EECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. 1x1 



I'andamental Invariants of Algebraic Forms be reappointed ; that Pro- 

 fessor Sylvester be the Secretary, and that the sum of 40Z. be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



That Sir William Thomson, Mr. Robert Boag Watson, and Professor 

 John Young be a Committee for the purpose of making Seismic Experi- 

 ments in connexion with the great Gunpowder Blasts on Loch Pyne ; 

 that Professor Young be the Secretary, and that the sum of 30^. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Tidal Observations in the English Channel and 

 in the North Sea, consisting of Sir William Thomson, Dr. J. Merrifield, 

 Professor Osborne Reynolds, Captain Douglas Galton, Mr. J. N. Shool- 

 bred, Mr. J. F. Deacon, and Mr. Rogers Field, be reappointed for the 

 purpose of making a final report ; that Mr. J. N. Shoolbred be the Secre- 

 tary, and that the sum of lOZ. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. J. M. Thomson and Mr. J. B. H. Gordon be appointed a 

 Committee to continue Researches on the Specific Inductive Capacity of 

 certain Crystals and Paraf&nes ; that Mr. J. E. H. Gordon be the Secre- 

 tary, and that the sum of 101. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. J. H. Gladstone, Dr. W. R. E. Hodgkinson, Mr. W. Carleton 

 Williams, and Dr. P. P. Bedson be a Committee for the purpose of in- 

 vestigating the Method of Determining the Specific Refraction of Solids- 

 from their Solutions ; that Dr. P. P. Bedson be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of lOZ. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Dewar, Dr. Williamson, Dr. Marshall Watts, Captain 

 Abney, Mr. Stoney, Professor W. N. Hartley, Professor McLeod, Pro- 

 fessor Carey Foster, Professor A. K. Huntington, Professor Emerson 

 Reynolds, Professor Reinold, Professor Liveing, Lord Rayleigh, Dr. 

 Arthur Schuster, and Mr. W. Chandler Roberts be reappointed a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of reporting upon the present state of our know- 

 ledge of Spectrum Analysis; that Mr. W. Chandler Roberts be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of lOZ. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Professor P. M. Duncan and Mr. G. R. Vine be reappointed a 

 Committee for the purpose of reporting on the British Fossil Polyzoa ; 

 that Mr. Vine be the Secretary, and that the sum of 101. be placed at 

 their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. J. Evans, the Rev. J. F. Blake, Professor T. G. Bonney, 

 Mr. W. Carruthers. Mr. F. Drew, Professor G. A. Lebour, Professor L. 

 C. Miall, Mr. F. W. Rudler, Mr. E. B. Tawney, Mr. W. Topley, and ]\Ir. 

 W. Whitaker be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of carrying on 

 the Geological Record ; that Mr, Whitaker be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of lOOZ. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor E. Hull, the Rev. H. W. Crosskey, Captain Douglas 

 Galton, Mr. James Glaisher, Professor G. A. Lebour, Mr. W. Molyneux, 

 Mr. G. H. Morton, Mr. W. Pengelly, Professor J. Prestwich, Mr. James^ 

 Plant, Mr. James Parker, Mr. I. Roberts, Mr. S. Stooke, Mr. G. J. 

 Symons, Mr. W. Whitaker, and Mr. C. E. De Ranee be reappointed a 

 Committee for the purpose of investigating the Circulation of the Under- 

 ground Waters in the Jurassic, New Red Sandstone, and Permian For- 

 mations of England, and the Quality and Quantity of the Water supplied 

 -to various towns and districts from these formations ; that Mr. C. E. De 

 Ranee be the Secretary, and that the sum of lOZ. be placed at their dis- 

 posal for the purpose. 



