Ix REPORT 1882. 



Recommendations adopted by the General Cohmittee at the 

 Southampton Meeting in August 1882. 



[When Committees are appointed, tlie Member first named is regarded as tlie 

 Secretary, except there is a specific nomination.] 



Involving Grants of Money. 



That Professor Crum Brown, Mr. Milne-Home, Mr. John Murray, and 

 Mr. Bucban be a Committee for the purpose of co-operating with the 

 Scottish Meteoi'oloa:ical Society in making meteorological observations on 

 Ben Nevis ; that Professor Cram Brown be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of 50/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Robert H. Scott, Mr. J. Norman Lockyer, Professor H. J. 

 S. Smith, Professor Gr. G. Stokes, Professor Balfour Stewart, and Mr. 

 G. J. Symons be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of co- 

 operating with the Meteorological Society of the Mauritius in their 

 proposed publication of Daily Synoptic Charts of the Indian Ocean from 

 the year 1861 ; that Mr. R. H. Scott be the Secretary, and that the un- 

 expended sum of 50/. be again placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. G. H. Darwin and Professor J. C. Adams be a Committee 

 for the Harmonic Analysis of Tidal Observations ; that Mr. Darwin be 

 the Secretai'y, and that the sum of 50Z. be placed at their disposal for 

 the purpose. 



That Professors W. A. Tilden and H. B. Armstrong be a Committee 

 for the purpose of investigating Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives ; that 

 Professor H. E. Armstrong be the Secretary, and that the sum of 15/. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors Odling, Huntington, and Hartley be a Committee for 

 the purpose of investigating by means of Photography the Ultra- Violet 

 Spark-Spectra emitted by Metallic Elements and their combinations 

 under varying conditions ; that Professor VV. N. Hartley be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of 20/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. R. Etheridge, Mr. Thomas Gray, and Professor John Milne 

 be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Earthquake Phe- 

 nomena of Japan ; that Professor J. Milne be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of 50/. be placed at their disposal for the purpo.se. 



That Professor W. C. Williamson, Mr. Thos. Hick, and Mr. W. 

 Cash be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Fossil Plants 

 of Halifax ; that Mr. W. Cash be the Secretary, and that the sum of 20/. 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. H. C. Sorby and Mr. G. R. Vine be a Committee for the 

 purpose of reporting on the British Fossil Polyzoa ; that Mr. Vine be 

 the Secretary, and that the sum of 10/. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. R. Etheridge, Dr. H. •Woodward, and Professor T. R. Jones 



