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reappointed, and the sum of £30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose 

 of showing the radiant-points of shooting-stars on graphical cliarts. 



That the Committee on Thermo-Elcctricity, consisting of Professor Tait, 

 Professor Tyndall, and Professor Balfour Stewart, be reajjpointed, and that 

 the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor A. W. Williamson, Professor Sir W. Thomson, Professor 

 Clerk Maxwell, Professor G. C. Foster, Mr. Abel, Professor F. Jenkin, Mr. 

 Siemens, and Mr. R. Sabine be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of 

 testing the Ifew Pyrometer of Mr. Siemens, and that the sum of ,£30 (which 

 was granted last year and has lapsed) be regranted to the Committee. 



That Professor Crum Brown, Mr. Dewar, Professor Tait, Professor Sir W. 

 Thomson, and Dr. Gladstone be a Committee for the pui'pose of conducting in- 

 vestigations as to the determination of High Temperatures by various methods ; 

 that Mr. Dewar be the Secretary, and that the sum of ,£70 be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor "Williamson, Professor Eoscoe, and Professor Frankland be 

 a Committee for the purpose of superintending the Monthly llecords of the 

 Progress of Chemistry published in the Journal of the Chemical Society, and 

 that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the pui'pose. 



That Dr. Gladstone, Dr. C. E. A. Wright, and Mr. Chandler Eoberts be 

 reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating the chemical con- 

 stitution and optical properties of essential oils ; that Mr. Chandler Eoberts 

 be the Secretary; that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose ; and that the subject of investigation be Isomeric Turpenes and their 

 Derivatives. 



That Dr. H. A. Armstrong and Dr. 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 Professor A. S. Herschcl and Mr. G. A. Lebour be a Committee for 

 the purpose of conducting experiments on the conducting-power for Heat of 

 certain rocks ; that Professor Herschel be the Secretary, and that the sum of 

 £10 be i)laced at their disposal for the purpose. 



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

 James Thomson, Mr. John Brigg, and Mr. L. C. Miall be a Committee for the 

 purpose of investigating and reporting upon the Labyrinthodonts of the Coal- 

 measures ; that Mr. L. C. Miall be the Secretary, and that the sum of £10 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Bryce and Mr. William Jolly be a Committee for the purpose of 

 coUectingFossilsfromlocalities of difficult access in the north-west of Scotland; 

 that the specimens be deposited as arranged in the Eesolution of last year ; 

 that Mr. WiUiam Jolly be the Secretary, and that the sum of £10 be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Eev. T. Wiltshire, Mr. J. Thomson, and Professor W. C.Williamson 

 be a Committee for the purpose of continuing the investigation of Mountain 

 Limestone Corals, and the preparation of plates for publication, and that the 

 Committee be requested to direct their attention to the early publication of 

 the results hitherto attained ; that Mr. James Thomson be the Secretary, and 

 that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. H. Willett, Mr. E. A. C. Godwin- Austen, W. Toplcy, Mr. Da- 

 vidson, Mr. Prestwich, Professor Boyd Dawkins, and Mr. Henry Woodward 

 be a Committee for the purpose of- promoting the '• Sub-Wcalden Explora- 

 tion ; " that Mr. H. Willett be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



