Ixxxii REPORT— 1887. 



Martin, Professor J. S. Nicholson, Mr. R. H. Inglis Palgrave, and Pro- 

 fessor H Sidgwick be a Committee for the purpose of mqainng and 

 'eportino: ^s to the Statistical Data available for determining the amount 

 of the precious metals in use as money in the principal countries of the 

 world the chief forms in which the money is employed and the amount 

 rnnuallv used in the arts ; that Mr. F. T. Edgeworth be the Secretary, 

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



That Mr. S. Bourne, Mr. F. T. Edgeworth (Secretary) Professor H. 

 S Foxwell Mr. Robert Giffen, Professor Alfred Marshall, Mr. J^ B. 

 Martin Professor J. S. Nicholson, Mr. R. H. Inglis Palgrave, and Pro- 

 fessor H Sidffwick be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of con- 

 tinuino- to investigate the best method of ascertaining and measuring 

 SiCii the Value of the Monetary Standard ; that Mr. F.Y. Edge- 

 worth be the Secretary, and that the sum of lOZ. be placed at tneir dis- 



^°^That Professor Osborne Reynolds, Sir F. J. Bramwell, Sir James 

 Douglass, Professor J. Thomson, Professor W. C-^Uf^i"' ^""^ i^^^^^f • 

 W Topley J. Abernethy, E. Leader Williams, W. Shelford, J. A. Froude, 

 J N Shoolbred, G. F. Deacon, G. F. Lister, A. R. Hunt, and W. H 

 Wheeler be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Action ot 

 Waves and Currents on the Beds and Foreshores of Estuaries by means 

 of Workino- Models ; that Professor Osborne Reynolds be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of 200Z. be placed at their disposal for the purpose 



That Sir Rawson Rawson, General Pitt-Rivers, ^Iv. Francis Galton, 

 Dr Muii'head, Mr. C Roberts, Dr. J. Beddoe, Mr. H. H. Howorth, Mr. 

 F W Rudler Mr. G. W. Hambleton, Mr. Horace Darwin, Mr. G. W. 

 Blosam Dr. Garson, and Dr. A. M. Paterson be a Committee for the 

 purpose of investigating the effects of different occupations and employ- 

 ments on the Physical Development of the Human Body ; that Mr. 

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



disposal for the purpose. , o- t -rr t r t» 



That Dr E B. Tylor, Dr. G. M. Dawson, General Sir J. H. Letroy, Dr. 

 Daniel Wilson, Mr. R. G. Haliburton, and Mr. George W. Bloxam be 

 reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating and publishing 

 reports on the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social 

 condition of the North- Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada ; that 

 Mr. Bloxam be the Secretary, and that the sum of lOOl. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. r. ttt -di 



That Dr. Garson, Mr. Pengelly, Mr. F. W. Rudler, Mr. G. W. Bloxam, 

 Mr. J. Theodore Bent, and Mr. J. Stuart Glennie be reappointed a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of investigating the Prehistoric Race in the Greek 

 Islands; that Mr. Bloxam be the Secretary, and that the sum of 201. 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That General Pitt-Rivers, Dr. Beddoe, Professor Flower, Mr. Francis 

 Galton, Dr. E. B. Tylor, and Dr. Garson be reappointed a Committee for 

 the purpose of editing a new edition of 'Anthropological Notes and 

 Queries ' ; that Dr. Garson be the Secretary, and that the sum of SOL be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Not involving Grants of Money. 



That Mr. John Murray, Professor Chrystal, Dr. A. Buchan, Rev. 0. 

 J. Steward, the Hon. R. Abercromby, Mr. J. T. Buchanan, Mr. David 



