E E P E T S 



ON 



THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



Rejwrt of a Committee appointed at the Nottingham Meeting, 1866, 



for the purpose of Exploring the Plant-beds of North Greenland, 



consisting of Mr. Robert H. Scott, Dr. Hooker, Mr. E. H. 



Whymper, Dr. E. P. Wright, and Sir AV. C. Trevelyan, Bart.* 



In their preliminary Report, which was presented to the Association at the 

 last Meeting, the Committee stated that the sum voted by the Association 

 had been handed over to Mr. Edward "Whymper, one of their members, who 

 was in Greenland at the time of the Meeting. 



In the course of the autumn he returned to England, bringing his collection 

 of fossil plants with him. 



The Committee then resolved to forward the entire collection to Prof. Heer, at 

 Zurich, for the purposes of identification and description, and they accordingly 

 made application to the Government-Grant Committee of the Eoyal Society 

 for a grant of money to pay for the carriage of the specimens to and from 

 Zurich. 



The Government-Grant Committee, who had formerly assisted the expe- 

 dition to Greenland by a most liberal grant of money, at once acceded to the 

 second application, and the fossils were sent to Switzei-land in the course of 

 last spring (1868). 



As soon as they are sent back, a complete series of the specimens will be 

 forwarded to the British Museum, in accordance with the conditions laid 

 down by the Association at the time the money was voted. 



The Committee append hereto Mr. Whymper's Report of his journey, 

 and a notice forwarded by Prof. Heer, giving an account of the most impor- 

 tant results obtained by this expedition. 



Jteport of Proceedings to obtain a Collection of Fossil Plants in North Green- 

 land for the Committee of the British Association. By Edwaed WnTMPEK. 



July 1868. 

 Sir, — I arrived at the Colony of Jakobshavn, North Greenland, on the 16th 

 of June, 1867, but was unable to start for Atanekerdluk, distant northwards 

 about sixty English miles, before August the 19th. In the meantime I 

 purchased the only boat that coiild be spared, and obtained as much infor- 



* Eead at the Norwich Meeting, 1868. 

 1869. B 



