lii REPORT — 1876. 



That Professor G. Forbes and Professor Sir W. Thomsou be a Committee 

 for tbe purpose of endeavouring to make arrangements for the taking of 

 certain observations of Atmospheric Electricity in India ; that Professor G. 

 Forbes be the Secretary, and that the sum of .£15 be placed at their disposal 

 for the purpose. 



That the Committee for investigating the methods employed in the esti- 

 mation of Potash and Phosphoric Acid in commercial products be reappointed ; 

 also that Mr. E. "W. Parnell and Mr. Ogilvic be added to the Committee; 

 that Mr. Allen be the Secretary, and that the sum of .£20 be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. AVilliam Wallace, Professor Dittmar, and Mr. Thomas Wills be 

 a Committee for the purpose of reporting on the best means for the develop- 

 ment of Light from Coal-gas of different qualities ; that Dr. Wallace be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of .£20 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That the Committee, consisting of Dr. F. Clowes and Dr. W. A. Tildcn, 

 for the purpose of examining the Action of Ethylbromo-butyrate on Ethyl 

 Sod-aeeto-acetate, be reappointed ; that Dr. Clowes be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee, consisting of Dr. Armstrong, Professor Thorpe, and 

 Mr. W. W. Fisher, for the purpose of investigating the Isomeric Cresols and 

 the Law of Substitution in the Phenol Series, be reappointed ; that Dr. 

 Armstrong be the Secretary, and that the sum of £10 be placed at their dis- 

 posal for the purpose. 



That Mr. W. N. Hartley, Mr. J. M. Thomson, and Mr. W. Chandler 

 Eoberts bo a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Constitution of 

 Double Compounds of Cobalt and Nickel ; that Mr. J. M. Thomson be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of .£10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Crum-Brown, and Messrs. Dewar, Dittmar, and Dixon be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of investigating some methods that have been recently 

 proposed for the Quantitative Estimation of Atmospheric Ozone ; that Mr. 

 E. M. Dixon be the Secretary, and that the sum of ^15 bo placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. W. N. Hartley, Dr. E. J. Mills, and Mr. W. Chandler Eoberts be 

 a Committee for the purpose of investigating the conditions under which 

 liquid Carbonic Acid occurs in Minerals ; that Mr. W. N. Hartley be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. J. Evans, Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., Mr. E. Vivian, Mr. W. Pen- 

 gelly, Mr. G. Busk, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, Mr. W. Ayshford Sandford, 

 and Mr. J. E. Lee be a Committee for the purj^ose of continuing the ex- 

 ploration of Kent's Cavern, Torquay ; that Mr. Pengelly be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Sir John Lubbock, Bart., Professor Prestwich, Professor Busk, Pro- 

 fessor Hughes, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, Rev. H. W. Crosskey, Messrs. 

 L. C. Miall and R. H. Tiddeman be reappointed a Committee for the pur- 

 pose of assisting in the exploration of the Victoria Cave ; that Mr. Tiddeman 

 be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for 

 the purpose. 



That Mr. J. Evans, Rev. T. G, Bonney, Professors A. H. Green and H. A. 

 Nicholson, Messsrs. W. Carruthers, F. Drew, R. Etheridge, Jun., G. A. 

 Lebour, L. C. MiaU, F. W. Rudler, E. B. Tawney, W. Topley, and W. 

 Whitaker be a Committee for the purpose of carrying on the Geological 



