RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ixxix 



That Professors Tilden and W. Ramsay and Dr. W. W. J. Nicol be 

 reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Properties 

 of Solutions ; that Dr. W. W. J. Nicol be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of 251. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors Dewar, Odling, and Frankland, Mr. Crookes, and 

 Professor P. F. Frankland be a Committee for the purpose of conferrino- 

 ■with a Committee of the American Association with a view of forming a 

 Uniform System of Recording the Results of Water Analysis ; that Pro- 

 fessor P. F. Frankland be the Secretary, and that the sum of 101. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors Tilden and W". Chandler Roberts-Austen, and Mr. T. 

 Turner be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating the 

 Influence of Silicon on the Properties of Steel ; that Mr. T. Turner be 

 the Secretary, and that the sum of 201. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Messrs. H. Bauerman, F. W. Rudler, J. J. H. Teall, and H. J. 

 Johnston- Lavis be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investi- 

 gating the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its neighbourhood ; that 

 Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis be the Secretary, and that the sum of 20Z. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor W. C. Williamson and Mr. W. Cash be reappointed 

 a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Flora of the Carboni- 

 ferous Rocks of Lancashire and West Yorkshire ; that Mr. Cash be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of 251. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. J. W. Davis, Mr. W. Cash, Dr. H. Hicks, Mr. G. W. Lamp- 

 lugh, Mr. Clement Reid, Dr. H. Woodward, and Mr. T. Boynton be a 

 Committee for the purpose of investigating an Ancient Sea-beach near 

 Bridlington ; that Mr. G. W. Lamplugh be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of 20^. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. J. Evans, Professor W. J. Sollas, Dr. G. J. Hinde, and Messrs. 

 W. Carruthers, R. B. Newton, J. J. H. Teall, F. W. Rudler, W. Topley, 

 W. Whitaker, and E. Wethered be reappointed a Committee for the 

 purpose of carrying on the Geological Record ; that Mr. W. Topley be 

 the Secretary, and that the sum of 501. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. R. Etheridge, Dr. H. Woodward, and Mr. A. Bell be re- 

 appointed a Committee for the purpose of reporting upon the ' Manure ' 

 Gravels of Wexford ; that Mr. A. Bell be the Secretary, and that the sum 

 of lOZ. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Messrs. R. B. Grantham, C. E. De Ranee, J. B. Redman, W. 

 Topley, W. Whitaker, and J. W. Woodall, Major-General Sir A. Clarke, 

 Admiral Sir E. Ommanney, Sir J. N. Douglass, Captain Sir George 

 Nares, Captain J. Parsons, Captain W. J. L. Wharton, Professor J. 

 Prestwich, and Messrs. E. Easton, J. S. Valentine, and L. F. Vernon 

 Harcourt be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into 

 the Rate of Erosion of the Sea-coasts of England and Wales, and the 

 Influence of the Artificial Abstraction of Shingle or other material in that 

 Action ; that Messrs. De Ranee and Topley be the Secretaries, and that 

 the sum of 15Z. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors J. Prestwich, W. Boyd Dawkins, T. McK. Hughes, 

 and T. G. Bonney, Dr. H. W. Crosskey, and Messrs. C. E. De Eunce', 

 H. G. Fordham, D. Mackintosh, W. Pengelly, J. Plant, and R. H.' 



