RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ivil 



Mr. Staiutou, Professor Tait, 'Mr. J. A. Tinnc, Dr. Allen Thomson, Sir William 

 Thomson, Professor AVvville Thomson, Professor Turner, Colonel Strange, 

 Professor A. W. AVilliamson, Mr. G. V. Yernon, Dr. Young; and that Pro- 

 fessor lloscoe be the Secretary, — be reappointed — 



1°, to consider and report on the best means of advancing science by 

 Lectures, with authority to act, subject to the approval of the 

 Council, in the course of the present year, if judged desirable. 



2°, to consider and report whether any steps can be taken to render 

 scientific organization more complete and effectual. 



That Mr. Roberts, Dr. Mills, Dr. Stenhouse, Dr. Boycott, and Mr. Gades- 

 den be a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the method of making 

 gold assays, and stating the results thereof ; that Mr. W. C. Roberts be the 

 Secretary. 



That Professor Phillips, Professor Harkness, Mr. Henry "Woodward, Mr. 

 James Thomson, and Mr. L. C. Miall be a Committee for the purpose of 

 investigating and reporting upon the Labyrinthodonts of the Coal-measures ; 

 and that Mr. L. C. Miall be the Secretary. 



That the Eev. Canon Tristram, Professor Newton, Mr. H. E. Dresser, Mr. 

 J. E. Harting, and the Eev. H. F. Barnes, with the addition of Mr. Harland 

 of Bridliugton, and Mr. Monk of Lewes, be appointed a Committee for the 

 purj^ose of continuing the investigation on the desirability of establishing 

 "a close time " for the preservation of indigenous animals ; that Mr. H. E. 

 Dresser be the Secretary. 



That Dr. Eolleston, Dr. Sclater, Dr. Anton Dohrn, Professor Huxley, Pro- 

 fessor "NYyville Thomson, and Mr. E. Eay Lankcster be reappointed a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of promoting the foundation of Zoological Stations ; 

 that Dr. Anton Dohrn be the Secretary. 



That Dr. Arthur Gamgee, Mr. E. Eay Lankestcr, and Professor M. Foster 

 be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the amount of Heat gene- 

 rated in the Blood in the process of Arterializatiou ; that Dr. Gamgee be the 

 Secretary. 



That Mr. Carruthers, Dr. Hooker, Professor Balfour, and Professor Thisel- 

 ton Dyer be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating the 

 Fossil Flora of Britain ; that Mr. Carruthers be the Secretary. 



That the Metric Committee be reappointed, such Committee to consist of 

 Sir John Bowring, The Eight Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart., C.B., 

 M.P., The Eight Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. Samuel Brown, Dr. Farr, 

 Mr. Frank P. Fellcwes, Professor Frankland, Mr. James Heywood, Pro- 

 fessor Leone Levi, Mr. C. W. Siemens, Professor A. "VV. Williamson, Dr. 

 George Glover, Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart., Mr. J. E. Napier, Mr. J. V. 

 N. Bazalgette, and Sir W. Fairbairn, Bart. ; that Professor Leone Levi be 

 the Secretary. 



That Professor Cayley, Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher, Dr. W. Pole, Mr. Mcrrifield, 

 Professor Fuller, Mr. H. M. Brunei, and Professor W. E. Clifford be a Com- 

 mittee to estimate the cost of constructing Mr. Babbage's Analytical Engine, 

 and to consider the advisability of printing tables by its means. 



That a Committee, consisting of Mr. Francis Galton, Mr. W. Froude, Mr. 

 C. W. Merrifield, and Professor Eankine, be appointed to consider and report 

 on Machinery for obtaining a record of the roughness of the Sea and Mea- 

 surement of Waves near shore. 



