RECOMMENDATIONS OP THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. li 



Graham, and General Sabine, be appointed a Committee for the furtherance 

 of the objects set forth in the Report of the Patent Committee presented 

 to the Association at this meeting, and that Mr. Webster be requested to 

 act as Secretary to the same. 



Involving Applications to Government or Public Institutions. 



That the thanks of the British Association be offered to H.R.H. The 

 Prince Consort, as President of the Association, for the interest he has mani- 

 fested in the continuation of Magnetic Observations ; and that he be re- 

 quested, in concert with the President of the Royal Society, to take such 

 steps as may appear most suitable to carry out the recommendation of the two 

 Societies in respect to these observations. 



That an Electrometer be constructed on the principle of that described by 

 Professor W. Thomson. That it be verified at Kew, and a report of its 

 performance be made to the Association at its next Meeting. That Pro- 

 fessor W. Thomson be requested to carry this into effect, and that he be 

 authorized to communicate with the President and Council of the Royal 

 Society for the purpose of obtaining their cooperation. 



The Committee of the Section of Mathematical and Physical Science 

 having represented the probable importance of occasional telegraphic com- 

 munication between a few widely-separated ports of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, by which warning may be given of storms, the General Committee 

 recommend application to the Board of Trade for such an arrangement 

 as may further this object authoritatively. 



That it is desirable that the British Association should express to Her 

 Majesty's Government, through the proper authorities, its concurrence in 

 the application made by the Royal Geographical Society to the First Lord of 

 the Treasury, to further a proposed Expedition under Capt. Speke, to ascer- 

 tain if the White Nile has its main source in the Great Nyanga Lake. 



That in addition to the large and accurate Survey now in progress on the 

 North-eastern coast of China, under the direction of the Admiralty, it is de- 

 sirable to have prepared, with as little delay as possible, Maps on a smaller 

 scale, and extending over a larger area. 



Communications to be printed entire among the Reports. 



Mr. Atherton. — On Steam-Transport Economy. 

 Mr. Fairbairn. — On Breaks for Railway Trains. 



Mr. J. Park Harrison. — On Lunar Influence upon Temperature, with 

 Diagrams. 



Mr. A. Thomson — On Industrial Schools. 

 Mr. De la Rue. — Celestial Photography. 

 Professor Owen. — Classification of Reptiles. 



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