RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. lv 



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

 Secretary. 



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

 Roberts be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the constitution of 

 double compounds of Cobalt and Nickel ; that Mr. Thomson be the Secretary. 



That Dr. "W. Wallace, Professor Dittmar, and Mr. Thomas Wills be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of reporting on the best means for the development of 

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



That Professor Prestwich, Professor Harkness, Professor Hughes, Professor 

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

 Morton, D. Mackintosh, R. H. Tiddeman, J. E. Lee, J. Plant, W. Pengelly, 

 Dr. Deane, Mr. C. J. Woodward, and Mr. Molyneuxbe a Committee for the pur- 

 pose of recording the position, height above the sea, lithological characters, size, 

 and origin of tbe Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, reporting 

 other matters of interest connected 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. Spence Bate, Mr. H. E. Dresser, Mr. 

 J. E. Harting, Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, Professor Newton, and the Rev. Canon 

 Tristram be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the 

 possibility of establishing a " close time " for the protection of indigenous 

 animals ; that Mr. Dresser bo the Secretary. 



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

 state of our knowledge of the Crustacea.'' 



That the Right Hon. J. G. Hubbard, M.P., Mr. Chadwick, M.P., Mr. 

 Morley, M.P., Dr. Farr, Sir George Campbell, M.P., Mr. Hallett, Professor 

 Jevons, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. Shaen, Mr. Macneel Caird, and Mr. Stephen 

 Bourne (with power to add to their number) be a Committee for the pur- 

 pose of further developing the investigations into a Common Measure of Value 

 in Direct Taxation ; that Mr. Hallett 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 ; and that 

 Mr. E. H. Carbutt be the Secretary, 



That the Committee, consisting of Dr. A. W. Williamson, Professor Sir 

 William Thomson, Mr. Bramwell, Mr. St. John Vincent Day, Dr. C. W. Siemens, 

 Mr. C. W. Merrifield, Dr. Neilson Hancock, Professor Abel, Mr. J. R. Napier, 

 Captain Douglas Galton, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. E. H. Carbutt, and Mr. 

 Macrory, be reappointed, for the purpose of watching and reporting to the 

 Council on Patent Legislation ; and that Mr. F. J. Bramwell be the Secre- 

 tary. 



That the Committee, consisting of Mr. James R. Napier, Sir William 

 Thomson, Mr. WiUiam Froude, Professor Osborne Reynolds, and Mr. J. T. 

 Bottomley, for the purpose of making experiments and of reporting on the 

 effect of the Propeller on the turning of Steam-vessels be reappointed (with 

 power to communicate with the Government) ; and that Professor Osborne 

 Reynolds be the Secretary. 



Communications ordered to be printed in extenso in the Annual Report of 



the Association. 



That Dr. Gwyn Jeffrey's paper, " On the Post-Tertiary Fossils procured in 



