XCvi REPORT — 1898. 



Communications ordered to be printed in extenso. 



' On Logarithmic Coordinates,' by Dr. J. H. Vincent. 



' On Stream-Line Motion witli Viscous Fluids in Two Dimensions,' by Professor 

 H. S. Hele-Shaw. 



'Mathematical Proof of the Identity of the Stream-Lines obtained by Means of 

 a Viscous Film with those of a Perfect Fluid moving in Two Dimensions,' by Pro- 

 fessor Sir G. G. Stokes, F.R.S. 



'On the Relative Advantages of Long and Short Magnets,' by Professor E. 

 Mascart. 



'On the Establishment of Temporary Magnetic Observatories in certain localities, 

 especially in Tropical Countries,' by Professor von Bezold and Gen.-Major 

 Rykatcheff. 



' Photographic Records of Pedigree Stock,' vrith the accompanying Illustrations, 

 by Mr. Francis Galton. 



' Some of the Mechanical and Economic Features of the Coal Question,' by Mr. 

 T. Forster Brown. 



' A new Instrument for drawing Envelopes, and its Application to the Teeth of 

 Wheels, and for other purposes,' by Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw. 



• The Papers on the Alternation of Generations in the ArchegoniatEe and Thallo- 

 phyta,' by Professor Klebs and Mr. W. H. Lang, in the Proceedings of the Sections. 



Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration, and action 



if desirable. 



That having regard to the letter of December 1.5 last, from Sir E. Maunde 

 Thompson, the Council be requested to take further action with regard to a Bureau 

 of Ethnology, by renewing the correspondence with the Trustees of the British 

 Museum. 



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

 Colonial Government that the early establishment of a Magnetic Observatory at the 

 Cape of Good Hope would be of the highest utility to the science of Terrestrial 

 Magnetism, especially in view of the Antarctic Expeditions which are about to leave 

 Europe, and that the Observatory should be established at such a distance from 

 electric railways and tramways as to avoid all possibility of disturbance from them. 



That the Council be requested to consider the advisability of urging Her 

 Majesty's Government to place at the disposal of the Seismological Committee of 

 the British Association a suitable building for the housing of Apparatus for con- 

 tinuous Seismological observations. 



That the Council be requested to urge strongly on the Indian Government the 

 desirability, in the interests both of administration and of science, to promote an 

 inquiry, under the direction of skilled anthropologists, into the physical and mental 

 characteristics of the various races throughout the Empire, including their institu- 

 tions, customs, and traditions, and a carefully organised photographic survey. 



That the Council be recommended to issue the collected Reports on the North- 

 Western Tribes of Canada in a single volume at a moderate price, reprinting sO' 

 many of the Reports as may be necessary. 



That the Council be requested to bring under the notice of the Admiralty the 

 importance of securing S3'stematic observations upon the Erosion of the sea coast of 

 the United Kingdom, and that the co-operation of the Coastguard might be profitably 

 secured for this purpose. 



That the Council be requested to take into consideration whether any alteration* 

 in the hours of meeting of the Sectional Committees and of the General Committee- 

 on the first day of the Annual Meeting of the Association are desirable, and to- 

 report to the General Committee at the Dover meeting. 



Change of Days of Meeting of General Committee and Committee of 



Recommendations. 



The second meeting of the General Committee was appointed to be held on 

 Friday, and the first meeting of the Committee of Recommendations on the following, 

 Monday. 



