XXVIli 
REPORT—1858. 
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 
Professor Agassiz, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts. 
M. Babinet, Paris. 
Dr. A. D. Bache, Washington. 
Professor Bolzani, Kazan. 
Barth, Dr. 
Mr. P. G. Bond, Cambridge, U.S. 
M. Boutigny (d’Evreux). 
Professor Braschmann, Moscow. 
Chevalier Bunsen, Heidelberg. 
Dr. Ferdinand Cohn, Breslav. 
M. Antoine d’Abbadie. 
M. De la Rive, Geneva. 
Professor Dove, Berlin. 
Professor Dumas, Puris. 
Dr. J. Milne-Edwards, Paris. 
Professor Ehrenberg, Berlin. 
Dr. Ejisenlohr, Carlsruhe. 
Professor Encke, Berlin. 
Dr. A. Erman, Berlin. 
Professor Esmark, Christiania. 
Professor G. Forchhammer, Copenhagen. 
M. Léon Foucault, Paris. 
Prof. E. Fremy, Paris. 
M. Frisiani, Milan. 
Professor Asa Gray, Cambridge, U.S. 
Professor Henry, Washington, U.S. 
M. Jacobi, St. Petersburg. 
Prof. A. Kolliker, Wurzburg. 
Prof. De Koninck, Licge. 
Professor Kreil, Vienna. 
Dr. A. Kupffer, St. Petersburg. 
Dr. Lamont, Munich. 
Prof. F. Lanza, Spoleto. 
M. Le Verrier, Paris. 
Baron von Liebig, Munich. 
Professor Loomis, New York. 
Professor Gustav Magnus, Berlin. 
Professor Matteucci, Pisa. 
Professor von Middendorff, St. Petersburg. 
M. l’Abbé Moigno, Paris. 
Professor Nilsson, Sweden. 
Dr. N, Nordensciold, Fin/and. 
M. E. Peligot, Paris. 
Viscenza Pisani, Florence. 
Gustave Plaar, Strasburg. 
Chevalier Plana, Turin. 
Professor Pliicker, Bonn. 
M. Constant Prévost, Paris. 
M. Quetelet, Brussels. 
Prof. Retzius, Stockholm. 
Professor C. Ritter, Berlin. 
Professor H. D. Rogers, Boston, U.S. 
Professor W. B. Rogers, Boston, U.S. 
Professor H. Rose, Berlin. 
Herman Schlagintweit, Berlin. 
Robert Schlagintweit, Berlin. 
Dr. Siljestrom, Stockholin. 
M. Struvé, Pulkowa. 
Dr. Svanberg, Stockholm. 
M. Pierre Tchihatchef. 
Dr. Van der Hoeven, Leyden. 
Baron Sartorius von Waltershausen, 
Gétlingen. 
| Professor Wartmann, Geneva. 
Report or Tur Council or THE BritisH ASSOCIATION AS PRESENTED 
TO THE GENERAL CoMMITTEE AT LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 22np, 1858. 
1. With reference to the subjects referred to the Council by the General 
Committee at Dublin, the Council have to report as follows :— 
a. The General Committee passed the follewing resolution, viz.:— 
“ That it is of great importance to the progress of Science that the Mag- 
netic Observations which have already added so much to our knowledge of 
terrestrial magnetism, should be continued. That the influence of the Asso- 
ciation will be well employed in attaining this object, and that it is desirable 
to obtain the cooperation of the Royal Society. That a Committee be ap- 
pointed, consisting of the President, the Rev. Dr. Robinson, and Major-General 
Sabine, to request, on the part of the British Association, the cooperation of 
the President and Council of the Royal Society, and to take in conjunction 
with them such steps as may appear necessary, including, if it be thought 
desirable, an application to Government.” 
- A copy of this resolution was transmitted soon after the Dublin Meeting 
by the President, Dr. Lloyd, to Lord Wrottesley, President of the Royal 
Society, accompanied by the following letter :— 
