isles ; and that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for that 

 purpose. 



That the Astronomer Royal, Lord Wrottesley, Sir J. Herschel, Bart., Dr. Lee, 

 Mr. W. De la Eue, and Mr. Glaisher (with power to add to their number) be a 

 Committee for the purpose of examining the late Dr. Bumker's Astronomical 

 Observations in the Southern Hemisphere ; and in case they should be of 

 opinion that it is desirable these observations should be reduced for publica- 

 tion, a sum of £150 be granted to Professor G. Eiimker, M.A., for that 

 purpose. 



That Mr. Thomas Fairley be requested to continue his researches on the 



