RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENEKAL COMMITTEE. liii 



fessor Clerk Maxwell, Mr. "W. F. Barrett, Mr, Howard Grubb, Mr. G. Johu- 

 stone Stonej^ and Professor E. S. Ball, for cxaminiug and re2:)orting upon 

 the reflective j^owers of silver, gold, and platinum, whether in mass or 

 chemically deposited on glass, and of speculum metal, be reappointed, and 

 that the grant of £20 which has lapsed be renewed. 



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

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

 the grant of £50 M'hich has lapsed be renewed. 



That Sir W. Thomson, Professor J. C. Adams, Eear-Admiral Richards, 

 General Strachey, Mr. W. Parkes, Colonel Walker, Professor Guthrie, Mr. J. 

 W. L. Glaislier, Mr. John Exley, Mr. J. N. Schoolbred, and Mr. J. E. Napier, 

 be appointed a Committee on Tides, and that the sum of £200 be placed 

 at their disposal for completing and setting up in a locality in London, where 

 it may be available for use, Sir William Thomson's Tide Calculating 

 Machine. 



That Professors Eoscoe, Balfour Stewart, and Thorpe be reappointed as a 

 Committee for the purpose of determining the Specific Volumes of Liquids ; 

 that Dr. Thorpe be the Secretary, and that the sum of £25 be placed at their 

 disposal for the purjjose. 



That Dr. Armstrong, Professor Thorpe, and Mr. "W. W. Fisher, be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of investigating Isomeric Cresols, and the Law which 

 governs Substitution in the Phenol Series ; that Dr. Armstrong be the Se- 

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



That Mr. Frank Clowes, B.Sc. and Dr. W. A. Tilden be a Committee for 

 the purpose of examining the Action of Ethjdbromo-butyrate on Ethyl Sod- 

 aceto-acetate ; that Mr. Clowes be the Secretary, and that the sum of £10 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. Allen be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



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

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

 L. C. Miall and E. H. Tiddeman be a Committee for the purpose of assist- 

 ing in the exploration of the Victoria Cave ; that Mr. Tiddeman be the Se- 

 cretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the pur- 

 pose. 



That Messrs. J. Evans, W. Carruthers, F. Drew, R. Etheridge, Jun., A. 

 H. Green, G, A. Lebour, L, C, Miall, H. A. Nicholson, W. Topley, and W. 

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

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

 and Mr. J. E. Lee be a Committee for the purpose 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 Professor A. S. Herschel and Mr. G. A. Lebour be reappointed a 

 Committee for the purpose of making experiments on the Thermal Con- 

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

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



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



