COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. 



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2. Not receiving Gi'ants of Money — continued. 



Communications ordered to be printed in extenso. 



A Report on ' The Historical Development of Abelian Functions,' by Dr. Harris 

 Hancock. 



A Paper by Professor Callendar and Professor J. T. Nicolson on ' A New Apparatus 

 for Studying the Rate of Condensation of Steam on a Metal Surface at different 

 Temperatures and Pressures.' 



The Table of Measurements made by Professor Martens for the Committee on 

 ' Calibration of Instruments in Engineering Laboratories.' 



A Report by Dr. Henry M. Ami on ' The State of the Principal Museums in Canada 

 and Newfoundland.' 



Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration, and action 



if desirable. 



That, in view of the facts (1) that a Committee of Astronomers appointed by the 

 Royal Society of London, in consequence of a communication from the Royal Society 

 of Canada, has recently considered the matter, and has arrived at the conclusion that 

 no change can now be introduced in the Nautical Almanac for 1901, and (2) that few 

 English Astronomers are attending the Toronto Meeting of the Association, 



Resolved : That the Committees of Sections A and E are not in a position to arrive 

 at any definite conclusion with respect to the Unification of Time ; but they think it 

 desirable to call the attention of the Council to the subject, in which the interests of 

 Mariners are deeply involved, with the view of their taking such action in the matter 

 as may seem to them to be desirable. 



That the Council be requested to consider the desirability of approaching the 

 Government with a view to the establishment in Britain of experimental agricultural 

 stations similar in character to those which are producing such satisfactory results in 

 Canada. 



That a Committee be appointed to report to the Council whether, and, if so, in 

 what form, it is desirable to bring before the Canadian Government the necessity for 

 a Hydrographic Survey of Canada, and that the following be the Committee : — 



Professor A. Johnson (Chairman and Secretary), Lord Kelvin, Professor G. H. 

 Darwin, Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton, Professor Bovey, and Professor Macgregor. 



1897. 



