BECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ixiii 



That Mr. Sclater, Mr. Howard Saunders, aud Mr. Thiselton-Dyer be 

 a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Natural History of 

 Timor-lant ; that Mr. Thiselton-Dyer be the Secretary, and that the sum 

 of bOl. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Stainton, Sir John Lubbock, and Mr. E. C.Rye be reappointed 

 a Committee for the purpose of continuing a Record of Zoological Litera- 

 ture ; that Mr. Stainton be the Secretary, and that the sum of 100^. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. F. Galton, Dr. Beddoe, Mr. Bi-abrook, Sir George Campbell, 

 Dr. Farr, Mr. F. P. Fellows, Major-General A. Pitt-Rivers, Mr. J. Park 

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

 F. A. Mahomed, Dr. Muirhead, Sir Rawson Rawson, Mr. Charles Roberts, 

 and Pi-ofessor RoUeston 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 publi- 

 cation of photographs of the Typical Races of the Empire ; that Mr. 

 Brabrook be the Secretary, and that the sum of 30^. be placed at their 

 disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Bramwell, Dr. A. "W. Williamson, Professor Sir William 

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

 Merrifield, Dr. Neilson Hancock, Mr. Abel, 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. Bramwell be the Secretary, and that the 

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



That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Mr. James Glaisher, 

 Mr. C. W. Merrifield, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Professor O. Reynolds, Pro- 

 fessor W. Cawthorne Unwin, Mr. Rogers Field, and Mr. A. T. Atchison,, 

 to consider and report upon the best means of ascertaining the efiective 

 Wind Pressures to which buildings and structures are exposed ; that 

 Mr. A. T. Atchison be the Secretary, and that the sum of 5Z. be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Osborne Reynolds, Sir William Thomson, Mr. C. W. 

 Merrifield, and Mr. J. T. Bottomley be a Committee for the purpose of 

 continuing the investigation on the Effect of Propellers on the Steering 

 of Steamships ; that Professor Osborne Reynolds be the Secretary, and 

 that the sum of 51. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Not involving Grants of Money. 



That the Committee, consisting of Professor Sir William Thomson, 

 Professor Tait, Dr. C. W. Siemens, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, and Mr. J. T. 

 Bottomley, for continuing secular experiments upon th.e Elasticity of 

 Wires be reappointed ; and that Mr. J. T. Bottomley be the Secretary. 



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; and that Mr. 

 David Gill be the Secretary. 



•That the Committee, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Haughton and Mr. B. 

 Williamson, for the calculation of Tables of Sun- heat CoeflBcients be 

 i-cappointed for the purpose of completing their report ; and that Dr. 

 Haughton be the Secretary. . . 



