BECOMMKNDATIONS or THE GENEKAL COMMITTEE. liii 



at. tlic last Meciiiig of the Association, to the list of Corresponding Members, 

 viz. : — 



His Imiicrial Majesty the Emperor of the Brazils. 



Professor Dr. Coldiiig. 



Dr. Giissfeldt. 



Dr. Liiroth. 



Dr. Liitkeu. 



Dr. Joseph Szabo. 



The General Committee are reminded that Bradford has heen selected as 

 the place of meeting for next year. Invitations for subsequent Meetings 

 have been received from Belfast and Glasgow. 



Becommendations adopted by the GENErvAL Committee at xue BwenioN 

 Meeting in August 1872. 



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

 except there is a specific nomination.] 



Involving Grants of Money. 



That the Committee, consisting of Professor Caylcy, Professor Stokes, 

 Professor H. J. S. Smith, Sir W. Thomson, and Mr.' J. W. L. Glaisher (Se- 

 cretary), on Mathematical Tables be reappointed, with a grant of .£100 for 

 the calculation and printing of numerical tables. 



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

 C. Adams, Professor W. J. M. Kanldne, Mr. J. Oldham, Bear-Admiral 

 Eiehards, General Strachey, Mr. W. Parkes, and Colonel Walker, be reap- 

 pointed, with a grant of £400 to complete the reduction of Tidal Observations 

 from existing data, and that an urgent recommendation be made to the 

 Government to undertake Tidal Observations and their reduction. 



That the Committee for reporting on the Bainfall of the British Isles bo 

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

 Glaisher, Professor Phillips, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. B. 

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

 Professor Sylvester, Dr. Pole, Mr. Bogers Field, Professor Ansted, and Mr. 

 Buchan ; that Mr, G. J. Symons be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Underground Temperature, consisting of Professor 

 Everett (Secretary), Sir W. Thomson, Sir Charles Lycll, Bart., Professor 

 J. Clerk Maxwell, Professor Phillips, Mr. G. J. Symons, Professor Bamsay, 

 Professor Geikie, Mr. Glaisher, Bev. Dr. Graham, Mr. George Maw, Mr. 

 Pengelly, Mr. S. J. Mackie, Professor Edward Hull, and Professor Ansted, 

 be reappointed ; that Mr. Joseph Prestwich be added to the Committee, and 

 that the sum of £150 (£100 being a grant already made which has lapsed) 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That a grant of £50 having been made for the Calculation of the Gaussian 

 Constants, and only £40 having been drawn by the late Chairman Sir J. 

 Hcrschel, the remaining £10 be regranted to Mr. G. Griffith and Professor 

 Erman for expenses already incurred. 



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

 ;i[r. 11. P. Greg, Professor A. S. Herschel, be reappointed, with a grant of £30 

 for projecting and reducing upon suitable maps the observations of meteors 



