xlii report — 1865. 



That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Rev. W. Gregbr, and Mr. Robert Dawson be a 

 Committee for tbe purpose of exploring the Coasts of Aberdeenshire and 

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

 purpose. 



That Dr. Scott, Mr. C. Stewart, and Mr. H. S. Ellis be a Committee for 

 the purpose of .making experiments on Oyster Culture in the West of 

 England ; and that the sum of =£10 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Dr. Collingwood, Rev. H. H. Higgins, Mr. 

 Isaac Byerley, Dr. J. B. Edwards, and Mr. Thomas J. Moore be a Committee 

 for the purpose of dredging the Estuary of the Mersey ; and that the sum of 

 £5 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. J. E. Gray, Mr. C. Spence Bate, and Mr. Frank Buckland be a 

 Committee for the purpose of reporting on Oyster Culture ; and that the sum 

 of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Sir John Lubbock Bart., Sir Henry Rawlinson, Mr. Jolm Crawfurd, 

 Professor Huxley, and Mr. Francis Galton be a Committee for the purpose 

 of aiding the researches of Mr. George Busk on Typical Crania ; and that the 

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



That Dr. Barnard Davis, Professor Acland, and Professor Rolleston be a 

 Committee for the purpose of preparing a Catalogue of Crania ; and that the 

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



That a grant of .£10 be made to Dr. Richard Norris to enable him to 

 pursue physiological experiments on Rigor Mortis. 



That a grant of £25 be made to Dr. B. W. Richardson to enable him to 

 pursue his physiological experiments on the Aniyl Series and allied organic 

 compounds. 



That Sir John Bowring, Lord Wrottesley, The Bight Hon. C. B. Adderley, 

 Sir William Armstrong, The Astronomer Royal, Samuel Brown, W. Ewart, 

 T. Graham, Sir John Hay, Bart., Professor flennessy, James Heywood, Dr. 

 Lee, Dr. Leone Levi, Professor W. A. Miller, Professor Rankine, Rev. Dr. 

 Robinson, Colonel Sykes, W. Tito, Professor A. W. Williamson, James Yates, 

 Sir Robert Kane, F. P. Fellows, C. W. Siemens, Matthew Arnold, Right 

 Hon. Earl Fortescue, Dr. Dieterici, Follett Osier, Ralph Hcaton, I. de 

 Meschen, and P. Le Neve Foster (with power to add to their number), be a 

 Committee, with power to use such measures as they may deem expedient for 

 promoting the extensive use of the Metric System in scientific documents, as 

 well as the teaching of the system in schools and colleges, and for the general 

 information of the people ; that Professor Leone Levi be the Secretary, and 

 that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the furtherance of these 

 objects. 



That the Patent Law Committee be reappointed, and that it consist of the 

 following Members : — Mr. Thomas Webster, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mr. J. F. 

 Bateman, Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. John Hawkshaw, Mr. J. Scott Russell, Mr. 

 John Bethel, and Mr. Peter Le Neve Foster ; and that the grant of £30, pre- 

 viously made and not drawn, be renewed. 



That the Committee for the purpose of experimenting on the difference 

 between the resistance of water to floating and to immersed bodies, consisting 

 of J. Scott Russell, Mr. J. R. Napier, Professor Rankine, and Mr. W. Froude, 

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

 purpose. 



