xl REPORT—1858. 
Museum in Jermyn Street, London, and to the Public Museum in Dublin, 
in connexion with the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. ] 
That Mr. Robert Mallet be requested to continue his Experiments on 
Earthquake Waves at Holyhead; and that the balance of last year’s grant 
of £50 (being a sum of £25) be placed at his disposal for the purpose. 
That Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Sorby, Professor A. C. Ramsay, and Mr. Robert 
Mallet, be requested to conduct a series of Experiments on the Expansion 
and Contraction of various Rocks by changes of temperature in relation to 
Physical Geology; and that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for 
the purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Mr. Robert Patterson, Professor Dickie, 
Professor Wyville Thomson, Mr. G. C. Hyndman, and Mr. E. Weller, be 
requested to finish their Report on Dredging in the North and North-east 
Coasts of Ireland; and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for 
the purpose. 
That Dr. Kinahan, Dr. Carte, Professor J. R. Greene, and Dr. E. P. 
Wright, be requested to continue their Report on “ Dublin Bay Dredging ;” 
and that the sum of £15 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor J. R. Greene and Dr, E. P. Wright be requested to finish 
Professor Greene’s Report on British Discoid Meduside; and that the sum 
of £5 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. E. P. Wright and Professor J. R. Greene be requested to draw 
up a Report on the Irish Tunicata; and that the sum of £5 be placed at 
their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. E. P. Wright, Professor J. R. Greene, Dr. Kinahan, and Dr. 
Carte, be requested to draw up the second part of their Report on the Marine 
Fauna of the South and West Coasts of [reland; and that the sum of £10 
be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Thomas Allis, Sir W. Jardine, Bart., 
and Mr. T. C. Eyton, be requested to investigate the Osteology and Com- 
parative Anatomy of Birds; and that the sum of £50 be placed at their 
disposal for the purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Mr. R. M‘Andrew (London), Mr. G. C. 
Hyndman (Belfast), Dr. Dickie (Belfast), Mr. C. L. Stewart (London), 
Dr. Collingwood (Liverpool), Dr. Kinahan (Dublin), Mr. J. G. Jeffreys 
(London), Dr. E. P. Wright (Dublin), Mr. L. Barrett (Cambridge), and 
Mr. L. Worthy (Bristol), be requested to act as a General Dredging 
Committee; and that the sum of £5 be placed at their disposal for the 
purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Dr. Daubeny and_Dr. Lankester, be re- 
quested to assist Dr. Voelecker and Professor Buckman in their Researches 
on the Growth of Plants; and that the sum of £10 be placed at their dis- 
posal for the purpose. 
That Professor J. Thomson be requested to continue his Experiments on 
the Measurements of the Discharge of Water through V-shaped Orifices ; 
and that the sum of £10 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. 
That the attention of Proprietors of Steam-vessels be called to the great 
importance of adopting a general and uniform system of recording facts of 
performances of steam-vessels at sea under all circumstances, and that the 
following Noblemen and Gentlemen be requested to act as a Committee to 
carry this object into effect, with £15 at their disposal for the purpose, and 
to report to the Association at its next Meeting :—Admiral Moorsom; the 
Marquis of Stafford, M.P.; the Earl of Caithness; Lord Dufferin; Sir James 
Graham, M.P.; William Fairbairn, F.R.S.; J. S. Russell, F.R.S.; J. Kitson, 
