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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. lui 



Record ; that Mr. Whitaker be the Secretary, and that the sum of .£100 be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Hull, Mr. E. W. Binney, Mr. H. Howell, Mr. M. Eeade, 

 EcY. H. W. Crosskey, Professor A. H. Green, Professor Harkness, Mr. W. 

 Molyneux, Mr. G. H. Morton, Mr. Pengelly, Professor Prestwich, Mr. J. 

 Plant, Mr. W. Whitaker, Captain D. Galton, and Mr. De Eance be a 

 a Committee for the purpose of investigatingj 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. C. E. De Ranee be the 

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

 pose. 



That Professor A. S. Herschel and Mr. G. A. Lebour be a Committee 

 for the purpose of making experiments on the Thermal Conductivities of 

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

 of JIO be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Bryce, Mr. J. Brough, Mr. G. Forbes, Mr. D. Milne-Home, Mr. 

 J. Thomson, Professor Sir "W. Thomson, and Mr. Peter Drummond 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 £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. W. Topley, Mr. H. Willett, Mr. R. A. C. Godwin- Austen, Mr. 

 Davidson, Prof. Prestwich, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, Mr. H. Woodward, and 

 Prof. Hull bo a Committee for the purpose of promoting the Sub-Wcalden 

 Exploration ; that Mr. Willett and Mr. Topley be the Secretaries, and that 

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



That Professor Arthur Gamgee, Professor Roscoe, and Mr. Priestley be a 

 Committee for the purpose of investigating the Physiological Action of Ortho-, 

 Pyro-, and Metaphosphorie Acids and of allied compounds ; that Professor 

 Gamgee be the Secretary, and that the sum of £15 be j)laced at their disposal 

 for the purpose. 



That Dr. Hooker, Professor Oliver, and Mr. Dyer be a Committee for the 

 purpose of preparing a Report on the Family of the Diptorocarpese ; that Mr. 

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

 for the purpose. 



That Mr. Stainton, Sir John Lubbock, and Mr. Sclater be a Committee 

 for the purpose of continuing a Record of Zoological Literature ; that Mr. 

 Stainton be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their dis- 

 posal for the purpose. 



That Professor Huxley, Dr. Carpenter, Mr. Sclater, Mr. F. M. Balfour, 

 Dr. M. Foster, Professor Ray Lankester, and Mr. Dew-Smith be reappointed 

 a Committee for the purpose of arranging with Dr. Dohrn for the occupation 

 of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples during the ensuing year ; 

 that Mr. Dew- Smith be the Secretary, and that the sum of £75 be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



That Colonel Lane Fox, Dr. Beddoe, Mr. Franks, Mr. F. Galton, Mr. E. 

 W. Brabrook, Sir J. Lubbock, Sir W. Elliot, Mr. C. R. Markham, Mr. E. B. 

 Tylor, Mr. J. Evans, and Mr. F. W. Rudler be reappointed a Committee for 

 the pm-pose of preparing and publishing brief forms of instruction for tra- 

 vellers, ethnologists, and other anthropological observers ; that Colonel Lane 

 Fox be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for 

 the purpose. 



That Colonel Lane Fox, Professor RoUeston, Mr. Park Harrison, Mr. T. 



