KECOMMENDATIO>rS OP THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Iv 



of improving the methods of instruction in elementary geometiy, be reap- 

 pointed. 



That Mr. Spottiswoode, Trofessor G. G. Stokes, Professor Cuyley, Professor 

 H. J. S. Smith, Professor Sir W. Thomson, Professor Henrici, Lord Rayleigh, 

 Mr, C. Erooke, and Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher be appointed a Committee to 

 report upon Mathematical Notation and Printing. 



That the Committee on the Magnetization of Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt, 

 consisting of Professor Balfour Stewart, Professor Clerk Maxwell, Mr. H. A. 

 Rowland, and Professor W. F. Barrett, be reappointed. 



That Professor Prestwich, Professor Harkness, Professor Hughes, Professor 

 "W. Boyd Dawkins, Rev. H. W. Crosskey, Messrs. L. C. Miall, G. H. Morton, 

 D. Mackintosh, R. H. Tiddeman, J. E. Lee, T. Plant, AV. Pengelly, and Dr. 

 Deane be a Committee for the purpose of recording the position, height 

 above the sea, lithological characters, size, and origin of the Erratic Blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, reporting other matters of interest con- 

 nected with the same, and taking measures for their preservation ; that the 

 Rev. H. W. Crosskey be the Secretary. 



That the Rev. H. F. Barnes, Mr. C. Spence Bate, Mr. H. E. Dresser, 

 Dr. Giinther, Mr. J. E. Harting, Dr. J. Gwyu Jeffreys, Professor ]S'e-wi;on, 

 and Rev. Canon Tristram be a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into 

 the possibility of establishing a " close time " for the protection of indige- 

 nous animals. 



That Mr. Spence Bate be requested to continue his Report " On the present 

 state of our knowledge of the Crustacea." 



That Mr. R. Bruce Bell, Mr. J. Wolfe Barry, Mr. James Brownlee, 

 Mr. Henry Brunei, Mr. St. John V. Day, Mr. Edward Easton, Mr. William 

 Fronde, Sir John Hawkshaw, Professor A. B. W. Kennedy, Dr. W. Pole, 

 Mr. Hazelton Robson, Mr. David Rowan, and Mr. William Smith be a 

 Committee for the purpose of reporting on the different kinds of Safety- 

 valves used or designed for marine and other engines. 



That the Committee for the purpose of making experiments and of re- 

 porting on the effect of the Propeller on the turning of Steam-vessels be re- 

 appointed (with power to communicate with the Government), consisting of 

 Mr. James R. Napier, Sir William Thomson, Mr. William Fronde, and 

 Professor Osborne Reynolds; that Mr. J. T. Bottomley be added to the 

 Committee, and that Professor Osborne Reynolds be the Secretary. 



That the Committee, consisting of Professor Sir William Thomson, Major- 

 General Strachey, Captain Douglas Galton, Mr. G. F. Deacon, Mr. Rogers Field, 

 Mr. E. Roberts, and Mr. James N. Shoolbred, for the purpose of consider- 

 iu"- the Datum-level of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, with a view 

 to°its establishment on a surer foundation than hitherto, with power to 

 communicate with the Government if necessary, be reappointed ; that Mr. 

 James N. Shoolbred be the Secretary. 



That the Committee, consisting of Mr. W. H. Barlow, Mr. H. Bessemer, 

 Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Captain Douglas Galton, Sir John Hawkshaw, Dr. 

 C. W. Siemens, Professor Abel, and Mr. E. H. Carbutt, for the purpose of 

 considering the use of steel for structural purposes, be reappointed ; that Mr. 

 E H. Carbutt be the Secretary. 



That Dr. A. W. Williamson, Professor Sir W. Thomson, Mr. Vincent 

 Day,*'Dr. Siemens, Mr. Mcrrifield, Mr. Nelson Hancock, Professor Abel, Mr. 

 R. Napier, Captain Galton, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. Carbutt, and Mr. Macrory 

 be a Committee for the purpose of watching and reporting to the Council 

 on Patent Legislation ; that Mr. Bramwell be the Secretary. 



