RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. lxxiii 



That the Committee, consisting of Mr. Spottiswoode, Professor G. G. 

 Stokes, Professor Cayley, Professor H. J. S. Smith, Professor Sir William 

 Thomson, Professor Henrici, Lord Rayleigh, and Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher, 

 •on Mathematical Notation and Printing be reappointed ; and that Mr. J. 

 W. L. Glaisher be the Secretary. 



That the Committee, consisting of Professor Cayley, Professor G. G. 

 Stokes, Professor H. J. S. Smith, Professor Sir William Thomson, Mr. 

 James Glaisher, and Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher, on Mathematical Tables be 

 reappointed ; and that Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher be the Secretary. 



That a Committee, consisting of Dr. Muirhead (Secretary), Mr. C. 

 Hockin, Professor Sir William Thomson, Professor Clerk Maxwell, 

 Mr. W. B. Ayrton, and Mr. J. Perry, be appointed to consider the best 

 methods of making and issuing an Authoritative Standard of Electrical 

 Capacity. 



That Professor W. G. Adams, Mr. John M. Thomson, Mr. W. N. 

 Hartley, and Mr. James T. Bottomley be reappointed a Committee for the 

 purpose of investigating the law of the " Electrolysis of Mixed Metallic 

 Solutions and Solutions of Compound Salts;" and that Mr. John M. 

 Thomson be the Secretary. 



That Professor A. S. Herschel, Professor W. E. Ayrton, Professor P. 

 M. Duncan, Professor G. A. Lebour, Mr. J. T. Dunn, and Professor J. 

 Perry be a Committee for the purpose of preparing a final Report on 

 experiments to determine the Thermal Conductivities of certain Rocks, 

 showing especially the geological aspects of the investigation ; and that 

 Professor Herschel be the Secretary. 



That Professor Prestwich, Professor Hughes, Professor W. Boyd 

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

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

 gelly, Dr. Deane, Mr. Molyneux, and Professor Bonney be a Committee 

 for the purpose of recording the position, height above the sea, litho- 

 logical characters, size, and origin of the Erratic Blocks of England, 

 Wales, and Ireland, reporting other matters of interest connected with the 

 same, and taking measures for their preservation ; and that the Rev. H. 

 W. Crosskey be the Secretary. 



That Mr. R. J. Moss, Professor W. B. Dawkins, Professor E. Hull, Dr. 

 Moss, R.N., Mr. Pengelly, Dr. A. Leith Adams, Professor O'Reilly, and 

 Dr. J, Evans be a Committee for the purpose of obtaining information 

 with regard to the mode of occurrence of the remains of Cervus Megaceros 

 in Ireland ; and that Mr. R. J. Moss be the Secretary. 



That Mr. C. Spence Bate and Mr. J. Brooking Rowe be reappointed a 

 Committee for the purpose of exploring the Marine Zoology of South 

 Devon ; and that Mr. Spence Bate be the Secretary. 



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

 Dresser, Mr. J. E. Harting, Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. J. G. Shaw Lefevre, 

 Professor Newton, and the Rev. Canon Tristram be reappointed a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of inquiring into the advisability of establishing a 

 " close time " for the protection of indigenous animals, and that it be an 

 instruction to the Committee to report to the Council in case of any action 

 being required ; and that Mr. H. E. Dresser be the Secretary. 



That Mr. Sclater, Dr. G. Hartlaub, Sir Joseph Hooker, Captain F. M. 

 Hunter, and Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen be reappointed a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of investigating the Natural History of Socotra ; 

 and that Mr. Sclater be the Secretary. 



