lxxii keport — 1879. 



the North of Ireland ; that Mr. W. James Knowles be the Secretary, and 

 that the sum of 152. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Farr, Dr. Beddoe, Mr. Brabrook, Sir George Campbell, Mr. 

 F. P. Fellows, Major-General Lane Fox, Mr. F. Galton, Mr. J. Park 

 Harrison, Mr. James Heywood, Mr. P. Hallett, Professor Leone Levi, Dr. 

 F. A. Mahomed, Sir Rawson Rawson, Mr. Charles Roberts, and Professor 

 Rolleston be a Committee for the purpose of continuing the collection of 

 observations on the Systematic Examination of Heights, Weights, &c, of 

 Human Beings in the British Empire, and the publication of photographs 

 of the typical Races of the Empire ; that Mr. Brabrook be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of 501. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



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

 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, Mr. Macrory, Mr. H. Trueman 

 Wood, Mr. W. H. Barlow, and Mr. A. T. Atchison be reappointed a 

 Committee for the purpose of watching and reporting to the Council on 

 Patent Legislation ; that Mr. F. J. Bramwell be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of 5/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Not involving Grants of Money. 



That the Committee, consisting of Professor G. C. Foster (Secretary), 

 Professor W. G. Adams, Professor R. B. Clifton, Professor Cayley, Pro- 

 fessor J. D. Everett, Professor Clerk Maxwell, Lord Rayleigh, Professor 

 G. G. Stokes, Professor Balfour Stewart, Mr. Spottiswoode, and Professor 

 P. G. Tait, be reappointed for the purpose of endeavouring to procure 

 Reports on the progress of the chief branches of Mathematics and Physics. 



That Mr. C. W. Merrifield be requested to report on the present state 

 of knowledge of the Application of Quadratures and Interpolation to 

 Actual Data. 



That the Committee, consisting of Dr. W. Huggins (Secretary), Pro- 

 fessor J. Emerson Reynolds, Mr. G. J. Stoney, Mr. W. Spottiswoode, Dr. 

 De La Rue, Dr. W. M. Watts, Professor J. Dewar, and Captain Abney, 

 for the purpose of preparing and printing Tables of Oscillation-frequencies 

 be reappointed. 



That the Committee, consisting of Professor G. Forbes (Secretary), 

 Professor Sir William Thomson, and Professor J. D. Everett, for the pur- 

 pose of making certain observations in India, and observations on Atmo- 

 spheric Electricity at Madeira, be reappointed. 



That the Committee, consisting of Mr. David Gill, Professor G. Forbes, 

 Mr. Howard Grubb, and Mr. C. H. Gimingham, be reappointed to consider 

 the question of improvements in Astronomical Clocks. 



That Professor Cayley, Professor F. Fuller, Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher, the 

 Rev. R. Harley, Mr. R. B. Hay ward, Professor Henrici, Dr. T. A. Hirst, 

 Mr. C. W. Merrifield, Professor Bartholomew Price, Professor H. J. S. 

 Smith, Mr. W. Spottiswoode, Mr. G. Johnstone Stoney, Professor Towns- 

 end, Mr. J. M. Wilson, and Dr. Wormell be appointed a Committee to 

 consider and report upon the subject of Geometrical Teaching, and parti- 

 cularly upon the Syllabuses prepared under the authority of the Associa- 

 tion for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching ; and that Mr. Mem- 

 field be the Secretary. 



