xii REPORT—1868. 
Stewart, Dr. Joule, Mr. C. F. Varley, Mr. G. C. Foster, and Mr. C. Hockin, 
be reappointed; and that Professor Fleeming Jenkin be the Secretary. 
That the Committee on Luminous Meteors and Aérolites, consisting of 
Mr. Glaisher, Mr. R. P. Greg, Mr. E. W. Brayley, Mr. Alexander Herschel, 
and Mr. C. Brooke, be reappointed ; and that Mr. Herschel be the Secretary. 
That the Committee, consisting of Dr. Tyndall, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Dr. 
Odling, Rey. C. Pritchard, Professor Kelland, Professor W. A. Miller, 
Professor Foster, Professor Williamson, Mr. Griffith, Mr. J. M. Wilson, and 
James Young, be reappointed for the purpose of inquiring into the pre- 
sent methods of teaching the elements of Dynamics, Experimental Physics, 
and Chemistry in schools of various classes, and of suggesting the best means 
of promoting this object in accordance with the Recommendations of the 
Report of the Committee appointed by the Council; and that Professor 
Foster and Dr. Odling be the Secretaries. 
That Mr. W. H. L. Russell be requested to prepare a Report on recent 
progress in the theory of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Transcendents. 
That Mr. Fairley be requested to continue his researches on the Poly- 
atomic Cyanides. 
That Mr. H. Bauerman, Professor Otto Torell, and Professor Ramsay be a 
Committee for the purpose of preparing a Report on Ice as an Agent of 
Geologic Change ; and that Mr. H. Bauerman be the Secretary. 
That Mr. F. Buckland, Rev. H. B. Tristram, Mr. H. E. Dresser, and 
Mr. Tegetmeier be a Committee for the purpose of collecting evidence as to 
the practicability of establishing “a close time” for the protection of indige- 
nous animals ; and that Mr. F. Buckland be the Secretary. 
That the Committee to prepare a Report on Agricultural Machinery be 
reappointed, such Committee to consist of the Duke of Buccleuch, the Rev. 
Patrick Bell, Mr. David Greig, Mr. J. Oldham, Mr. William Smith, C.E., 
Mr. Harold Littledale, The Earl of Caithness, Mr. Robert Neilson, Pro- 
fessor Rankine, Mr. F.J. Bramwell, Professor Willis, and Mr, Charles Manby; 
and that Messrs. P. Le Neve Foster and J. P. Smith be the Secretaries. 
That Mr. Thomas Hawksley, C.E., Professor Rankine, Mr. Richard B. 
Grantham, C.E., Sir A. 8S. Waugh, and Mr. T. Login, C.E. (with power 
to add to their number) be a Committee for the purpose of reporting on the 
Laws of the Flow and Action of Water containing solid Matter in Suspension. 
That a Committee, consisting of Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. Joseph Whitworth, 
Mr. Lavington, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. F. J. Bramwell (with power to add to 
their number), be appointed to consider and report how far Coroner’s Inqui- 
sitions are satisfactory tribunals for the investigation of Boiler Explosions, 
and to consider the manner in which these tribunals may be improved. 
That the Committee, consisting of Admiral Sir Edward Belcher, Mr. di 
Oldham, Mr. J. R. Napier, Mr. George Faweus, Mr. William Smith, ‘and Mr. 
J. Sissons, be reappointed to Report on the Regulations affecting the safety of 
Merchant Ships and their Passengers. 
That a Committee, consisting of Mr. C. W. Merrifield, F.R.S., Mr. G. P. 
Bidder, Captain Douglas Galton, F.R.S., Mr. F. Galton, F.R.S., Professor 
Rankine, F.R.S., and Mr. W. Froude, be appointed to report on the state of 
existing knowledge on the stability, propulsion, and sea-going qualities of 
Ships, and as to the application which it may be desirable to make to Her 
Majesty’s Government on these subjects. 
