recommendations of the general committee. ixxv 



e-ecoaiaexdatioxs adopted by the ge^•eeal cohmxttee at the exeter 

 Meeting in August 1869. 



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

 except there is a specific nomination.] 



Involving Grants of Money. 



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

 taining the Establishment of tlie Kew Observatory. 



That the Committee, consisting of Dr. Joule, Sir W. Thomson, Professor 

 Tait, Dr. Balfour Stewart, and Professor G. C. Foster, be reappointed to effect 

 a determination of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat ; and that the sum of 

 £b() be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee for reporting on the Eaiafall of the British Isles be 

 reappointed, and that this Committee consist of Mr. Charles Brooke, Mr. 

 Glaisher, Professor Phillips, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr. J. F. Batemau, Mr. E. 

 W. Mylne, Mr. T. Hawksley, Professor Adams, Mr. C. Tomlinson, Professor 

 Sylveste]-, Dr. Pole, and Mr. Eogers Field ; that Mr. G. J. Symons be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of £50 bo placed at their disposal for the ordinary 

 purposes of the Committee, and that a further swva. of .£50 be granted for the 

 purpose of providing additional rain-guages in certain districts where obser- 

 vations are not at present made. 



That the Committee on Uudergroimd Temperature, consisting of Sir 'William 

 Thomson, Dr. Everett, Sir Charles LyeU, Bart., Prhicipal Forbes, Mr. J. 

 Clerk Maxwell, Professor Phillips, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr. Balfour Stewart, 

 Professor Eamsay, Mr. Geikie, Mr. Glaisher, Eev. Dr. Graham, Mr. E. W. 

 Binney, Mr. George Maw, and Mr. Pengellj^ be reap'pointed with the addi- 

 tion of the name of Mr. S. J. Mackie ; that Dr. J. D. Everett be the Secretary, 

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



That the Committee on the Thermal Conductivity of Metals, consisting of 

 Professor Tait, Professor Tyndall, and Dr. Balfour Stewart, be reappointed ; 

 that Professor Tait be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Tides, consisting of Sir "W. Thomson, Professor 

 Adams, Professor J. W. M. Eankine, Mr. J. Oldham, and Captain Eichards, 

 be reappointed, with the addition of the name of Mr. W. Parkes, and that 

 they be instructed to institute as soon as possible a comparison between the 

 results of the formulte arrived at in their reports (those of observation and 

 those of previous methods of reduction and calculation), and that the sum of 

 £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Luminous Meteors, consisting of Mr. Glaisher, 

 Mr. E. P. Greg, Mr. E. W. Brayley, Mr. Alexander Herschel, and Mr. C. 

 Brooke, be reappointed ; and that the sum of £30 be placed at their disposal 

 for the purpose. 



That Dr. Matthicsseu, Professor Abel, and Mr. David Forbes be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of continuing their researches on the Chemical Nature 

 of Cast Iron ; ancl that the sum of £80 bo placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. E. B. Grantham, 1ii\ J. Bailey Denton, Mr. J. E. Harrison, Mr. 

 J. W. Wanklyn, \V. Hope, and Dr. B. H. Pari be a Committee for the piu-- 

 pose of continuing their investigations on the treatment and utilization of 

 sewage ; and that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the piu'pose. 



That Sir Charles LyeU, Bart., Professor Phillips, Su- John Lubbock, Bart., 



