E „.JM END AXIOMS ADOPTED Br THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ixv 



tlie Council on Patent Legislation ; and that Sir Frederick Bramwell be 

 the Secretary. 



That Sir' William Thomson, Dr. C. W. Siemens, Mr. W. H. Barlow, 

 Dr. A. W. Williamson, Mr. W. H. Preece, and Mr. J. M. Thomson be a 

 Comraittee for the purpose of promoting arrangements for facilitating the 

 use of Weights and Measux-es in accordance with the permissive clauses 

 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1878 ; and that Mr. J. M. Thomson be 

 the Secretary. 



Communications ordered to be printed in extenso in the Annual Report of 



the Association. 



Professor J. M. Crafts' paper, 'On the Boiling Points and Tension of 

 Vapour of a number of Organic Substances determined with the Air- 

 Thermometer.' 



Mr. G. H. Darwin's paper, ' On a Misprint in the Tidal B<eport for 

 1872.' 



Mr. W. Whitaker's ' List of Works on the Geology and Pala3ontology 

 of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire.' 



Colonel Yule's paper. ' On the Oldest Records of the Sea Route to 

 China from Western Asia.' 



M. Pierre de Tchihatchef's paper, ' On the Deserts of Africa and 

 Asia.' 



Professor Leone Levi's paper, ' On the State of Crime in England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland in 1880,' with accompanying diagrams and shaded 

 map. 



Sir W. G. Armstrong's paper, ' On the Treatment of Steel for the 

 Construction of Ordnance, and other purposes.' 



Mr. J. Clarke Hawkshaw's paper, ' On the Cliannel Tunnel,' with the 

 necessary plans. 



Mr. Baker's paper, ' On the Forth Bridge,' with the necessary cuts. 



Besolutions referred to the Council for Consideration, and Action if 



desirable. 



That the Council be empowered to take steps for amalgamating the 

 Departments of Zoology and Botany and of Anatomy and Physiology 

 for the ensuing year, should this seem desirable. 



That the Council be empowered to appoint a Committee, as recom- 

 mended in their report adopted by the General Committee on August 23, 

 in order to draw up suggestions upon methods of more systematic obser- 

 vation and plans of operation for local societies, together with a more 

 uniform mode of publication of the results of their work. It is recom- 

 mended that this Committee should draw up a list of local societies 

 which publish their pi'oceedings. 



That the Council be empowered to communicate with Foreign Scientific 

 Associations with the view of promoting the organization of an Inter- 

 national Scientific Congress. 



That the Council be empowered to appoint a Committee, upon which 

 the several sections of the Association be equally represented, for the 

 purpose of co-operating with the Council in considering the best arrange- 

 ments for securing a representative gathering of the Association at the 

 meeting pi-oposed to be held at Montreal. 

 1882. d 



