ce peepee 1874, 
be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the 
purpose. 
That Messrs. Allen, Dewar, Stanford, and Fletcher be a Committee for the 
purpose of examining and reporting upon the methods employed in the esti- 
mation of Potash and Phosphoric Acid in commercial products, and on the 
mode of stating the results ; that Mr. A. H. Allen be the Secretary, and that 
the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Armstrong and Professor Thorpe be a Committee for the purpose 
of investigating Isomeric Cresols and their derivatives ; that Dr. Armstrong 
be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the 
purpose. 
That Mr. H. Willett, Mr. R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, Mr. W. Topley, Mr. 
Davidson, Professor Prestwich, Professor Boyd Dawkins, and Mr. Henry 
Woodward be a Committee for the purpose of promoting the “ Sub-Wealden 
Exploration ;” that Mr. H. Willett be the Secretary, and that the sum of 
£100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
’ That Sir C. Lyell, Bart., Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., Mr. J. Evans, Mr. E. 
Vivian, Mr. W. Pengelly, Mr. G. Busk, Mr. Boyd Dawkins, Mr. W. A. 
Sanford, and Mr. J. E. Lee be a Committee for the purpose of continuing 
the exploration of Kent’s Cavern, Torquay ; that Mr. Pengelly be the Se- 
cretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Sir John Lubbock, Bart., Mr. Boyd Dawkins, Rev. H. W. Crosskey, 
Professor Hughes, Mr. L. C. Miall, Professor Prestwich, and Mr. R. H. 
Tiddeman be a Committee for the purpose of assisting the exploration of the 
Victoria Cave, Settle ; that Mr. Tiddeman be the Secretary, and that the sum 
of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Bryce, Mr. J. Brough, Mr. G. Forbes, Mr. D. Milne-Holme, Mr. 
J. Thomson, and Professor Sir W. Thomson be a Committee for the purpose 
of continuing the Observations and Records of Earthquakes in Scotland ; 
that Dr. Bryce be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their 
disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor Hull, Mr. E. W. Binney, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Rey. H. W. 
Crosskey, Professor A. H. Green, Professor Harkness, Mr. W. Molyneux, Mr. 
G. H. Morton, Mr. R. W. Mylne, Mr. Pengelly, Professor Prestwich, Mr. 
James Plant, Mr. De Rance, Rev. W. 8. Symonds, and Mr. W. W hitaker be 
a Committee for the purpose of investigating the circulation of the under- 
ground waters in the New Red Sandstone and Permian formations of England, 
and the quantity and character of the water supplied to various towns and 
districts from those formations ; that Mr. De Rance be the Secretary, and 
that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Dresser, Viscount Walden, Mr. R. B. Sharpe, Mr. O. Salvin, and 
Mr. Sclater be a Committee for the purpose of preparing a Report on the 
present state of our knowledge of the Ornithology of the various parts of the 
world; that Mr. Sclater be the Secretary, and that the sum of £10 be placed 
at their disposal for the purpose of preliminary printing. 
That Professor Rolleston, Mr. Ray Lankester, and Mr. Balfour be a Com- 
mittee for the purpose of investigating the early stages of the development 
of the Myxinoid Fishes ; that Mr. Lankester be the Secretar y, and that the 
sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. — 
That Mr. Stainton, Sir John Lubbock, and Professor Newton be a Com- 
mittee for the purpose of continuing a Record of Zoological Literature ; that 
Mz. Stainton be the Secretary, and ‘that the sum of £100 be placed at their 
disposal for the purpose. 
